Description: Competitive Solutions by R. Preston McAfee Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description *One of Strategy & Business s Best Business Books for 2003* Publisher Description *One of Strategy & Businesss Best Business Books for 2003*Competitive Solutions is an entertaining and wide ranging introduction to successful business methods applied to a variety of real-world situations. Rejecting the one-size-fits-all premise that underlies so many guides to business strategy, Preston McAfee develops the intellectual tools and insights needed to confront many marketplace problems. Drawing on his broad experience as a consultant for major U.S. companies, as well as extensive research, McAfee emphasises cooperation, pricing, litigation, and antitrust as vital to a firms competitive posture - and focuses more attention on these elements than do most business strategy accounts. McAfee begins by considering strategy as successfully applied by America OnLine, an example that introduces many of the tools discussed in greater depth throughout the book. From here he moves to industry analysis: By examining the context for developing a strategy, he points out uses of positioning and differentiation that enable a firm to weaken price competition and deter rivals from stealing customers. McAfees exploration of a products life cycle proves an invaluable guide to positioning new technology in order to maximise the potential for future customers. In the centrepiece of the book, McAfee lays out a how-to manual for cooperation, providing tactics crucial for setting standards, lobbying the government, and fostering industry growth. Writing in a conversational manner, McAfee also addresses such deep topics as organisational design and employee compensation and incentives. More detailed discussions examine antitrust enforcement, which is an increasingly important constraint on strategy, as well as strategies for pricing, bidding, signalling, and bargaining. This book is a fascinating examination of modern business strategy and its application in many different settings. Students of business and economics - as well as executives and managers - will recognise Competitive Solutions as an indispensable resource as well as a definitive vision of the strategic firm: one in which each element of company strategy reinforces the other elements.[T]his book does an excellent job of translating the insights of modern IO into language that business students can readily grasp...I am confident that this is a book that will be received by good students and will serve well as the main text in any strategy course that approaches the topic. - Benjamin E. Hermalin, Journal of Economic Literature Author Biography R. Preston McAfee is J. Stanley Johnson Professor of Business, Economics, and Management at the California Institute of Technology. One of North Americas leading experts in industrial organization, he is the author of dozens of papers on antitrust, pricing, auctions, and business strategy and coeditor of the American Economic Review. McAfee codesigned the Federal Communication Commissions PCS auctions, which raised $20 billion, and served as an expert for the Federal Trade Commission on a variety of matters, including the Exxon-Mobil and BP-Arco mergers. Details ISBN 0691124035 ISBN-13 9780691124032 Title Competitive Solutions Author R. Preston McAfee Format Paperback Year 2005 Pages 424 Publisher Princeton University Press GE_Item_ID:161690704; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780691124032
Book Title: Competitive Solutions
Number of Pages: 424 Pages
Publication Name: Competitive Solutions : the Strategist's Toolkit
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: Game Theory, Marketing / General, Industrial Management, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Commerce, Management, Strategic Planning, Antitrust
Publication Year: 2005
Item Weight: 19 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Mathematics, Law, Education, Business & Economics
Author: R. Preston Mcafee
Item Width: 5.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback