Own the future : 50 ways to win from the Boston Consulting Group / edited by Michael Deimler ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deimler, Michael S.

Boston Consulting Group.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

Competition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

50 ways to win from the Boston Consulting Group

Own the future : fifty ways to win from the Boston Consulting Group

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

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Summary:

The world faces social, political, and economic turmoil on an unprecedented scale-along with unsettling levels of turbulence and volatility. Market leadership today is less of a predictor of leadership tomorrow. Therefore, senior executives today must strive to own the future. In Own the Future, The Boston Consulting Group, one of the world's most prestigious and innovative management consulting firms, offers a roadmap. Drawing on the firm's experience advising organizations on how to achieve and sustain competitive advantage, this book offers 50 ideas to help readers chart the

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Adaptive; Chapter 1 Why Strategy Needs a Strategy; Finding the Right Strategic Style; When the Cold Winds Blow; Operating in Many Modes; Chapter 2 Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage; The Ability to Read and Act on Signals; The Ability to Experiment; The Ability to Manage Complex Multicompany Systems; The Ability to Mobilize; The Challenge for Big Business; Chapter 3 Systems Advantage; Properties of Adaptive Systems; Guidelines for an Adaptive Systems Approach; Moving toward an Adaptive System

Chapter 4 Adaptive LeadershipDimensions of Adaptive Leadership; Modulating the Leadership Model; Chapter 5 Competing on Capabilities; Becoming a Capabilities-Based Competitor; A New Logic of Growth: The Capabilities Predator; Part II Global; Chapter 6 Globality: The World beyond Globalization; Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything; The Seven Struggles; The Way Forward; Chapter 7 The New Global Challengers; Global Challengers; Competition and Cooperation; The Game Has Changed; Chapter 8 Winning in Emerging-Market Cities; The Rise of the Cities

Capturing the Consumer OpportunityCapturing the Infrastructure Opportunity; The New Agenda for Emerging-Market Growth; Chapter 9 What the West Doesn't Get about China; How Multinationals Should Navigate the Emerging China; Chapter 10 The African Challengers; A Fresh Perspective; African Contenders; Keys to Success; The Global Challenge; Looking Ahead; Part III Connected; Chapter 11 The Digital Manifesto; A Shifting Center of Gravity; The Internet Meets Main Street; A Digital Future; The CEO's Agenda: Building the Digital Balance Sheet; The Policy Maker's Agenda: Keeping the Internet Moving

Chapter 12 Data to Die ForWhy Do Companies Come Up Short?; Strategies That Pay Off; The Need for a Strategy; Chapter 13 The Collision of Power and Portability; The Power-Portability Spectrum; The Portability Paradigm; The Power-Portability Collision; Chapter 14 China's Digital Generations 3.0: The Online Empire; A Massive Mass Medium; Not Just Fun and Games; A Nation of Avid Adopters; The Power of Digital Dialogue; A Call to Action; Part IV Sustainable; Chapter 15 The Benefits of Sustainability-Driven Innovation; The Stakeholder Effect; The Role of Top Management; Recommendations

Chapter 16 Creating Practical Consumer Value from SustainabilityA Challenging Opportunity; Breaking Through; Focusing Green Products on Consumers' Concerns; Timing the Market; Chapter 17 Potential Impacts of the New Sustainability Champions; Innovations on the Ground; Following the Leaders; Moving Forward; Part V Customer First; Chapter 18 Breaking Compromises; Uncompromising Opportunity; A Pathway to Growth; Creativity, Flexibility, and Nerve; Chapter 19 Brand-Centric Transformation: Balancing Art and Data; Rules to Remember; Understanding the Brand-Benefit Ladder; A Four-Step Solution

Chapter 20 Unlocking Growth in the Middle: A View from India and China

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781119204084

1119204089

9781118651766

1118651766

9781118651551

1118651553

OCLC:

827724526