Wharton on Dynamic Competitive Strategy

PART I: UNDERSTANDING ADVANTAGES IN A CHANGING COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT 19

Chapter 1. Assessing Competitive Arenas: Who Are Your Competitors? 23
George S. Day

Chapter 2. Maintaining Competitive Edge: Creating and Sustaining Advantages in Dynamic Competitive Environments 48
George S. Day

Chapter 3. Integrating Policy Trends into Dynamic Advantage 76
Elizabeth E. Bailey

Chapter 4. Technology-Driven Environmental Shifts and the Sustainable Competitive Disadvantage of Previously Dominant Companies 99
Eric K. Clemons

PART II: ANTICIPATING COMPETITORS' ACTIONS 123

Chapter 5. Game Theory and Competitive Strategy 127
Teck Hua Ho and Keith Weigelt

Chapter 6. Behavioral Theory and Naïve Strategic Reasoning 151
Robert J. Meyer and Darryl Banks

Chapter 7. Coevolution: Toward a Third Frame for Analyzing Competitive Decision Making 177
Eric J. Johnson and J. Edward Russo

Chapter 8. Anticipating Reactions: Factors That Shape Competitor Responses 198
S. Venkataraman, Ming-Jer Chen, and Ian C. MacMillan

Chapter 9. Understanding Competitive Relationships 220
Jagmohan S. Raju and Abhik Roy

PART III: FORMULATING DYNAMIC COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES 233

Chapter 10. Creative Strategies for Responding to Competitive Actions 237
Hubert Gatignon and David Reibstein

Chapter 11. Preemptive Strategies 256
Jerry Wind

Chapter 12. Signaling to Competitors 277
Oliver P. Heil, George S. Day, and David J. Reibstein

Chapter 13. Commitment: How Narrowing Options Can Improve Competitive Positions 293
Louis A. Thomas

Chapter 14. Antitrust Constraints to Competitive Strategy 313
Dennis A. Yao

PART IV: CHOOSING AMONG ALTERNATIVE COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES 339

Chapter 15. Using Conjoint Analysis to View Competitive Interaction through the Customer's Eyes 343
Paul E. Green and Abba M. Krieger

Chapter 16. The Competitive Dynamics of Capabilities: Developing Strategic Assets for Multiple Futures 368
Paul J. H. Schoemaker and Raphael Amit

Chapter 17. Putting the Lesson Before the Test: Using Simulation to Analyze and Develop Competitive Strategies 395
David J. Reibstein and Mark J. Chussil

Notes 424

Index 451