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My favourite Strategy books
By an Amazon.com customer
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and CompetitorsCompetitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors by Michael E. Porter
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $14.74
Michael Porter's landmark book on strategy and the external industry analysis and competitor analysis
Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior PerformanceCompetitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance by Michael E. Porter
Buy new: $28.17 / Used from: $14.99
Michael Porter's landmark book on strategy and the internal value chain
Managing with Dual StrategiesManaging with Dual Strategies by Derek F. Abell
Buy used from: $2.03
Abell's landmark book while he worked at the Swiss IMD business school. It sums up his important work - Defining the business - and adds completely new dimensions
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition IrrelevantBlue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $10.88
The French Insead business school of business development. Strategy book of the year 2005?
Creating Value, Second Edition: Successful Business StrategiesCreating Value, Second Edition: Successful Business Strategies by Shiv S Mathur
Buy new: $47.20 / Used from: $34.35
Very insigthful. Like Abell's book somewhat overlooked. Challenges expertly e.g. Porter's ideas.
WinningWinning by Jack Welch
Buy new: $20.12 / Used from: $0.31
The voice of the 20th century's greatest leader
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things DoneExecution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy
Buy new: $15.13 / Used from: $0.35
Great book on making strategy happen
Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible OutcomesStrategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes by Robert S. Kaplan
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $12.49
Kaplan & Norton manages in one of the chapters to make Porter's generic strategy fit coherently into the balanced scorecard's framework
The Profit Zone: How Strategic Business Design Will Lead You to Tomorrow's ProfitsThe Profit Zone: How Strategic Business Design Will Lead You to Tomorrow's Profits by Adrian J. Slywotzky
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.70
22 ways to make profit happen. Very insightful
The Art of ProfitabilityThe Art of Profitability by Adrian Slywotzky
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.24
The profit zone as a novel ! One of my absolute favourites.
How to Grow When Markets Don'tHow to Grow When Markets Don't by Adrian Slywotzky
Buy new: $20.00 / Used from: $1.58
Business development when you think it is impossible ...
Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic ManagementStrategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management by Henry Mintzberg
Buy new: $12.96 / Used from: $6.00
One of the best contributions of Mintzberg on strategy (and he has made a lot!). It explains 10 different schools on strategy and elaborates on similarities and differences
Strategy Synthesis: Resolving Strategy Paradoxes to Create Competitive AdvantageStrategy Synthesis: Resolving Strategy Paradoxes to Create Competitive Advantage by Bob de Wit
Buy new: $134.95 / Used from: $82.30
A rare contribution from a Dutch team. Another of my favourites!