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Competitor Analysis: Anticipating Competitive Actions

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Abstract

Before taking competitive action, managers must anticipate the actions of their competitors. This can only be accomplished by performing thorough competitor analysis.

Keywords

Business or Company Management; Competition

Citation

Coughlan, Peter J., Kaiho Patrick Lee, and Deborah Freier. "Competitor Analysis: Anticipating Competitive Actions." Harvard Business School Background Note 701-120, February 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
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