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I was happy with the condition of the book I received but the delivery was terribly late. I wanted to have the book urgently in a week and I got the book only after 18 days.
The book was in excellent condition just as the seller said it would be. It was also shipped very quickly. I would definitely buy from this seller again.
This is the classic text - in both a positive and negative sense. Porter's framework for competitive analysis, and his description of courses of action and the five forces of competitive landscape remain critically importat, topical and useful. In fact, many B-Schools have this as required reading, or the strategy book they use draws on this source text for competitive analysis.On the other side of the coin, the version of the book I have is from about 1980, and the examples are a bit dated, and the world has changed quite a bit since then. It is easy to get wrapped up in the successes and failures of the compaies that Porter calls out as having superior competitive positions back in 1980 and looking at where they are (or aren't) today.In summary - the framework for analysis is still revelvant and very useful, the examples are very dated, but if you are doing any level of competitive analysis, you will be almost expected to have read and used this book - the Bible of Competitive Strategic thought.
This is the classic text - in both a positive and negative sense. Porter's framework for competitive analysis, and his description of courses of action and the five forces of competitive landscape remain critically importat, topical and useful. In fact, many B-Schools have this as required reading, or the strategy book they use draws on this source text for competitive analysis.On the other side of the coin, the version of the book I have is from about 1980, and the examples are a bit dated, and the world has changed quite a bit since then. It is easy to get wrapped up in the successes and failures of the compaies that Porter calls out as having superior competitive positions back in 1980 and looking at where they are (or aren't) today.In summary - the framework for analysis is still revelvant and very useful, the examples are very dated, but if you are doing any level of competitive analysis, you will be almost expected to have read and used this book - the Bible of Competitive Strategic thought.
This is the classic text - in both a positive and negative sense. Porter's framework for competitive analysis, and his description of courses of action and the five forces of competitive landscape remain critically importat, topical and useful. In fact, many B-Schools have this as required reading, or the strategy book they use draws on this source text for competitive analysis.On the other side of the coin, the version of the book I have is from about 1980, and the examples are a bit dated, and the world has changed quite a bit since then. It is easy to get wrapped up in the successes and failures of the compaies that Porter calls out as having superior competitive positions back in 1980 and looking at where they are (or aren't) today.In summary - the framework for analysis is still revelvant and very useful, the examples are very dated, but if you are doing any level of competitive analysis, you will be almost expected to have read and used this book - the Bible of Competitive Strategic thought.
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