154 quotes found
“Understanding the competitive forces, and their underlying causes, reveals the roots of an industrys current profitability while providing a framework for anticipating and influencing competition (...”
“The strongest competitive force or forces determine the profitability of an industry and become the most important to strategy formulation. The most salient force, however, is not always obvious. P...”
“If the forces are intense, (..) almost no company earns attractive returns on investment.If the forces are benign, (..) many companies are profitable. P. 25”
“What distinguishes a true competitor from a mere participant is that the competitor derives enjoyment from the nature of the competition aside from the prize at the end. She gets a rush from the ga...”
“In essence, the job of the strategist is to understand and cope with competition. P. 25”
“Competitive forces = the underlying drivers of profitability P.25”
“Strategy is about out-thinking your competition. Mark Zuckerberg, while at Harvard, built a website called Facemash for fun. Even today, Facebook believe that done is better than perfect.”
“The smart business person sees an opportunity to generate referrals by collaborating with their competitors.”
“I don't consider those competitions fair where judges get to decide the winner, because selected judges quite often are not worthy or qualified enough to make the right decision.”
“If you are a winner by the judgements of few judges and not by your performance, you are not a real winner.”
“Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.”
“If the presidential nominating process were an international sports competition, one would assume that top officials of both parties were taking envelopes of cash from town chairs in Durham and pre...”
“Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.”
“There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.”
“Nature is based on harmony. So it says if we want to survive and become more like nature, then we actually have to understand that it's cooperation versus competition.”
“Regulation is necessary to protect our natural environment, keep our food and medicine safe, and ensure fair competition and fair treatment of our workers.”
“If you could get all the people in the organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.”
“I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wa...”
“Hockey lends itself to special events, including the Olympic competition: a glorious tournament of the best players in the world, putting on their national jerseys and playing on big rinks with no-...”
“Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.”
