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Publication date: May 1,1996
ISBN: 0887308090
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and Investment Expert Editor's Recommended Book, 01/16/97:
Total system leadership, according to business strategy consultant James F. Moore, has
replaced mere product superiority and even complete industry dominance as today's
corporate brass ring. In The Death of Competition: Leadership & Strategy In the Age
of Business Ecosystems, he uses "biological ecology" as a metaphor for the
new type of cooperative/competitive relationships that he believes lead to that brass ring
-- while guiding readers toward the unique interlocking networks that he says are
necessary to attain it.
From the Publisher:
A new vision of competitive systems.
In a groundbreaking new book, James F. Moore, one of the world's foremost experts on leadership and strategy, dispenses with simplistic models of corporate competition to argue that the complex, interdependent nature of today's business relationships is best understood as a form of ecosystem. He examines the profound strategic and managerial implications of this dynamic vision in The Death of Competition: Leadership and Strategy in the Age of Business Ecosystems.
Moore offers a sweeping new understanding of how businesses interact, cooperate, and compete; his ecosystem analogy more closely reflects the actual experiences of today's companies. He names four distinct stages in the growth of a business ecosystem,"The Terrain of Opportunities," "The Revolution Spreads," "The Red Queen Effect," and "Renewal or Death," and shows how businesses can meet the changing demands and goals of each. He not only offers a powerful metaphor for understanding the new business environment, he also shows how to apply this understanding to flourish and succeed in a climate of organized chaos.
Moore vividly illustrates his thesis not only with examples from the natural world, but also with case studies of actual companies. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary examples, from the complex alliances among IBM, Intel, and Microsoft to the territorial tactics employed by Wal-Mart against Kmart, to the coevolution of Ford and Chrysler, Moore shows how new strategies and visionary leadership are required in these new business ecosystems.
Moore's insightful and iconoclastic analysis of the contemporary business climate suggests a new strategic model for the interaction of companies. He conclusively demonstrates that our traditional understanding of competition is no longer adequate to the realities of the business environment, and that an ecosystem understanding of business interactions has profound implications for corporate strategy. The Death Of Competition will change the way people think about competition and cooperation.
About the Author:
James F. Moore is chairman of GeoPartners Research Inc., a strategy consulting and investment firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He advises senior management of a number of the largest worldwide firms. His Harvard Business Review article, "Predators and Prey: A New Ecology of Competition," won the prestigious McKinsey Award for best article of 1993. He is a regular columnist for Upside, the Silicon Valley high-tech executive monthly. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Synopsis:
This vibrant new contribution to management forecasts the death of competition as we know
it. Revealing hidden patterns in the competitive landscape of today, James Moore gives
readers a way to think clearly and strategically about a future ruled by "organized
chaos." The Death of Competition is the ultimate resource on business strategy in the
new environment.
Synopsis:
From perhaps the most sought after consultant in corporate strategy today comes the
defining book on business after the Industrial Age. Drawing from an enviable list of
clients, the thrust of Moore's owrk is on alliance-based competition, discussing how
leaders can and do unite their companies strategically, shaping future events rather than
responding to them. Simultaneous hardcover release from HarperCollins. 2 cassettes. --This
text refers to the
audio cassettes edition of this title.
Card catalog description
James Moore boldly demonstrates that for many vibrant companies, the future is now; that
today's great enterprises no longer compete for product superiority or even industry
dominance. What matters now, and from now on, is total system leadership. Make no mistake
- business rivalries have never been more intense. But the playing field is raised, the
speed and stakes multiply geometrically, and the strategic options have never been more
diverse. Grasping the complex, hidden patterns in today's competitive terrain, Moore
envisions a future characterized by organized chaos. As the old powers wait and wonder,
vast new fortunes flourish where entrepreneurs jostle to integrate technologies and
cultivate utterly new markets of unimaginable richness. Inviting readers to approach their
own businesses with equal boldness, Moore introduces biological ecology as a metaphor for
strategic thinking about business coevolution and radically new cooperative/competitive
relationships. From his vantage point at the hot centers of global economic competition,
Moore provides a topographical map to competitive systems, enabling readers to position
their own companies within interlocking business networks, to identify the development
stage of their system, and to pursue the strategy most likely to prevail and ultimately
dominate the whole. But a business model for one's own firm is simply not enough. Leaders
must build strong communities of shared meaning, yielding a special resiliency,
flexibility, and resistance to catastrophe.
The author, Jim Moore, who is reachable at http://www.deathofcompetition.com , 06/27/96:
Amazon.com as a business ecosystem:
I wrote this book for those of you who want to understand the new economy, and strengthen
your ability to evolve within it. Amazon.com is a wonderful example of a business
ecosystem--ever changing, providing a framework for its users to cohabitate,
intellectually copulate, and coevolve.Free excerpts of the book are available at the
deathofcompetition.com web site.I hope you enjoy the book, and look forward to hearing
from you. Regards, Jim Moore
johnc@aiche.org, 09/23/96, rating=3:
This book is about 150 pages too long
Moore gives an interesting analogy between business and biological ecosystems. However, it
is really an analysis of the Product Life Cycle (PLC) model in different packaging. The
book is chock full of fancy buzz words that probably won't take hold in the real world any
time soon. If you want to buy this book to scan fine, if you read every word you will be
asleep in no time.
A reader, 09/16/96, rating=6:
Business=Ecosystem...?, Inconclusive thesis
This book is much over-hyped. It does build on the ecosystem research of Margaret Wheatly.
However, the title is misleading in that the book is really about how old-style
individualistic competition is dead. Piggy-backs on existing works by others such as
Margaret Wheatly, Tom Peters, Alvin Toffler, John Naisbitt, Paul Hawken, etc. Main thesis
is inconclusive and weakly supported by text.
darwinl103@aol.com, 07/09/96, rating=10:
Insightful analogy drawn between ecosystems and businesses
Drawing an analogy between the ecosystem and the business environment, the author provides
an insight into how businesses should cope with the ever evolving and changing business
environments. The text cites examples of how successful companies define or help shape
their "ecosystems" and subsequently gain competitive advantage.
AAndrewK@aol.com, 06/03/96, rating=10:
Business and leadership strategy for a fluid environment.
Moore uses the metaphor of a "business ecosystem" to make sense of our complex
and chaotic business landscape. He demonstrates how managers who think about
"coevolving" with customers and suppliers can shape and capitalize on the rich
opportunities that fluid business environments afford. Complete with analytical tools,
illustrative case studies, and inspiring sections on leadership, this book could push the
idea of alliance-based competition into widespread practice.
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