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Profit Is Less About Good Management than You Think

Harvard Business Review

Benjamin Graham , the father of value investing, seldom met the managers of the companies he invested in because he felt they would tell him only what they wished him to hear and because he didn’t want to be influenced by impressions of personality. So is there something different about the managers who do succeed?

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Why the Problem with Learning Is Unlearning

Harvard Business Review

In this model, competitive advantage is achieved by driving costs down, driving prices up, locking in customers, and locking out competitors and entrants. ” But in a networked economy, the nature of strategy, value creation, and competitive advantage change from incremental to exponential. .”

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