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The success of a strategy depends on doing many things well – not just a few – and integrating among them.

— Michael Porter

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The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

Low cost relative to competitors becomes the theme running through the entire strategy, though quality, service and other areas cannot be ignored.

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

The grandfather of concepts for predicting the probable course of industry evolution is the familiar product life cycle.

The essence of formulating strategy is relating a company to its environment.

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