Competence-Based Competition

by Gary Hamel (Editor), Aimé Heene

An eclectic ensemble of contributors explore currently relevant issues regarding management theory and business practice, connecting them with previous research streams. The 12 articles present the premise that corporate strategy should place technology, skill and synergy ahead of cash flow and control. Using a resource-based perspective, their concept of competence allows a proactive construction of competence, spanning multiple businesses and observes competition as being over the acquisition and development of competence.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published August 30, 1994

About the author

Dr. Gary P. Hamel is an American management expert. He is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago.

Gary Hamel is Professor of Strategic Management at London Business School. He has researched strategy development in a multinational context.