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When Do Shared Values Become a Competitive Advantage?

The Idolbuster

Waterman Jr. Waterman Jr. . <<Previous Next>> [i] In Search Of Excellence: Lessons From America’s Best-Run Companies. Thomas J Peters and Robert H. Harper and Row (1982) p. ii] In Search Of Excellence: Lessons From America’s Best-Run Companies. Thomas J Peters and Robert H. Harper and Row (1982) p.

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The Internet Is Finally Forcing Management to Care About People

Harvard Business Review

It includes Mary Parker Follett (1920s), Elton Mayo and Chester Barnard (1930s), Abraham Maslow (1940s), Douglas McGregor (1960s), Peter Drucker (1970s), Peters and Waterman (1980s), Katzenbach and Smith (1990s), and Gary Hamel (2000s). It’s through providing value to customers that firms justify their existence.

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How GE Applies Lean Startup Practices

Harvard Business Review

But as Kevin Nolan, vice president of technology, said, “With FastWorks we’re learning that speed is our competitive advantage. Todd Waterman, GE’s corporate Lean leader, is leveraging GE Appliance’s insights with other GE units. How do we become much more open and collaborative with the customer base?

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