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Perspectives on Strategy

Contributions of Michael E. Porter

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
  2. Introduction: Perspectives on Porter

    • F. A. J. van den Bosch
    Pages 1-6
  3. Porter on business strategy

    • Bob de Wit
    Pages 7-18
  4. Business level strategy: Lessons from Shell

    • C. A. J. Herkströter
    Pages 19-24
  5. Porter on corporate strategy

    • Ron J. H. Meyer, Henk W. Volberda
    Pages 25-33
  6. Porter on national and regional competitive advantage

    • Ard-Pieter de Man, Frans van den Bosch, Tom Elfring
    Pages 45-59
  7. The Netherlands: more than flower power

    • L. A. Geelhoed
    Pages 61-66
  8. From positions to places?

    • Ard-Pieter de Man
    Pages 81-90
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 101-107

About this book

The purpose of this book is to focus on the contribution of one of the most prominent scholars in the strategy field, Michael Porter, from both a practitioner, that is Chief Executive Officer (CEO), perspective, and from a research perspective. Using such a dual perspective may improve the relevance of strategy research for the business community.
Four leading chief executives, two from European multinationals (Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Unilever N.V.) and two from important Dutch public organizations (the Port of Rotterdam and the Ministry of Economic Affairs), were invited to reflect on Porter's contributions to four levels of analysis: (1) business level strategy, (2) corporate level strategy, (3) regional competitiveness and finally (4) national competitiveness.
Against this background, the book is structured as follows: Chapters 2 to 8 deal with the four mentioned levels of analysis from a dual perspective - theoretical and managerial. The two final chapters aim to find out how Porter's theories are related to each other and whether and how the different levels of analysis can be connected.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    F. A. J. Bosch, A. P. Man

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Perspectives on Strategy

  • Book Subtitle: Contributions of Michael E. Porter

  • Editors: F. A. J. Bosch, A. P. Man

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6179-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9895-0Published: 31 March 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9896-7Published: 31 March 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6179-8Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 107

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Management

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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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