7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy by Hamilton Helmer
20 March 2017 | English | ePUB | ISBN: 9780998116327 | 202 pages | 10.40 MB
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20 March 2017 | English | ePUB | ISBN: 9780998116327 | 202 pages | 10.40 MB
Retail
7 Powers breaks fresh ground by constructing a comprehensive strategy toolset that is easy for you to learn, communicate and quickly apply.
Drawing on his decades of experience as a business strategy advisor, active equity investor and Stanford University teacher, Hamilton Helmer develops from first principles a practical theory of Strategy rooted in the notion of Power, those conditions which create the potential for persistent differential returns.
Using rich real-world examples, Helmer rigorously characterizes exactly what your business must achieve to create Power. And create Power it must, for without it your business is at risk. He explains why invention always comes first and then develops the Power Progression to enable you to target when your Power must be established: in the Origination, Take-Off or Stability phases of your business.
Every business faces a do-or-die strategy moment: a crux directional choice made amidst swirling uncertainty. To get this right you need at your fingertips a real-time strategy compass to discern your true north. 7 Powers is that compass.
Foreword by Reed Hastings
Introduction Part I - Strategy Statics Chapter
1: Scale Economies Chapter
2: Network Economies Chapter
3: Counter-Positioning Chapter
4: Switching Costs Chapter
5: Branding Chapter
6: Cornered Resources Chapter
7: Process Power Part II - Strategy Dynamics Chapter
8: The Path to Power Chapter
9: The Power Progression Acknowledgements
Introduction Part I - Strategy Statics Chapter
1: Scale Economies Chapter
2: Network Economies Chapter
3: Counter-Positioning Chapter
4: Switching Costs Chapter
5: Branding Chapter
6: Cornered Resources Chapter
7: Process Power Part II - Strategy Dynamics Chapter
8: The Path to Power Chapter
9: The Power Progression Acknowledgements