Harvard Business Review

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trade deficit with Japan grew through the 1980s, for example, influential thinkers increasingly focused on how managerial innovations used in Japanese firms might be imported and adapted in the U.S. During difficult economic times, organizations often seek ideas on how to cut costs or perform operations more efficiently. As the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

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Prahalad and I urged managers to think in a different way about the building blocks of competitive success. By building and nurturing deep, hard-to-replicate skills, an organization could fatten margins and fuel growth. Almost 25 years ago in the pages of HBR , C.K. Strategy gets set at the top. Power trickles down. This is a conceit.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Prahalad and I urged managers to think in a different way about the building blocks of competitive success. By building and nurturing deep, hard-to-replicate skills, an organization could fatten margins and fuel growth. Almost 25 years ago in the pages of HBR , C.K. Strategy gets set at the top. Power trickles down. This is a conceit.

Bureaucracy 10

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 10

Harvard Business Review

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The skills and traits to pull that off — such as cost-consciousness, relentless efficiency, and customer-driven design — must be anchored in the company and its culture from the very beginning. The choice of the price position affects the overall business model, the product quality, branding, and how to innovate.

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