Kim Warren on Strategy

Strategy insights and living business models

· Strategy

BCG's Competing for Advantage

The Global Advantage Diamond from BCG looks useful to diagnose competitive advantage in rapidly developing economies (RDEs). It maps four issues – market access, resource access, local adaptation and…

Kim Warren

BCG, Boston Consulting Group, competitive advantage, Global Advantage Diamond, rapidly developing economies, strategy tools

· Strategy

Seize Advantage in a Downturn

More (mostly) helpful advice re the downturn from HBR is Seize the advantage in a downturn in which David Rhodes and Daniel Stelter of BCG offer thoughts to…

Kim Warren

BCG, Boston Consulting Group, business model, competitive advantage, competitive strategy, cost cutting, Daniel Stelter, David Rhodes, down-turn, harvard business review, HBR, organizational memory, rivals

· Strategy

'Backshoring' no big trend

When Dell decided some years ago to bring back home much of its customer support after complaints about service quality, it seemed perhaps to indicate limits to the…

Kim Warren

backshoring, competitive advantage, offshoring, strategic business management, strategic capabilities

· Strategy

How knowledge matters at E.ON and P&G

How does knowledge matter? is the theme of the SMS conference, and there have been some great contributions. The CEO of power producer e.on explained very clearly

Kim Warren

capability, competitive advantage, e.on, knowledge, proctor & gamble

· Strategy

Why has Amazon.com been so unsuccessful?

The SMS conference reminds me of a long-standing puzzle. We have known for decades that investors value growth in earnings – because they either get rising dividends or…

Kim Warren

Amazon.com, competitive advantage, growth, investor returns, profitability, SMS

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Strategic Management Dynamics

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