Best Selling Books by Michael E. Porter

หนังสือง"กลยุทธ์"เล่มนี้จะช่วยให้คุณสามารถวางแผนกลยุทธ์ขององค์กรได้อย่างลึกซึ้งและบูรณาการสามารถนำไปปฏิบัติให้เกิดผลสำเร็จ ด้วยสุดยอดแนวคิดด้านกลยุทธ์จาก 10 บทความของนักคิดชั้นนำที่มีชื่อเสียง ที่ได้รับการพิสูจน์แล้วว่านำไปปฏิบัติได้จริง ไม่ว่าสภาพแวดล้อมทางธุรกิจจะเปลี่ยนแปลงไปอย่างไร หนังสือเล่มนี้เหมาะสำหรับผู้บริหารงานด้านกลยุทธ์และผู้บริหารระดับสูง ตลอดจนผู้สนใจเพิ่มพูนความรู้และประสบการณ์ในการจัดการเชิงกลยุทธ์ โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งผู้ที่กำลังศึกษาในหลักสูตรปริญญาโท MBA ทั้งผู้บริหารมือใหม่ ผู้บริหารมากประสบการณ์ และผู้บริหารที่มองหาแรงบันดาลใจจากแนวคิดชั้นยอดที่จะช่วยพัฒนาตัวเองและองค์กร สารบัญ บทที่ 1 กลยุทธ์คืออะไร บทที่ 2 แรงผลักดันในการแข่งขัน 5 ประการ ที่เป็นตัวกำหนดกลยุทธ์ บทที่ 3 กำหนดวิสัยทัศน์ให้กับธุรกิจของคุณ บทที่ 4 การสร้างรูปแบบธุรกิจขึ้นใหม่ บทที่ 5 กลยุทธ์น่านน้ำสีคราม บทที่ 6 เคล็ดลับความสำเร็จของการนำกลยุทธ์ไปสู่การปฏิบัติ บทที่ 7 การใช้ Balanced Scorecard เป็นระบบบริหารจัดการเชิงกลยุทธ์ บทที่ 8 การนำกลยุทธ์มาใช้ปฏิบัติจริง บทที่ 9 การเปลี่ยนกลยุทธ์ชั้นยอดให้เป็นผลการดำเนินงานที่ดีเยี่ยม บทที่ 10 ใครเป็นผู้มีอำนาจตัดสินใจในองค์กรกันแน่?

"This document includes data on the performance and composition of the Hawaii economy. It is intended as an initial overview to motivate further discussions based on the full richness of data. The data is based on the Cluster Mapping Project, a multi-year effort to statistically define clusters and analyze regional economics in the United States" -- Page 3.

9 chapters in 4 parts on Michael Porter''s economic theory of productivity, innovation and unique value, and its application to antitrust law, education and health care, including 5 chapters by Prof. Porter(one co-authored with Prof. Scott Stern) on the theory and antitrust , the chapter on education by retired TRW top scientist Peter Staudhammer and Charles Weller, and chapters on antitrust and on health care by Charles Weller -- Health Care Edition.

A successful firm may deter imitation by performing a system of numerous, related activities well; advantage can be sustained without game-theoretic maneuvers or reliance on a handful of valuable resources. A competitive advantage based on many activities resists imitation more effectively than an advantage that rests on few when the constituent activities are interactive. Interaction, or fit, also redoubles the imitation-deterring effects of imitation costs, limits on managerial capacity, and casual ambiguity. Complementary interactions that deter imitation can arise from technological relationships between activities or from strategic interplay between firms. A Monte Carlo simulation illustrates the main results.

The case is designed to explore the process of building competitiveness, particularly in an unstable environment, with a focus on organizations for competitiveness.

Motivated by differences in R&D productivity across advanced economies, this paper presents an empirical examination of the determinants of country-level production of international patents. We introduce a novel framework based on the concept of national innovative capacity. National innovative capacity is the ability of a country to produce and commercialize a flow of innovative technology over the long term. National innovative capacity depends on the strength of a nation''s common innovation infrastructure (cross-cutting factors which contribute broadly to innovativeness throughout the economy), the environment for innovation in its leading industrial clusters, and the strength of linkages between these two areas. We use this framework to guide our empirical exploration into the determinants of country-level R&D productivity, specifically examining the relationship between international patenting (patenting by foreign countries in the United States) and variables associated with the national innovative capacity framework. While acknowledging important measurement issues arising from the use of patent data, we provide evidence for several findings. First, the production function for international patents is surprisingly well-characterized by a small but relatively nuanced set of observable factors, including R&D manpower and spending, aggregate policy choices such as the extent of IP protection and openness to international trade, and the share of research performed by the academic sector and funded by the private sector. As well, international patenting productivity depends on each individual country''s knowledge "stock." Further, the predicted level of national innovative capacity has an important impact on more downstream commercialization and diffusion activities (such as achieving a high market share of high-technology export markets). Finally, there has been convergence among OECD countries in terms of the estimated level of innovative capacity over the past quarter century.

This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in the economic performance of industries, clusters and regions. On the one hand, diminishing returns to specialization in a location can result in a convergence effect: the growth rate of an industry within a region may be declining in the level of activity of that industry. At the same time, positive spillovers across complementary economic activities provide an impetus for agglomeration: the growth rate of an industry within a region may be increasing in the size and "strength" (i.e., relative presence) of related economic sectors. Building on Porter (1998, 2003), we develop a systematic empirical framework to identify the role of regional clusters - groups of closely related and complementary industries operating within a particular region - in regional economic performance. We exploit newly available data from the US Cluster Mapping Project to disentangle the impact of convergence at the region-industry level from agglomeration within clusters. We find that, after controlling for the impact of convergence at the narrowest unit of analysis, there is strong evidence for cluster-driven agglomeration. Industries participating in a strong cluster register higher employment growth as well as higher growth of wages, number of establishments, and patenting. Industry and cluster level growth also increases with the strength of related clusters in the region and with the strength of similar clusters in adjacent regions. Importantly, we find evidence that new regional industries emerge where there is a strong cluster environment. Our analysis also suggests that the presence of strong clusters in a region enhances growth opportunities in other industries and clusters. Overall, these findings highlight the important role of cluster-based agglomeration in regional economic performance.

The Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts is a leading center for diabetes care, clinician training, and research. The incidence of diabetes is rising precipitously worldwide, challenging quality of life with its complications and rapidly accelerating health care expenditures for employers and governments. The Joslin''s multispecialty, team-based care and patient education programs provide opportunities to examine integrated practice units, early-stage and preventive care, and clinical coordination along the full care cycle. The focus on diabetes also enables discussion of what services need to be included in integrated practice units serving patients with complex, chronic diseases. However, despite its renown, the Joslin''s clinical operations lose money, raising the challenge of how to align financial success and clinical success in health care delivery. The case can be used to teach strategy in health care delivery, value creation, outcome measurement, reimbursement, and strategic alliances. Learning Objective: Practical application of integrated care model, including successes achieved and challenges faced.