Authors: Arnoldo C. Hax, Dean L. Wilde, Dean L. Wilde
ISBN-13: 9780312240462, ISBN-10: 0312240465
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: September 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Arnoldo Haxis a professor at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He has consulted for companies such as Merck, Saturn, and Motorola. He ives on Martha's Vineyard, Massachussets.
Dean Wildeis founder and Chairman of Dean & Company, a strategy consulting and investment firm. He lives in northern Virginia.
Delta, the mathematical symbol for change, is the key to a radically new strategy for business success introduced in The Delta Project by two expert consultants to today's top global firms.
The ability to build strategic clarity and define the practical business action shines through in The Delta Project.
List of Figures | ||
List of Tables | ||
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
List of Abbreviations | ||
Prologue | 1 | |
Ch. 1 | The Delta Model: The End of Conventional Wisdom | 7 |
Ch. 2 | The Triangle: Strategy Based upon Bonding | 27 |
Ch. 3 | The Best Product: Winning through Costs and Features | 50 |
Ch. 4 | Total Customer Solutions: Winning through Relationships | 63 |
Ch. 5 | System Lock-In: Winning through Complementors | 81 |
Ch. 6 | Creating a Strategic Agenda: The Case of Motorola Semiconductor | 105 |
Ch. 7 | Execution is not the Problem: Aligning Execution with Strategy Is! | 120 |
Ch. 8 | Delta.com: Reinterpreting the Internet Industry | 143 |
Ch. 9 | Measuring Success: Aligning Strategy, Processes and Metrics | 175 |
Ch. 10 | Managing by Averages Leads to Below Average Performance: The Need for Granular Metrics | 192 |
Ch. 11 | The Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry: Applying the Delta Model to an Industry in Transition | 225 |
Ch. 12 | Toward a Unified Framework of Strategy | 251 |
Index | 269 |