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This page intentionally left blank Business Performance Measurement Drawing together contributions from leading thinkers around the world, this book reviews recent developments in the theory and practice of performance measurement and management. Significantly updated and modified from the first edition, the book includes ten new chapters that provide a comprehensive review of performance measurement from the perspectives of accounting, marketing, operations, public services and supply chain
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TLFeBOOK Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant H A R VA R D B U S I N E S S S C H O O L P R E S S BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne Copyright 2005 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval
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蓝海战略 目 录 前言 致谢 第一部分 蓝海战略 第一章 开创蓝海 第二章 分析工具与框架 第二部分 制定蓝海战略 第三章 重建市场边界 第四章 关注全景，而非数字 第五章 超越现有需求 第六章 遵循合理的战略顺序 第三部分 执行蓝海战略 第七章 克服关键组织障碍 第八章 寓执行于战略 第九章 结论：蓝海战略的可持续性与更新 附录 A 蓝海战略案例纵览 附录 B 价值创新：战略的结构再造观点 附录 C 价值创新的市场动态分析 注释 参考文献 索引 1 前言 本书是友谊、忠诚和相互信赖的产物。正是友谊和信任激发我们探索本书 所表述的主要思想，并最终完成了写作。 20 年前，我们在课堂相遇——一个是教授，一个是学生。从那时起，我们 就一直一起工作，犹如同一条下水道里的两只湿老鼠。因此，本书不是思想的成 功，而是友谊的成功，并且我们发现友谊比商业世界的任何思想都更有意义—— 因为我们不是孤军奋战。 任何旅途都不是一帆风顺的，任何友谊也不会仅仅充满了欢笑。好在写作 的旅途上，我们的每一天都是激动人心的，因为我们在完成一项旨在学习和改进 的任务。我们深信本书的思想，这些思想绝非为那些得过且过或生活目标仅仅在
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