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ZAG: The Number-One Strategy of High-Performance Brands
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ZAG: The Number-One Strategy of High-Performance Brands

by Marty Neumeier
September 2006
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
2h 37m
English
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The New Prime Directive

CEOs are beginning to question the prime directive of creating shareholder value at the expense of other values. They’ve seen the slippery slope: 1) incremental investments don’t produce fast growth, 2) shareholders devalue the stock, 3) the leaders are fired, 4) the new leaders cost-cut their way back to earlier earnings levels, and 5) the company is once again searching for fast growth.

Annunzio admonishes CEOs to “stand up to the investment community and tell them that companies can’t cut their way to sustainable growth.” Instead, “they should differentiate their products and seize opportunities in new markets.”

Recent studies offer ammunition. Companies with 80% of their revenue from innovative products have typically ...

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