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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. The theoretical optimized industry is one with two or three players performing very different roles.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Congestion Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

Shipment volumes through North American ports, which fell 20% in 2009 from a record peak in 2007, are now higher than they were in 2007, and port-expansion plans from Vancouver to Los Angeles/Long Beach are bogged down by political wrangling. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Insight Center.