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

Strategy Driven

Further, they need to limit their focus to, at most, six capabilities, and make those capabilities work together as a mutually reinforcing system that perpetuates competitive advantage. That belief stems from having chosen a differentiated way to play that is supported by a strong system of mutually reinforcing capabilities.

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Resolution 2011: Make Your Strategy Coherent

Harvard Business Review

First, let's make sure to define capabilities clearly: by capabilities, we mean the interconnected people, knowledge, systems, tools, and processes that create differentiated value for customers. Such capabilities could be rapid-cycle product development, point of sale merchandising, large-scale fabrication, and so on.

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China’s Growth: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Yet the determinants of its successful development are far from established or well understood. What about spillover gains tied to foreign direct investment, joint ventures, and other ties to developed countries? To achieve these aims will also require examining the role of the state in China and the legal system.

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