Modern Competitive Analysis

By Sharon M. Oster

Book Overview

Why do some companies thrive while others in the same industry languish? How can a struggling firm achieve higher annual earnings? What allows new corporations to become successful in highly competitive industries? In this book, now updated and expanded, Sharon Oster shows that combining a sound understanding of economic and managerial principles can make a striking difference in the quality of the strategic planning of an organization and provide guidelines for effective corporate strategies.
The third edition of Modern Competitive Analysis includes new material on game theory, added value analysis, and strategic intent. Examples are drawn from modern network industries and more attention is paid to newly deregulated markets. Unusually broad in scope, with many examples from large and small companies, service firms, manufacturers, foreign and American organizations, as well as non-profit corporations, the book emphasizes an economic approach to strategic planning, using the most recent theories to illuminate situations faced by businesses today. Covering new and important areas in economics not treated in other management and strategic planning books, and couched in clear terms that make these concepts especially accessible, Modern Competitive Analysis is a fundamental resource to the managers of today and tomorrow.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019511941X
• ISBN13: 9780195119411
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Simply Fantastic!

Excellent introduction to the field. Will get your basics sound. Worth every penny I spent on the book. Just buy it!

Great textbook on competitive strategy

Excellent textbook on competitive strategy using an economics approach. The first edition complemented my business and economics studies at grad school. Includes a chapter on regulatory (public policy) impacts on business; a topic usually missing from strategy texts. Shows how a 'bill becomes a law' from the business/market perspective !

Required at Chicago GSM

An excellent MBA-level textbook introduction to the principles of competitive strategy, with clear explanations and definitions of basic concepts.  Especially good if you feel like you need a better grounding in business-level strategy.