Hypercompetitive Rivalries

by Richard A. D'Aveni

Book Overview

In this pathbreaking book, Richard D'Aveni shows how competitive moves and countermoves escalate with such ferocity today that the traditional sources of competitive advantage can no longer be sustained. D'Aveni argues that a company must fundamentally shift its strategic focus. He constructs a compre-hensive model that shows how firms move up "escalation ladders" as advantage is continually created, eroded, destroyed, and recreated through strategic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028741129
• ISBN13: 9780028741123
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The Sun Tzu of business strategy

Excellent work. This book is simply the Sun Tzu, Macchiavelli or Clausewitz of business strategy. Any company or organisation in competition with another can benefit hugely from the framework laid out in this book.I am really looking forward to new works from D'Aveni.

A challenge for every business.

I found every line of this book a challenge when related to current concepts of business.Not only did this book explain the concerns business people have with competing, but gave us new insights into why these factors exist, and what real time solutions can be applied. The challenge is that the more one considers the implications, the more one realises that new business skills and attributes will need to be applied.Sensible and relevant.