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Uniqueness Helps When It Comes To Getting Investment

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Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne published their hugely influential book Blue Ocean Strategy, in which they popularize the concept of seeking unknown market spaces that are untainted by competition. This in turn can often put companies off of following such unique strategies, even when this is actually better for them in the long-term.

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

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HBR’s Ten Must Reads on Strategy Various contributors Harvard Business Press (2011) How to create “a unique and valuable position” by deciding what to do…and not do This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies of articles that initially appeared in the Harvard Business Review, in this instance from 1960 until [.].

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