A Grand Disunity (review of The Competitive Advantage of Nations, by Michael E. Porter)

Grand Disunity

THE HARDBACK edition of The Competitive Advantage of Nations, Michael Porter’s sprawling analysis of the contemporary economic world order, weighs in at slightly over three pounds—about the size of a nice bass. And cooked whole, with its formidable charts, appendices, footnotes, and bibliography intact, the book should glut all but the most data starved readers. I wish I believed it would satisfy less quantitative needs.

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Richard Ryan

Grand Disunity

THE HARDBACK edition of The Competitive Advantage of Nations, Michael Porter’s sprawling analysis of the contemporary economic world order, weighs in at slightly over three pounds—about the size of a nice bass. And cooked whole, with its formidable charts, appendices, footnotes, and bibliography intact, the book should glut all but the most data starved readers. I wish I believed it would satisfy less quantitative needs.