7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy Paperback – 1 January 2016

[book:7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy|32816087]Focusses more on how companies build moats/defensibility in their models. It describes with case studies 7 ways(7 Powers) how companies try to ensure they remain winners in their chosen area of competence. Read this book after the reading Michael Porter as Porter offers building blocks in competitive strategy and this book extends it.The book at the end explains the concept of "Power Progression" with these 7 Powers which is intuitive to know and have the framework cemented as a layer in your mental model.In Brief the 7 Powers listed are:1. Cornered Resource2. Counter Positioning3. Economies of Scale4. Network Effects5. Switching Costs6. Branding7. OE-Operational Efficiency-Process PowerMust read book for Product Managers, Product Marketing Managers, Key Account Managers, Business Owners and Entrepreneurs.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. The 7 powers is a well thought out and intuitive framework / strategy that is an excellent toolkit for investors trying to identity moats, and for business owners trying to create them

Docking two stars for the editing. Unless the intended audience was academics (which I doubt), the grammar was needlessly complex. I understand that authors have their unique styles, but in this case, I spent more time on the semantics than I would have liked.

As someone who has not done a formal business degree, I found this book extremely useful.If someone asks me to put down a business strategy, I have a framework to do so :)

Simply, the best book on Strategy and strategy.Pick it up.Read it once a year before the yearly planning.

This book should be used as a handbook for creating business strategies. Valuable insights into how winning businesses create and sustain their moats

Nice book

The book is a bad condition and the glue doesn't hold the pages together