Porter (business administration, Harvard Business School) collates 11 of his and coauthors' seminal articles on competitiveness in the private and public sectors from The Harvard Business Review and two new ones (one on clusters on the national front; the other on global strategy). Organized in three parts around core concepts, the role of location in competition, and competitive solutions to societal problems, the author (Competitive Strategy, Competitive Advantage and The Competitive Advantage of Nations) presents the evolution of his ideas in bridging economic theory and management practice. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.