Competition, Competitive Advantage, and Clusters: The Ideas of Michael Porter by

Description: Competition, Competitive Advantage, and Clusters by Robert Huggins, Hiro Izushi In this book leading scholars from a range of disciplines, including strategic management, economic development, economic geography and planning, assess the contribution that Michael Porter, one of the most influential figures in strategic management research, has made to these respective academic fields. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Harvard professor, Michael Porter has been one of the most influential figures in strategic management research over the last three decades. He infused a rigorous theoretical framework of industrial organization economics with the then still embryonic field of strategic management and elevated it to its current status as an academic discipline. Porters outstanding career is also characterized by its cross-disciplinary nature. Following his most important work onstrategic management, he then made a leap to the policy side and dealt with a completely different set of analytical units. More recently he has made a foray into inner city development, environmentalregulations, and health care services. Throughout these explorations Porter has maintained his integrative approach, seeking a road that links management case studies and the general model building of mainstream economics. With expert contributors from a range of disciplines including strategic management, economic development, economic geography, and planning, this book assesses the contribution Michael Porter has made to these respective disciplines. It clarifies thesources of tension and controversy relating to all the major strands of Porters work, and provides academics, students, and practitioners with a critical guide for the application of Porters models. Thebook highlights that while many of the criticisms of Porters ideas are valid, they are almost an inevitable outcome for a scholar who has sought to build bridges across wide disciplinary valleys. His work has provided others with a set of frameworks to explore in more depth the nature of competition, competitive advantage, and clusters from a range of vantage points. Author Biography Professor Robert Huggins is Professor of Economic Geography at Cardiff University and Director of its Centre for Advanced Studies. Prior to this he held a chair at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (2008-2011), and a Senior Lectureship at the University of Sheffield (2005-2008). He also has private sector experience managing a research and management consultancy. He is the originator of the European Competitiveness Index, the UK Competitiveness Index andthe co-founder - along with Hiro Izushi - of the World Knowledge Competitiveness Index. He is the author of two previous books - The Business of Networks (2000) and Competing for Knowledge (2007).Hiro Izushi, PhD (University of California at Berkeley), is Senior Lecturer in Innovation at Economics and Strategy Group, Aston Business School, and Co-Director of the Centre for International Competitiveness. He is a member of International House of Japan, having been awarded Nitobe Fellowship for Japanese Social Scientists. He is the co-author of Competing for Knowledge (2007) with Robert Huggins. Table of Contents 1: Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi: IntroductionPart I2: Jay B. Barney: Establishing Strategic Management as an Academic Discipline3: J.-C. Spender: Why Competitive Strategy succeeds - and with whom4: Nicolai J. Foss: Eclecticism and the Evolution of Strategy Research5: Robert E. Hoskisson, Michael A. Hitt, William P. Wan, and Daphne Yiu: Antecedents and Precedents to Porters Competitive Strategy6: Omar Aktouf, Miloud Chennoufi, and W. David Holford: The Strategic Management Framework: a Methodological and Epistemological ExaminationPart II7: Robert M. Grant: National Economic Development and the Competitive Advantage of Nations8: Jan Fagerberg: Domestic Demand, Learning, and the Competitive Advantage of Nations: an Empirical Analysis9: Brian Snowdon: The Growth and Competitiveness of Nations: the Contribution of Michael PorterPart III10: Christian H. M. Ketels: Clusters and Competitiveness: Porters Contribution11: Edward J. Malecki: On Diamonds, Clusters, and Regional Development12: Ron Martin and Peter Sunley: Clusters, Evolutionary Economics, and Policymaking13: Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi: Conclusion Promotional Through this collection of articles, this volume examines the varied contributions of Michael Porter Long Description Harvard professor, Michael Porter has been one of the most influential figures in strategic management research over the last three decades. He infused a rigorous theoretical framework of industrial organization economics with the then still embryonic field of strategic management and elevated it to its current status as an academic discipline. Porters outstanding career is also characterized by its cross-disciplinary nature. Following his most important work onstrategic management, he then made a leap to the policy side and dealt with a completely different set of analytical units. More recently he has made a foray into inner city development, environmental regulations, and health care services. Throughout these explorations Porter has maintained hisintegrative approach, seeking a road that links management case studies and the general model building of mainstream economics. With expert contributors from a range of disciplines including strategic management, economic development, economic geography, and planning, this book assesses the contribution Michael Porter has made to these respective disciplines. It clarifies the sources of tension and controversy relating to all the major strands of Porters work, andprovides academics, students, and practitioners with a critical guide for the application of Porters models. The book highlights that while many of the criticisms of Porters ideas are valid, they are almost an inevitable outcome for a scholar who has sought to build bridges across wide disciplinaryvalleys. His work has provided others with a set of frameworks to explore in more depth the nature of competition, competitive advantage, and clusters from a range of vantage points. Feature Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Michael Porters worksContributions from leading authorities across the disciplinesContains response from Porter Details ISBN0199660425 Author Hiro Izushi Short Title COMPETITION COMPETITIVE ADVANT Language English ISBN-10 0199660425 ISBN-13 9780199660421 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2012 Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle The Ideas of Michael Porter Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Robert Huggins Affiliation Senior Lecturer in Innovation, Economics and Strategy Group, Aston Business School UK Release Date 2012-09-20 Publication Date 2012-09-20 AU Release Date 2012-09-20 NZ Release Date 2012-09-20 Illustrations Figures and tables Birth 1932 Death 1985 Position Associate Professor of Philosophy Qualifications PhD Pages 322 Publisher Oxford University Press Alternative 9780199578030 DEWEY 658.4012 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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