First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 7, 2011

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 [.].

Review 85

Review Strategy Books Positioning 85

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Here, differentiation and low cost represent alternative strategic positions in an industry. And its people proposition is about the positive incentives and motivations put in place for its employees and network of volunteer fund-raisers, corporate partners, and celebrities. Chan Kim Renee Mauborgne. Excerpted from. Add to Cart.

Blue Ocean Strategy 8

Blue Ocean Strategy Strategy Execution Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The local toy store seemed positively drab in comparison. From sitting at the kitchen table to waiting for a train, consumers have the power to browse, compare prices, and order from thousands of retailers competing for their attention. Parents, for their part, were drawn by the “everyday low price.” In their 2005 book, W.

Retail 9

Retail Blue Ocean Strategy Mauborgne Comparison 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

And so, he famously argued, in addition to the fierceness of price competition among industry rivals, the degree of competitiveness in an industry (that is, the degree to which players are free to set their own prices) depends on the bargaining power of buyers and of suppliers, as well as how threatening substitute products and new entrants are.

Strategy 8

Strategy Porter Blue Ocean Strategy Luehrman 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne examined the emergence of outrageously successful companies like Cirque du Soleil, and claim to have discovered the keys. How else could they have moved their businesses into positions that so thoroughly defied competition? Iraq is far from a viable democratic system. As just one example, academics W.

Engineering 10

Engineering Succession Mauborgne Critical Success Factor 10