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Peter F. Drucker on the Network Economy
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Peter F. Drucker on the Network Economy

by Peter F. Drucker
May 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
336 pages
7h 51m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

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The U.S. Economy’s Power Shift

POWER IN THE ECONOMIES of developed countries is rapidly shifting from manufacturers to distributors and retailers.

The phenomenal success of Wal-Mart, which made the late Sam Walton one of the world’s richest men in less than twenty years, was based squarely on the chain’s controlling the operations of its main suppliers. Wal-Mart, rather than the manufacturer—a Procter & Gamble, for instance—controls what should be produced, in what product mix, in what quantities, when it should be delivered, and to which stores. Similarly, in Japan, Ito-Yokado Company controls the product mix, the manufacturing ...

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ISBN: 9781633699564