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Competitive Strategy
Michael Porter ISBN 0743260880
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Michael Porter ISBN 0743260880
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This book by Michael Porter has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2023-01-26 and the most recent from 2025-12-17. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
In this pathbreaking book, Michael E. Porter unravels the rules that govern competition and turns them into powerful analytical tools to help management interpret market signals and forecast the direction of industry development.
“would you still suggest everyone read the first three chapters of Michael Porter's competitive strategy techniques for analyzing industries”— Tim Ferriss
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“Michael Porter's book Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, which you have described I believe as the most efficient short-form MBA”— Tim Ferriss
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