Abstract
Explosive technological change is rapidly creating countless new market opportunities. The author provides a proven market-driven approach to formulating and implementing competitive strategy at the business unit level - the trenches. Day introduces the five critical strategic choices that managers must make - in selecting channels, in product differentiation, in pricing - that will yield a competitive advantage.
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Publication Info
- Year
- 1990
- Type
- book
- Citations
- 509
- Access
- Closed