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Beyond Competitive Advantage
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Beyond Competitive Advantage

by Todd Zenger
May 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
224 pages
4h 7m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Content preview from Beyond Competitive Advantage
As shown in chapter 4, many of the assets and resources that a company will need to obtain to put its theory into practice are best left outside the firm and sourced through market relationships. But there are many types of market relationships, and a central question in pursuing a particular strategic experiment is which to pursue; for example, whether to purchase the inputs from the lowest-cost supplier or develop a relationship with a few favored ones. Answering that question is a perennial challenge, with wide ranging options that continue to unfold. As Friedrich Hayek commented, “[while] man has learned to use [the market] … , he is still very far from having learned to make the best use of it.” ...
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ISBN: 9781633690011