Creating Corporate Advantage

Harvard Business Review

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Contents

Creating Corporate Advantage

 .    . 

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Competing on Resources: Strategy in the 1990s 33

 .    . 

Desperately Seeking Synergy

    

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The End of Corporate Imperialism Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World 121

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..    

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Why Focused Strategies May Be Wrong for Emerging Markets 147

    

Competing on Capabilities: The New Rules of Corporate Strategy 171

 ,  ,  ...