Publications
Publications
- August 1996 (Revised January 1999)
- HBS Case Collection
Achieving and Sustaining Superior Profits
Abstract
A basic premise of strategy is that superior profits occur when a corporation secures favorable positions in attractive industries, and pursues economies of scope across business units. This note draws on research that documents the importance of industry, positioning, and corporate-parent effects on profitability. The research shows differences in the influence of the effects for high and low performers, and differences for firms that are in the process of achieving and sustaining performance.
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Citation
McGahan, Anita M. "Achieving and Sustaining Superior Profits." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-039, August 1996. (Revised January 1999.)