Pete Kelly's Blues by Janet Leigh

Pete Kelly's Blues by Janet Leigh

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Pete Kelly's Blues by Janet Leigh

Competitive Solutions is an entertaining and wideranging 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 emphasizes cooperation, pricing, litigation, and antitrust as vital to a firm's 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. McAfee's exploration of a product's life cycle proves an invaluable guide to positioning new technology in order to maximize the potential for future customers.

In the centerpiece 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 organizational 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, signaling, 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 recognize 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.
SKU Unavailable
EAN 0888574055721
Title Pete Kelly's Blues
Release date 2014-11-04
Format Blu Ray Widescreen
Running time 689
Studio Warner Archives
Condition Unavailable
Actor William Lazerus
Actor Jack Webb
Actor Than Wyenn
Director Jack Webb
Actor Herm Saunders
Actor Nesdon Booth
Actor Janet Leigh
Actor Edmond O'Brien
Actor Teddy Buckner
Actor Jud de Naut
Actor Herb Ellis
Actor George Van Eps
Actor Andy Devine
Actor Pete Kelly and his Big Seven Band
Actor Eddie Miller
Actor Ella Fitzgerald
Actor Matty Matlock
Actor Joe Venuti
Actor Lee Marvin
Actor The Choir of the Israelite Spiritual Church, New O
Actor Mort Marshall
Actor Jayne Mansfield
Actor Dick Cathcart
Actor Perry Bodkin
Actor "Moe" Schneider
Actor John Dennis
Actor Ray Sherman
Actor Nick Fatool
Actor Harper Goff
Actor Peggy Lee
Actor Martin Milner