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The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy

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Description for The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy Hardcover. For the past 43 years, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has been shaping the way business is done all over the world. This book, a compilation of 75 of BCG's most influential articles and pieces on strategy, is an indispensable source of fresh ideas, insights, and practical lessons for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs in every industry. Editor(s): Stern, Carl W.; Deimler, Michael S. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 658.
A collection of the best thinking from one of the most innovative management consulting firms in the world

For more than forty years, The Boston Consulting Group has been shaping strategic thinking in business. The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy offers a broad and up-to-date selection of the firm's best ideas on strategy with fresh ideas, insights, and practical lessons for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs in every industry. Here's a sampling of the provocative thinking you'll find inside:

"You have to be the scientist of your own life and be astonished four times:at what is, what always has been, ... Read more

"The majority of products in most companies are cash traps . . . .[They] are not only worthless, but a perpetual drain on corporate resources."

"Use more debt than your competition or get out of the business."

"When information flows freely, reputation, more than reciprocity,becomes the basis for trust."

"As a strategic weapon, time is the equivalent of money, productivity,quality, even innovation."

"When brands become business systems, brand management becomes far too important to leave to the marketing department."

"The winning organization of the future will look more like a collection ofjazz ensembles than a symphony orchestra."

"Most of our organizations today derive from a model whose original purpose was to control creativity."

"Rather than being an obstacle, uncertainty is the very engine of transformation in a business, a continuous source of new opportunities."

"IP assets lack clear property lines. Every bit of intellectual property you can own comes with connections to other valuable innovations."

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471757221
SKU
V9780471757221
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3

About Carl W Stern
CARL W. STERN has been with BCG for thirty-two years. He was the CEO of BCG from 1997 to 2003 and presently serves as co-chairman of the board. He holds an MBA from Stanford Business School. MICHAEL S. DEIMLER is a Senior Vice President in the Atlanta office of BCG and the leader of its strategy practice. He ... Read more

Reviews for The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy
"Essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in strategy." (Long Range Planning, 40/2007)

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