The Business Fundamenatls collections are designed for both individual study and facilitated training.

The collection in this series are not meant to be comprehensive, but to present the fundamenatls of business. This collection contains six notes (including one in the appendix), two articles from Harvard Business Review, and one article from California Management review (CMR articles are available from HBS Publishing). Collectively, these materails provide a basic introduction to the topic. To a great extent we have based the selection and sequencing of items on a recent configuration of the required MBA level course in competitive strategy taught at HBS.



Contents:

Introduction

Competition and Business Strategy in Historical Perspective

What is Strategy?

A Note on Microeconomics for Strategiests

How competitive forces shape strategy

Creating Competitive Advantage

Sustaining Superior Performance : Commitments and Capabilities

Delivering Desired Outcomes Efficiently

Industry Transformation

Appendix : An Alternative Approach to Making Strategic Choices