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The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy: Classic Concepts and New Perspectives [Hardcover]

Carl W. Stern , Michael S. Deimler
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  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd Edition edition (9 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0471757225
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471757221
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16.2 x 3.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 31,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in strategy." (Long Range Planning, 40/2007)

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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."


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0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Carl is just a great guy, definite a very smart cookie, excellent work from the boutique looking at how we can look at problem solving in variety of unconventional ways, overall great work and suggested read for someone who likes thinking and learning from best that is out there
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Old essays from the 90s 10 April 2010
By Virtual-Stuart - Published on Amazon.com
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This book is just a collection of essays/reflections on the management consulting profession. These essays are from the 1990s, so they seem a bit dated with all of the technological advances in the past 15 years. I wouldn't recommend it.
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Good Book Difficult Read 10 Jan 2007
By Z045873 - Published on Amazon.com
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This book is filled with both well known business "facts" as well as unconventional perspectives. It is an excellent book; however it is a rather difficult read. I consider myself to be an above average reader particularly with business jargon, but still I had trouble. The purpose of reading is to expand your mind and grow. Overall this is a book that I would recommend. Be prepared for a challenge.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Sometimes interesting 26 Feb 2010
By Bart Norre - Published on Amazon.com
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It is an interesting book if you want to see how strategy was treaten 20, 30 or even 40 years ago. Certainly for students a nice book. A second issue which is too often recurrent in this type of books, certainly useful for fortune 500 companies. For my own practice as a consultant for SMB I could not really find anything usefull.
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