Why Firms Succeed

"Rich with corporate and industry examples, ...this well-written book is highly recommended not only for US managers involved in strategic management, but also for business and economics academicians."--Choice "A powerfully argued book, which casts a fresh light on a range of practical business challenges."--The Financial Times for the UK edition "The best management theorist in Britain, bar none....An important book for the future of British management....Explains in blindingly simple terms how business strategies add value. Kay is the ultimate numbers man, but with a feel for operations."--Business Age for the UK edition "Impressive and readable....The scope and quality of this book put it in the same league as Michael Porter's celebrated volumes on competitive strategy and signal a certain coming of age of business education in Britain."--The Observer for the UK edition "A fresh and insightful approach...to the links between corporate culture, strategy, and success."--Sir Geoffrey Owen, Director of Business Policy Program, London School of Economics for the UK edition "In 1993 [Kay] wrote Foundations of Corporate Success, in which he argued that success could be measured as added value or as the difference between the value of a firm's output and the cost of its input....His book was the subject of spirited debate in the British business press....He now offers this slightly revised, shortened, and 'Americanized' version of his earlier book. Such American businesses as WalMart, Caterpillar, and the Boston Celtics (!) have been added as examples, and a consideration of the way business is transacted internationally is included."--Booklist "Mr. Kay is well on the way to turning himself into a European Michael Porter, Harvard's top showman."--The Economist