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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 658.4012 EAN: 9780471757221 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0471757225 Label: Wiley Manufacturer: Wiley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: April 28, 2006 Publisher: Wiley Studio: Wiley Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: A collection of the best thinking from one of the most innovative management consulting firms in the world For more than forty years, The Boston Consulting Group has been shaping strategic thinking in business. The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy offers a broad and up-to-date selection of the firm's best ideas on strategy with fresh ideas, insights, and practical lessons for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs in every industry. Here's a sampling of the provocative thinking you'll find inside: "You have to be the scientist of your own life and be astonished four times:at what is, what always has been, what once was, and what could be." "The majority of products in most companies are cash traps . . . .[They] are not only worthless, but a perpetual drain on corporate resources." "Use more debt than your competition or get out of the business." "When information flows freely, reputation, more than reciprocity,becomes the basis for trust." "As a strategic weapon, time is the equivalent of money, productivity,quality, even innovation." "When brands become business systems, brand management becomes far too important to leave to the marketing department." "The winning organization of the future will look more like a collection ofjazz ensembles than a symphony orchestra." "Most of our organizations today derive from a model whose original purpose was to control creativity." "Rather than being an obstacle, uncertainty is the very engine of transformation in a business, a continuous source of new opportunities." "IP assets lack clear property lines. Every bit of intellectual property you can own comes with connections to other valuable innovations." Average Rating:
 Rating: - Dense read, but very entertaining and comprehensiveI'm a grad student with IT background and want to become a management consultant or a CEO. This is not a coffe-table book. The best is to have a business encyclopedia by the hand when reading it (i recommend Business: The ultimate resource,2nd). For more info about table of contents click on the book picture. The essays are short (cca 2 pages), but extremely consciously and well written. I think, no former business knowledge is necessary: anybody can pick up this book, who ... Read More Rating:  - Very good essays.It was not at all what I expected, but it was packed with good strategy. I liked the format once I got used to it, and I think anyone who uses strategy in any way (work, managing, consulting) would benefit from having this book. Rating: - Very informative, intriguing business analysisThis collection of publications is incredibly interesting to the business enthusiast. Even Bruce Henderson's publications from the 1970's remain thought-provoking and -transforming today. This is a dense read. I cannot read very much at one time. However it is grouped by subject, so you can jump around different chapters without consequence. Rating: - Outstanding BookThis is an outstanding book on various ideas on strategy. The book provides some classical and new insights, concepts, tools and perspectives for effective strategy formulation and implementation. The Boston Consulting Group has been responsible for a number of major management consulting innovations and concepts, such as "time-based competition," "deconstruction," and "capability-driven competitive strategies" and highlighting the importance of competitive advantage. Today BCG is among ... Read More Rating: - Great insightThis book isn't for the faint of heart. It begins with very dense writing but if you can follow it you will gain valuable insight into business strategy. The later chapters are easier to follow. 
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