Harvard economics professor Michael Porter developed the five forces model to help business executives understand and deal with competition. Porter argues that factors affecting competition are ...

Porter's 5 forces analysis is a marketing and strategy analysis tool that allows for the better understanding of an industry or market. You look at the threat of new entrants into a market, the ...

Porter, Michael E. "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 78–93.

Competitive strategy refers to a company's short-term and long-term strategies to gain market share against its competitors. Small businesses must compete not only against their peers but also against ...

Competitive Business Strategies: Differentiation vs Cost Leadership. Here we look at the overall competitive strategies that firms use. There is a differentiation strategy that firms like Target use ...