Porter was the first to bridge the field of industrial organization with the field of management, effectively forging the new field of competitive strategy
What Is Strategy and the Strategic Management Process? -- Evaluating a Firm's External Environment -- Evaluating a Firm's Internal Capabilities -- Cost Leadership -- Product Differentiation -- Vertical Integration -- Corporate Diversification -- Organizing to Implement Corporate Diversification -- Strategic Alliances -- Mergers and Acquisitions -- International Strategies.
Michael E. Porter.
his book analyzes the economics of the food industry at every stage between the farm gate and the kitchen counter. Central to the text are agricultural marketing problems such as the allocation of production between competing products (such as fresh and frozen markets), spatial competition, interregional trade, optimal storage, and price discrimination. Topics covered will be useful to studen…