Competing on Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape and It's Battle with Microsoft

Competing on Internet time means competitive advantage can be won and lost overnight. In this penetrating analysis of strategy-making and product innovation in the dynamic markets of commercial cyberspace, bestselling Microsoft Secrets co-author Michael Cusumano and top competitive strategy expert David Yoffie draw vital lessons from Netscape, the first pure Internet company, and show how it employs the techniques of judo strategy in its pitched battle with Microsoft, the world's largest software producer.
With a new afterword updating the events of the year following publication of the hardcover edition, Competing on Internet Time is essential and instructive reading for all managers, engineers, and entrepreneurs who want to succeed in ultra-fast-paced markets. Managers in every high-tech industry will discover a wealth of new ideas on how to create and scale up a new company quickly; how to compete in fast-paced, unpredictable industries; and how to design products for rapidly evolving markets.

Author: Michael A. Cusumano, David B. Yoffie
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 01/12/2000
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.14w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780684863450

About the Author
Michael A. Cusumano, co-author of the newly published Thinking Beyond Lean and the international bestseller Microsoft Secrets, is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management. He is also the author of The Japanese Automobile Industry and Japan's Software Factories.