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Outsmart the MBA Clones
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Outsmart the MBA Clones

The Alternative Guide to Competitive Strategy, Marketing, and Branding

Paramount Market Publishing, 2008 mais...


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Applicable

Recommendation

Dan Herman’s book is not really about M.B.A.s; it’s just badly titled. Actually, his subject is the continuing power of product differentiation, and he is challenging how marketers conceptualize their work. He explains how to “electrify” consumers by developing innovative products and services that your “M.B.A.-clone” competitors are reluctant to imitate, thereby handing you a monopoly. Herman comes out swinging as a bold strategist, but because his thinking is both nuanced and complex, his book is sometimes difficult to follow. Still, getAbstract considers it a useful text in marketing strategy and recommends it to marketers of all stripes. Even if you decide not to follow Herman’s logic down all its paths, you can harness his clever ideas and out-market all those M.B.A. clones.

Take-Aways

  • M.B.A. graduates tend to think and act in highly conventional – and predictable – ways.
  • Compete with these individuals and their firms on your own terms.
  • Develop differentiation as an “unfair advantage” that immunizes you from competition.

About the Author

Dan Herman, the co-owner and CEO of a global strategy consulting firm, is also a speaker and training workshop moderator.


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