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Competitive Strategy: What Is Strategy?
Written by Michael Porter
Narrated by Deaver Brown
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This audiobook was created based on Michael Porter's landmark book Competitive Strategy. This was Mr. Porter's synopsis of his book for the Harvard Business Review. This audiobook emphasizes that operational effectiveness is not strategy, that strategy rests on unique activities done by the organization, strategic positioning, the entrepreneurial edge, generic and specific strategies, that sustainable strategic positions require trade offs, that proper fit drives both competitive advantage and sustainability, rediscovering focused strategies, the failure of blurred and straddled strategies, the growth trap, that profitable growth is often niche oriented, the role of leadership in creating and maintaining clear strategies, and that the new entrant and new company advantage is executing clear strategies.
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Reviews for Competitive Strategy
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great content about strategy, a real classic. Audio could be better
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good book. It help me to understand that I gotta be thinking on how I can take my business to the next level