A Harvard Business School post by Jim Heskett reviews: “Now comes a new book, The End of Competitive Advantage, by Rita Gunther McGrath. Hers is a frontal attack on accepted strategic planning methods designed, in… Read more »
Archives for September 2013
Thinkers50 names Rita McGrath one of World’s Top 50 Leadership and Management Thinkers
Forbes Mike Myatt …being nominated for a Thinkers50 award is largely considered akin to being nominated for an “Oscar” in management and leadership thinking….These obvious disclaimers aside, I believe the Thinkers50 to be the gold standard… Read more »
Investing In An Age Of Transient Competitive Advantages: A Book Review
John Mason of SeekingAlpha.com reviewed The End of Competitive Advantage, by Rita Gunther McGrath, published by the Harvard Business Review Press in 2013. I like to think of myself as a “value investor.” That is,… Read more »
Deploying the M&A Counterattack
Sometimes it pays for a company to respond to a deal in its own backyard, and sometimes it doesn’t. by Matt Palmquist Authors: Thomas Keil (University of Zurich), Tomi Laamanen (University of St. Gallen), and Rita… Read more »
Research Technology Management Reviews End of Competitive Advantage
Porter’s five forces and Hamel and Prahalad ’ s core competencies remain central concepts in corporate strategy. But in this book, Rita Gunther McGrath questions whether these ideas—both based on a belief in the need… Read more »
Will the legal establishment allow a two-year law school?
CNBC reports that President Obama is quoted as saying that law schools would “probably be wise” to move away from three-year programs to two. Who will fight like crazy to prevent two-year schools from being… Read more »