On Competition.

PORTER, Michael E.

Item Number: 106855

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review Book, 1998.

First edition of this collection of Michael Porter’s work, who has towered over the field of competitive strategy. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John Michael Porter.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.

On Competition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new to this edition, including the 2008 update to his classic "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," as well as new work on health care, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and CEO leadership. This collection captures Porter's unique ability to bridge theory and practice. Each of the articles has not only shaped thinking, but also redefined the work of practitioners in its respective field. In an insightful new introduction, Porter relates each article to the whole of his thinking about competition and value creation, and traces how that thinking has deepened over time.