Readings

LEC # TOPICS READINGS
2 Steps in Planning

Industry Value System - Risk and Reward
Buy at Amazon Porter, M.E. Chapter 1 in Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1985. ISBN: 0-02-925090-0.
3 Market Segmentation: How to Analyze? Buy at Amazon Porter, M.E. Chapter 2 and "Market Segmentation" (chapter 7). In Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1985. ISBN: 0-02-925090-0.
4 Segment Attractiveness: Where to Compete?

Generic Strategies
Buy at Amazon Porter, M.E. Chapter 2 and "Market Segmentation" (chapter 7). In Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1985. ISBN: 0-02-925090-0.
5 Firm Value Chain 1

What Drives a Low - Cost Strategy
Buy at Amazon Porter, M.E. Chapter 3 in Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1985. ISBN: 0-02-925090-0.
6 Firm Value Chain 2

What Drives a Differentiation Strategy
Buy at Amazon Porter, M.E. Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 in Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1985. ISBN: 0-02-925090-0.
7 Issues in Vertical Integration: How Much Risk Do You Want? Buy at Amazon Porter, M.E. "Vertical Integration" (chapter 14). In Competitive Strategy. Simon & Schuster, 1998. ISBN: 0-684-84148-7.
8 Changing the Game: How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage

Strategy in Fragmented Industries
Porter, M.E., and V.E. Millar. "How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business Review (July 1985).  

Porter, M.E., and J.W. Rivkin. "Industry Transformation." Harvard Business School Note 9-701-008. 

Buy at Amazon Porter, M.E. "Strategy in Fragmented Industries" (Chapter 9). In Competitive Strategy. Simon & Schuster, 1998. ISBN: 0-684-84148-7.