In this paper we study the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions for the p Laplacian equation with nonlinear sourceut=div(|Du| p-2 Du)+u -q , p>2, 0<q<∞in the class of functions with some prescribed growth rate as |x|→∞. We also give a description of the large time behaviour and show that it is determined by the competition between the diffusion and the source.