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The Escher Cycle: Creating Self-Reinforcing Business Advantage [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Finn Jackson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Texere; large type edition edition (21 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1587991942
  • ISBN-13: 978-1587991943
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 16.5 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 445,676 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"This is one of the clearest accounts I have read about the principles of successful business strategy and practice. Finn Jackson doesnat waste a word. He describes business as a living system; he understands the many different ideas that motivate business people, and he guides the reader through the maze without over complicating or oversimplifying."

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"Thought provoking... A mine of diverse information."

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5.0 out of 5 stars A simple framework for troubleshooting and growth, 13 May 2008
By George Black "Start-up CEO" (Phuser.com) - See all my reviews
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The Escher Cycle starts by outlining a simple framework which can be applied to any business. As a start-up this helps identify where to put your efforts and how to restrict your scope and ambition so that you can get your business going. A practical, focused approach which cuts through what you want to do and helps you realise what you need to do.

This framework then scales to the next stages of growth, again maintaining focus and the best use of resources at each stage. This, coupled with advice on optimising operations and putting good leadership in place, shows how you can achieve a business advantage, which in these competitive times is paramount.

Not content with just tackling this, the book then talks about strategy and what you need to do to maintain your competitive advantage as the world changes around you.

As an internet start-up with more ambition than focus I have found this book invaluable in directing me in a no-nonsense way to figure out what we need to be doing to get revenue and growth. There is so much great business advice out there and people telling you what you should be doing, the difficulty is in figuring out what order you should tackle things. If I had achieved the perspective this book gave me earlier it would have save me a year of development and given me a year of sales.

I shall be taking this book with me as my business grows. The simplicity of the lessons and framework apply at all stages from a start-up to a mature, century old company. If Kodak or the music industry had read this book and been keeping an eye on maintaining their strategic business advantage they would not be in the trouble they are now.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Graphic picture of the unending elements of success, 2 May 2008
By Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract.com" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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Finn Jackson is a very practical business architect. Instead of focusing on theoretical abstractions, he shows why concrete activities, choices and processes matter. He writes that strategy's only use is to help you refine and adjust your actions. He explains how to use such basic ideas as wise deployment of resources, strong leadership and realistic strategies to create your own "Escher Cycle" of repeating renewal and competitive advantage. Then Jackson shows how to sustain your ongoing competitive edge by letting your business change as competition and the future demand. getAbstract thinks he paints a graphic picture of the unending elements of success.
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