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Business and competition go hand-in-hand in today's marketplace. Michael Porter's Five Forces model illustrates how competitive forces shape a business. You'll find a visualization of the Five Forces model at www.infonortics.com/archives/1997agsiconference/
moffett/sld012.htm and a slide show presentation at www.mgt.smsu.edu/external/sld012.htm. Porter's book Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance (Free Press, 1998) contains a full discussion of competitive theory. Strategic information systems help companies succeed in an increasingly competitive market. Read how one company, ChemQuest, employs Porter's Analysis Model to determine the sustainability of profits by visiting www.chemquest.com/sustain.htm and using the Next button to navigate the site. Roger Clarke has written a superb summary of classic business theory relating to strategic information systems. You'll find his article, "The Path of Development of Strategic Information Systems Theory," at www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/SOS/
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Sun Tzu and the Art of Business   Sun Tzu, a very successful Chinese general from around 400 B.C., put his thoughts about military strategy and philosophy into a book called The Art of War. Mark McNeilly adapted Sun Tzu's classic book for the modern business world. You can learn about McNeilly's model of business strategy at this Web site. The site includes a brief discussion of six strategy principles, an index to strategy resources on the Web, a self-analysis questionnaire, a strategy newsletter, and a strategy discussion forum.

A Value Migration® Primer   BusinessWeek recently reported that Adrian Slywotzky is one of today's three busiest corporate strategists. You can find out why by reading a synopsis of his thoughts on value migration and competition at this Web site. You can find an interview with Slywotzky at www.cfonet.com/html/Articles/CFO/
1999/99SEguru.html.
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