Competitive Strategy - All Articles

The UNSW Academic Board has approved the creation of a new School of Strategy and Entrepreneurship within the Australian School of Business™ to continue AGSM’s general management teaching and research. ... read more

Professor Timothy Devinney, a UNSW academic and expert on strategy, innovation and international business, has been awarded a prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship. ... read more

When asked how he expected to balance his time at AGSM, new faculty member Dr. Salih Zeki Ozdemir says it will be “100 per cent teaching, and 100 per cent research.” ... read more

Emeritus Professor Jeremy Davis says one of his best pieces of luck was when, as a 13 year old, a teacher threw him into debating and made him the team’s third speaker, a role which demanded a lot of thinking on his feet. ... read more

Patents protect intellectual property but they can also create uncompetitive monopolies which can impair the development of national industries, according to a landmark historical study by AGSM Associate Professor J. Peter Murmann. ... read more

The annals of business history report that for every successful market entry, about four fail. Inexperienced start-ups suffer some of these disappointments, but so do many sophisticated corporations and seasoned entrepreneurs who should know better. Article originally appeared in The McKinsey Quarterly 2005 Number 4. ... read more

No one has shaped our view of managerial work and business leadership more than Peter Drucker. ... read more

One of the defining abilities for 21st century managers is how they deal with ‘wicked problems’ – that is, problems that are socially so complex that they don’t have straightforward answers and for which the past does not prove to be a reliable predictor of the future. ... read more

The Communication Minister Helen Coonan has produced a plan for what is described as the ‘operational separation’ of Telstra. The rational is simple; by splitting the regulated, infrastructure assets from the retail operations, the government (with assistance from a regulator) is guaranteeing a point of entry to the telecommunication market for all competitors. ... read more

Analysis of data from 380 of the world’s largest 500 firms has shown only 9 qualify as truly global in their operations. ... read more

Within Australia the rise of non-bank financial institutions offering home mortgages and credit cards, aggressive and powerful foreign competitors offering retail services and non-life insurance companies becoming increasingly price aggressive all portend a difficult and competitive market in the future. Is there a case for Asian expansion? ... read more

Understanding the nature of change within an industry can be the difference between success and failure – becoming a market leader or facing oblivion. ... read more

As swim stars and beauty queens prove, there’s more to winning than the obvious. ... read more

Family firms are often seen as an anachronism in the modern business world, but according to visiting French academic Jean-Luc Arregle their performance is often superior to those of large publicly-listed companies. ... read more

In advanced economies, capital goods manufacturers are increasingly challenged by stagnant demand, declining margins and sharp business cycles. ... read more