Competitive Strategy has filled a void in management thinking. It provides an enduring foundation and grounding point on which all subsequent work can be built. By bringing a disciplined structure to the question of how firms achieve superior profitability, Porter's rich frameworks and deep insights comprise a sophisticated view of competition unsurpassed in the last quarter-century. Techniques for analyzing industries and competitors content. Part 1 - General analytical techniques. Part 2 - Generic industry environments. Part 3 - Strategic decisions.
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Wiley, 2011. — 725 p. — ISBN: 0470929901 An updated guide to the theory and practice of investment management Many books focus on the theory of investment management and leave the details of the implementation of the theory up to you. This book illustrates how theory is applied in practice while stressing the importance of the portfolio construction process. The Second Edition...
HBR’s 10 Must Reads. Fifth part. - Boston: HBR, 2011. - 143 p. Language: English This six-title collection includes only the most critical articles from the world’s top management experts, curetted from Harvard Business Review’s rich archives. We’ve done the work of selecting them so you won’t have to. From leadership and strategy to managing yourself and others, HBR’s Must...
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009, 304 p. Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions is a highly accessible and authoritative book that focuses on the primary valuation methodologies currently used on Wall Street — comparable companies, precedent transactions, DCF, and LBO analysis. These methodologies are used to determine valuation for public and...
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. — 512 p. Thinking, Fast and Slow is a 2011 book by Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics winner Daniel Kahneman which summarizes research that he conducted over decades, often in collaboration with Amos Tversky. These scholars have offered a trove of evidence that people, far from being the rational agents of textbook lore, are often inconsistent,...
The Free Press, 1998. — 580 p. — ISBN: 0-684-84146-0. The essential complement to the pathbreaking book Competitive Strategy, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Advantage explores the underpinnings of competitive advantage in the individual firm.. Competitive Advantage has guided countless companies, business school students, and scholars in understanding the roots of competition....
Business article - Harvard Business Review (hbr.org) - Jan 01, 2008 Awareness of the five forces can help a company understend the structure of its industry and stake out a position that is more profitable and less vulnerable to attack.
