The Competitive Advantage of Nations

MICHAEL E. PORTER teaches at the Harvard Business School, is an advisor to leading companies all over the world, and served on the US President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness. He is the author of Competitive Strategy (1980) and Competitive Advantage (1985).

Preface Introduction to 1998 Edition The Need for a New Paradigm PART 1: FOUNDATIONS The Competitive Advantage of Firms in Global Industries Determinants of National Competitive Advantage The Dynamics of National Advantage PART 2: INDUSTRIES Four Studies in National Competitive Advantage National Competitive Advantage in Services PART 3: NATIONS Patterns of National Competitive Advantage: The Early Postwar Years Emerging Nations in the 1970s and 1980s Shifting National Advantage The Competitive Development of National Economies PART 4: IMPLICATIONS Company Strategy Government Policy National Agendas Epilogue Appendices