Competitors: Outwitting, Outmaneuvering, and Outperforming
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (994 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0471295620 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Both conceptual and practical, this book offers specific tools and techniques to assess the competition and various ways to avoid many of the organizational errors associated with traditional competitor analysis. By knowing the competition's broader competitive environment and its organizational culture, Fahey reasons, companies can make better decisions, thereby becoming more efficient and productive. His approach, called "competitive learning," combines a series of analysis frameworks--identifying current and future
An excellent addition to every strategist's bookshelf. A Customer The author presents a system for identifying critical competitor data with a series of analytical frameworks to help develop strategic insights. This work is massive in scope and depth. It shows how to assess competitors and use this information to develop strategy. Fahey details how to gather information about every aspect of competitors. Each chapter ends with a brief, helpful summary. An excellent addition to every strategist's bookshelf.. Comprehensive This is by far the best book of its kind in that it provides a wealth of material on aspects of competitors and competition. Fahey's analytical methods are unique, and based on years and years of teaching and consulting. This one is both meatier and has better flow than some of his edited books or the Portable MBA edited volumes he has co-written. In reality, if this book is any indication, I'd like to see Fahey sole author more books.The first four chapters constitute a fram. "Great strategic value!" according to jam mariquit. As an avid disciple of strategy and leadership, I find this book a valuable companion to Porter and Sun Tzu. Unlike many CI books which dwells heavily on the "tricks of the trade" and "checklists", Liam Fahey's work provides the reader a set of conceptual frameworks for appraoching the whole CI process. This leads to a better understanding of the competitive environment, its dynamics and opportunities to win. Mr Fahey's thoughts would make a great MBA course. But until then,
Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University "Liam Fahey has written the first richly textured, application-friendly and realistic book on what is often misnamed competitive intelligence a masterful achievement by a power in competitive understanding." -Larry Prusak, Managing Principal, IBM Consulting Group and coauthor of Working Knowledge "Fahey's Competitors is a lively, dynamic, major break from traditional 'static' strategic analyses. It teaches managers how to know their competition as thoroughly as they know their own organization, and how to use that knowledge to outwit, outmaneuver, and outperform rivals. Fisher, Jr., Director, Corporate Marketplace, PPG Industries, Inc. Does your business, like many of today's leading companies, make these dangerous competitive mistakes? Take actions as if competitors did no