At its heart, competing on the edge meets the strategic challenge of change by constantly reshaping a firm's competitive advantage, even as the marketplace unpredictably and rapidly shifts. The best firms, argue Brown and Eisenhardt, employ a competing-on-the-edge strategy to change routinely, relentlessly, and rhythmically over time. Written for managers (or would-be managers) who understand t…
CONTENTS Part I: The Game of Business 1. War and peace 2. Co-opetition -- Thinking complements; the value net ; surfing the net playing multiple roles ; friend or foe? 3. Game Theory -- Added value; rules; perceptions ; boundaries rationality and irrationality ; the elements of a game Part II: The Parats of strategy How to change the game 4. Players -- becoming a player; bringing in…
This book contains a summarization and integration the latest research in strategic management and related disciplines in a way that is accessible to students and practitioners and in a way that facilitates its application. Within each chapter, current thinking and research is incorporated in the discussion. Each chapter reflects the latest developments in strategic management research. The con…
How winning companies make their competitors irrelevant by changing the rules of the game. As the CEOs of leading companies explain in this singular book of proved corporate strategy-making, Michel Robert's Strategic Thinking turned their companies around. And, to their surprise, they learned to ignore the competition while they were developing their own success-making distinctive strategy. Wh…
Answers for why do some companies create sustained, superior profits year after year, why are they always far ahead of competitors in discovering the ever-changing profit zones of their industry, and why do others languish as their traditional way of doing business turns into a no-profit zone are provided in this book. It reveals the profit strategies of twelve of todayÂ’s great success stor…