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

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

Without competitors there would be no need for strategy.

Nobody knows how Honda is organized, except that it uses lots of project teams and is quite flexible.

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.

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

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