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In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
Michael Porter
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Michael Porter
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 23
Aerospace Engineer
Economist
Mechanical Engineer
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Ann Arbor
Michigan
Michael Eugene Porter
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The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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Competitiveness is defined as the ability of companies to compete while maintaining or improving the average standard of living. If you are cutting wages to become more competitive, that's not really more competitive. It's raising the skill and the efficiency of those workers so that they can support and sustain that higher wage.
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Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.
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A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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Health care historically has been a very siloed field that's organized around medical specialties - urology, cardiac surgery, and so forth - and around the supply of these specialty services. The patient is the ping-pong ball that moves from service to service.
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If a strategy meets a goal: It's working. If a strategy meets a target: It's a success.
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