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How information gives you competitive advantage
Michael E. Porter,Victor A. Millar +1 more
- 01 Jan 1985
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TL;DR: Most general managers know that the revolution is under way, and few dispute its importance as mentioned in this paper, however, they don't know how to take advantage of this knowledge and their ability to become involved in the management of new technology.
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Abstract: Most general managers know that the revolution is under way, and few dispute its importance. As more and more of their time and investment capital is absorbed in information technology and its effects, executives have a growing awareness that the technology can no longer be the exclusive territory of EDP or IS departments. As they see their rivals use information for competitive advantage, these executives recognize the need to become directly involved in the management of the new technology. In the face of rapid change, however, they don’t know how.
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How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
Michael E. Porter
- 01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: The essence of strategy formulation is coping with competition as mentioned in this paper... Yet it is easy to view competition too narrowly and too pessimistically, while one sometimes hears executives complaining to the contrary, intense competition in an industry is neither coincidence nor bad luck.
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