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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing

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If you read nothing else on marketing that delivers competitive advantage, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Reviewarchive and selected the most important ones to help you reinvent your marketing by putting it—and your customers—at the center of your business.

Leading experts such as Ted Levitt and Clayton Christensen provide the insights and advice you need to:

* Figure out what business you're reallyin

* Create products that perform the jobs people need to get done

* Get a bird's-eye view of your brand's strengths and weaknesses

* Tap a market that's larger than China and India combined

* Deliver superior value to your B2B customers

* End the war between sales and marketing

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself

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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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