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Competitive Advantage Through People
Abstract
Sustainable competitive advantage has proved elusive for companies in the 1990s. While making enormous investments in technology, research, and state-of-the-art marketing, many of today9s managers continue to ignore the single most important factor in achieving and maintaining competitive success: people. Yet all evidence indicates that the source of competitive advantage is shifting from technology, patents, or strategic position to how a company manages its employees. In this excerpt from his newly published book, Competitive Advantage through People, Jeffrey Pfeffer describes how successful companies have overcome the barriers to change and offers a solid framework—with specific actions—for implementing these changes in any industry.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Pfeffer, J.
- Venue
- California Management Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1994-01
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 9-28
- ISSN
- 0008-1256 (ISSN-L)
- 2162-8564
- OpenAlex
- W2132912892
- Cited by
- 2,446
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 72.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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