Competitive Strategy: What Is Strategy?

Michael Porter

Nov 2010 · Simply Magazine Incorporated · Narrated by Deaver Brown

About this audiobook

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.

About the author

Michael Porter is a Professor at Harvard Business School, as well as noted author, lecturer, and teacher. He has consulted for many of the most successful companies in the world.