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Table of Contents

• Introduction (download PDF: 52 KB)

• Chapter 1: Performance Through Time (download PDF: 186 KB)

  • Chapter Introduction
  • The Challenge for Business Leaders
  • The Importance of Time
  • Problems With Existing Strategy Tools
  • Diagnosing Performance

• Chapter 2: Resources: Vital Drivers of Performance (download PDF: 457 KB)

  • Chapter Introduction
  • What Makes a Resource Valuable?
  • Identifying Resources
  • Defining and Measuring Resources

• Chapter 3: Resources and Bathtub Behavior (download PDF: 760 KB)

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Bathtubs Rule! Resources Fill and Drain
  • How Management Control Affects Resources
  • Developing Resources

• Chapter 4: Handling Interdependence Between Resources(download PDF: 538 KB)

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Gaining and Maintaining Resources
  • Reinforcing Feedback
  • How Growth Is Constrained

• Chapter 5: Building and Managing the Strategic Architecture(download PDF: 696 KB)

  • Building the Strategic Architecture
  • Using the Architecture
  • Take Control: Looking for Fixes
  • Maintain Control: Managing the System

• Chapter 6: You Need Quality Resources as Well as Quantity(download PDF: 481 KB)

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Assessing the Quality of Resources
  • Managing Resource Attributes: The “Coflow” Structure
  • Problems Caused by Resource Attributes

• Chapter 7: Managing Rivalry for Customers and Other Resources (download PDF: 690 KB)

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Types of Rivalry
  • Child’s Play: Managing Competitive Dynamics

• Chapter 8: Intangible Resources and Capabilities (download PDF: 462 KB)

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Why Intangibles Matter
  • Measuring Intangible Resources
  • Problems Caused by Soft Factors
  • The Growth and Decline of Intangible Resources
  • Capabilities: Activities You Are Good At

• Chapter 9: Going Forward (download PDF: 52 KB)

• References (download PDF: 62 KB)