What business strategy is all about-what distinguishes it from all other kinds of business planning-is, in a word, competitive advantage. Without competitors there would be no need for strategy, for the sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable the company to gain, as efficiently as possible, a sustainable edge over its competitors.

What we are left with is an overmanipulated economy that can't function normally.

The sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable the company to gain, as effectively as possible, a sustainable edge over its competitors.

More strategies fail because they are overripe than because they are premature.

Without competitors there would be no need for strategy.

In Japan, organizations and people in the organization are synonymous.

Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.