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  • Competitive Strategy

  • What Is Strategy
  • By: Michael Porter
  • Narrated by: Deaver Brown
  • Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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By: Michael Porter
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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.

©2010 Michael Porter (P)2010 Christina Brown

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This book is a buzzword dictionary. It's so high level and generic it's unlikely you'll find a connection or lesson you can actively apply to your business. It feels outdated compared to today's more relevant action oriented story/case study based learning available. There's more to be learnt elsewhere, and I'm a heavy audiobook listener with a successful business.

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