Competitive advantage
by Michael E. Porter · first published 1985
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The author shows executives how to evaluate their company's own competitive position and take action to create a sustained competitive advantage.
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…a Dagger Behind a Smile: Use the 36 Ancient Chinese Strategies to Seize the Competitive Edge - Kaihan Krippendorf Outthink the Competition - Kaihan Krippendorf Competitive Strategy - Michael Porter Competitive Advantage - Michael Porter On Competition - Michael Porter Future of Competition: Co-Creating Unique Value With Customers - C. K. Prahalad, Venkat Ramaswamy Yeah, it's a lot of stuff. I won't say you need to…
on “Ask HN: How to enter a highly competitive market?” ↗http://www.amazon.com/Competitive-Advantage-Creating-Sustain... Should I send a copy of this to 37 signals? I thought this was business 101. If you don't have a sustainable competitive advantage you will undoubtedly suffer. 37 signals doesn't…
on “HuddleChat: Did Google Just Rip Off 37Signals?” ↗…is interesting. I'm being a bit generic but to speak with CEOs, it would greatly help to know about strategy and competition. It's a loaded term and here's what I would recommend: 1. Michael Porter's Competitive Advantage [0] or Understanding Michael Porter [1] 2. One of the things that really applies well to tech businesses has been Platform Business Model. This book [2] is a good starting point 3. The Lean startup…
on “Ask HN: What are some good resources to learn business administration/finance?” ↗…elements of Porter's approach, and a good read before diving into the meat of Porter's works. 2. Competitive Strategy - Michael Porter. http://www.amazon.com/Competitive-Strategy-Techniques-Indust... 3. Competitive Advantage - Michael Porter. http://www.amazon.com/Competitive-Advantage-Creating-Sustain... 4. On Competition - Michael Porter. http://www.amazon.com/On-Competition-Updated-Expanded-Editio... 5. Good Strategy,…
on “Ask HN: Dev promoted to more strategic role in startup. What literature?” ↗…profound insights in Thiel's excellent book, Zero to One. Which was an insight in Blue Ocean Strategy (Kim & Mauborgne, 2005). And before that, if you squint, in Competitive Strategy (Porter, 1980) and Competitive Advantage (Porter, 1980). And the B-school theorists basically got their ideas by peeking over the fence of the Economics dept at how monopolies are formed and abuse their power and saying "hey, let's teach that…
on “Welcome Peter” ↗This is a paraphrase of some of the things Michael Porter said in his book,Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance - http://www.amazon.com/Competitive-Advantage-Creating-Sustain... : There is not much gain in having a first mover advantage by itself. But, if the first…
on “Why Pioneers Have Arrows In Their Backs” ↗