Competitive Advantage : Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance

Author: Michael E. Porter
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ISBN: 0684841460
Publisher: Free Press (01 June, 1998)
Sales Rank: 2,179
Average Customer Rating: 4.65 out of 5

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Rating: 5 out of 5
A classic to which one should now return
The second of the gospels according to Porter and the more useful of the two. This book gives a framework for allocating costs and assets among business activities which can then be used to seek drivers for cost advantage or differentiation. The later chapters may at first blush seem repetitive, but they are useful elaborations on the the basic search criteria for finding and exploiting value.If one had read this in 1995, their stock portfolio would have many fewer worthless e-commerce shares...

Rating: 5 out of 5
This book must be read by all strategists!
Porter has highlighted many important considerations for those who are pursuing possible strategies to employ for their organisation. In order to pursue generic strategies like cost, differentiation & quick response (recent), you would have to gear your value chain towards these options. Porter has shown how this may be done in his book which is a great reference for strategic formulation. However, in order to have the optimum strategy(s) for an organisation, you would have to consider the human side. Porter's book tends to sway towards the organisational design dimension. I recommend Miller & Dess's Strategic Management (McGraw-Hill Series in Management) for a complete overview of strategic management. Also look out for Warren Bennis's Organizing Genius for an insight into great teams.

Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent Book
I am an MBA student at a Top 10 Business School, and I found it very knowledgeable and insightful. It's definitely written for the intelligent business owner, not patronizing at all. It's definitely NOT, "Competitive Strategy for Dummies".

A definite read for any strategy or product executive.

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