Examines patterns of international competition since the 1960s.

Changes in the dynamics of economic activities since the last decades of the 20th century have yielded major changes in the composition of industries and the division of labor and production across different regions of the world. Despite these shifts in the global economy, some industries have remained competitive even without relocating their operations overseas. Industries and Global Competition examines how and why the specificities of certain industries and firms determined their choice of location and competitiveness. This volume identifies the major drivers of this process and explains why some firms and industries moved to other parts of world while others did not. Relocation was not the sole determinant of the success or failure of firms and industries. Indeed some were able to reinvent themselves at their original location and build new competitive advantages. The path that each industry or firm took varied. This book argues that the specific characteristics of each industry defined the conditions of competitiveness and provide a wide range of cases as illustrations. Aimed at scholars, researchers and acadmeics in the fields of business history, international business and related disciplines Industries and Global Competition exmaines the unique questions; How and why did the specificities of certain industries and firms determine their choice of location and competitiveness? Chapter 11 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

This book provides a framework for understanding the nature of international competition in industries & its strategic implications for firms. It documents the historical transformation of international competition & shows how global competition changes the way marketing, production, government relations, & finance should be managed. The book also addresses the organizational challenges involved in implementing global strategies. In-depth case studies illustrate the interplay of these factors in particular industries chosen to illuminate the issues facing today's managers. "When the world's acknowledged authority on competitive strategy meshes his concepts into an international framework, fresh insights are bound to emerge. Porter, with a lot of help from his Harvard colleagues, doesn't disappoint." -International Management

Presents the comprehensive framework of analytical techniques to help a firm analyze its industry as a whole and predict the industry's future evolution, to understand its competitors and its own position ...