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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

The international bestseller — don't compete without it!A major bestseller in Japan, Financial TimesTop Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thinking Strategicallyis a crash course in outmaneauvering any rival. This entertaining guide builds on scores of case studies taken from business, sports, the movies, politics, and gambling. It outlines the basics of good strategy making and then shows how you can apply them in any area of your life.

Setting
college
Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages

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