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On this site you will find information on the concept of competitiveness:
- how to gain competitive advantages
- how to manage in a competitive world
- where and how to compete

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Capitalizing on Commodity Volatility	Eight ways to leapfrog competitors. For astute companies that are ready to outdo the competition—and recognize the need for fresh, outside-the-box initiatives to gain that critical advantage—the volatility is creating more than a few commercial opportunities. 2011
Competing with China: Finding the Right Customers	How are manufacturing firms in the United States supposed to compete with the low-priced goods coming into this country from China?
Competition and Antitrust	Presentation by Michael Porter
Competition Can Enhance a Firm's Survival	Professor William Barnett finds that firms that try to avoid competition incur hidden costs. Such companies are less likely to develop new capabilities and may thus jeopardize their long-term survival.
Competitive advantage in alliance constellations	What determines the success of a firm competing as part of an alliance constellation? leaves us without a framework for analysis and management. The elements of a theory to answer this question are emerging. The paper aims to spark debate on this question.
Competitive Agility	A Source of Competitive Advantage Based on Speed and Variety.
Competitive Strategy and Real Estate Development	By Michael Porter. This presentation was delivered to a group of leading real estate executives who convened at Harvard Business School in December 1989. The presentation’s analysis of the emerging changes in real estate proved to correspond well with later events, and the same principles remain important today.
Dental Competitive Strategy: Cost Leadership or Differentiation?	Dental practices compete on the basis of cost leadership or differentiation, or some combination of both. This article deals with the various factors that affect a dentist’s ability to increase profitability through cost-leadership or differentiation strategies. pdf
In search of competitive relevance	Find out what it is, why it is important, and how you can embrace it in your search for sustainable competitive advantage.
IT-Enabled Information Transparency: A Strategic Approach	The use of information as a competitive advantage. This article offers foundations and guidelines for sound transparency strategies that are the result of over six years of field observations and empirical research. 2008
New Bases of Competitive Advantage: The Adaptive Imperative	As traditional strategies of position and capability become less durable, they must be supplemented with adaptive advantages, which include advantages in signals, systems, social value, simulation, and people empowerment.
Winning While Losing: Competition Dynamics in the Presence of Indirect Network Effects	What determines competition dynamics in markets with indirect network effects? The authors analyze this question in a hardware-software framework, where software producers strategically compete in quality upgrades.