COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: CREATING AND SUSTAINING SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE Michael Porter Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Competitive Strategy: The Core Concepts 3 The Structural Analysis of Industries 4 Industry Structure and Buyer Needs 6 Generic Competitive Strategies 7 Cost Leadership 8 Differentiation 9 Focus 9 Stuck In The Middle 10 Sustainability 12 RISKS OF COST LEADERSHIP 12 RISKS 12 OF DIFFERENTIATION 12 RISKS 12 OF 12 FOCUS 12 Generic Strategies and Industry
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As is well known‚ the famous storytale "Cinderella" has many variants across cultures and time periods. These variants have been found to have the same general plot‚ which is characterized by the persecuted heroine‚ the meeting with the prince‚ the revealing of an inner identity‚ and marriage with the prince. This plot is simple enough to be understood by a child‚ yet the details that support the story’s timeless popularity are more difficult to discern‚ and are sometimes viewed quite differently
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"Why was the civil war so long and so bloody?" In 1860 the average American believed that they were living the happiest and luckiest a person could be. They were generally living better than their fathers‚ and looked forward to their children prospering more than themselves. However‚ at the time America had developed into two very different societies between the North and the South. These changing societies were beginning to adjust to the start of the industrial revolution in separate ways. In
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There are many combinations of human resource practices can that lead to superior outcomes for organisations. One of these practices that can lead to superior outcomes for organisations is the recruitment and selection process. In order to successfully recruit and select good employees for a business‚ there are a number of important steps and methods to go through and consider. This essay will cover why making a successful recruitment and selection process is important for a business. The steps required
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The media is too irascible of Amy Chua’s parenting methods. Chua’s article ‘Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior’‚ for the Wall Street Journal‚ sparked an uproar of harsh criticism from irate Western parents who are too ignorant and judgemental to comprehend the true value of the parenting ideologies Chua espouses. She has been given highly critical names since the publication of her article‚ from ‘a wimp’ to ‘the world’s most hated woman’. Asian parents like Chua are renowned not only for attempting
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So Much Water So Close to Home By Raymond Carver Raymond Carver 1939-1988 Raymond Carver (United States) is one of the world’s most respected writers of short fiction. The motto for his fiction might be: “I’ve seen some things.” “So Much Water” was adapted to a screen play by Australian Andrew Bovill and then directed in an Australian film by Ray Lawrence (“Jindabyne”). The Story Four buddies – Stuart‚ the husband of the narrator Claire; Gordon Johnson; Mel Dorn; and Vern Williams – encounter
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My Modern-Day Cinderella Story P3 Language Arts It was pouring outside. Not just pouring‚ that word doesn’t suffice how much water was aimlessly falling from the sky and crashing to the ground with every footstep that Ella Kess took on her way home. Today was the day that seven years ago her parents died in a plane crash over the Atlantic Ocean. It was strange‚ how she had to live on after the death‚ but she pulled through with the help of her best friend Kylee Lainer. She would have been
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Ever After is a Cinderella movie with Drew Barrymore as Cinderella. Ever After is different because it is a more realistic version of Cinderella rather than some fantasy versions. Cinderella is named Danielle and referred to as cinder-bottom. Cinderella did not take such a passive role as the original‚ but was much more strong-willed and opinionated. One of her step-sisters was evil‚ and the other was kind. Like most Cinderella stories the step-mother was wicked. In Ever After Cinderella meets her Prince
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Dickerson’s‚ The Captive Maiden the Cinderella story is retold but with dramatic twists. Gisela (the Protagonist) is a young woman at the age seventeen who has lost it all -family‚ friends‚ and hope. On a day out in town she meets a childhood acquaintance‚ the young duke Valten‚ with the re-acquaintance of Valten Gisela realizes that her life is horrid and if it is going to continue to be that way she will at least go out with having experience fun and love once more. So Gisela decides to risk everything
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Today Racism is so common that it has finally been recognized as an issue‚ however it hasn’t always been like this. In the past there has been count less acts of racism. Racism can be defined as racial discrimination over skin color‚ ethnic background and race‚ or a belief that some races are by nature superior. History is like a giant mirror‚ it made up of thousands of pieces that creates the whole. It reflects what we do‚ When the European settlers came to North America‚ they came with a promise
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