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The Top 9 Books About Business Strategy
1. Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing – Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth – Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim 2. Blue Ocean Strategy– Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim 3. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters – Richard P. Rumelt 4.
- Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing – Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth – Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim
- Blue Ocean Strategy– Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim
- Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters – Richard P. Rumelt
- Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management – Bruce Ahlstrand, Henry Mintzberg, and Joseph Lampel
- Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works – A.G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin
- Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy – Joan Magretta
- Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value – Melissa Perri
- Competing Against Luck – Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, David S. Duncan
- Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance – Michael E. Porter
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