“To make HP a great company once again, we need more than competitive costs and operational efficiency. We're in the process of assessing and refining our growth strategy, and the same concepts that were behind our operational changes will be at work here: simplicity, focus, alignment, and execution.” NeedsProcessGrowthBehindsCompanyFocusCostConceptsStrategySimplicityExecutionEfficiencyAlignmentRefiningGreat CompanyAssessing Author:Bill Vaughan
“Even in the King's Gambit ... White is no longer trying to attack at all costs. He has had to adapt his approach and look for moves with a solid positional foundation ... As often as not, his strategy consists of stifling Black's activity and then winning in an endgame thanks to his superior pawn structure.” TryingLooksMovingWinningBlackWhiteKingsCostActivityApproachFoundationStrategyStructureChessSuperiorsOpeningThanksPawnsEndgameStiflingGambit Author:Neil McDonald
“I think a very good system in a world with a lot of passive investors is one in which there are at least a few entrepreneurial investors, prepared to say what they think, prepared to propose a change in management, change in strategy, change in cost structure, capital structure.” ThinkingWorldCostManagementStrategyStructurePreparedVery GoodInvestorsPassiveProposeEntrepreneurial Author:Bill Ackman
“Imagine you have six loans, small to huge. People want to close loans and because of that, they try to pay off the small loans, but that's not the right strategy. The right strategy, of course, is to pay the loan with the highest interest rate. People make this mistake and it costs them lots and lots of money, it's a very expensive mistake because interest rates accumulate and become very, very expensive very quickly.” PeopleWantTryingCoursesInterestPayMistakeImagineHugeCostSixHighestStrategyRateExpensiveLots Of MoneyLoanInterest Rate Author:Dan Ariely
“The two-war strategy was a product of the cold war, when we had to have the ability to fight the Russians on the plains of Europe and fight the Chinese on the Korean peninsula at the same time. That costs an awful lot of money.” TwoWarFightingAbilityProductsColdCostEuropeStrategyAwfulChineseLots Of MoneyCold WarKoreanWar StrategyPeninsulas Author:Joe Klein
“I think we need missile defense. But I want to make sure it works, that it's cost effective, that the technologies are operable, that it's our best possible strategy, and that hasn't been shown.” ThinkingWantNeedsTechnologyCostStrategyDefenseMissilesMissile Defense Author:Barack Obama
“Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy. The other side of it is that you can't cut enough costs to save your way to prosperity.” WayEnoughSidesCuttingCostStrategyProsperityBusiness Strategy Author:Howard Schultz
“A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy.” NeedsTodayEconomySuccessfulFocusEconomicDevelopmentCostSkillsResourcesAreasStrategyAvailableThriveImprovingReducingGlobal EconomyWorkforceEconomic DevelopmentWorld Economy Author:Rod Blagojevich
“A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around the world; be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch; you can motivate people with; be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message.” PeopleWorldTwoNumbersProductsCostMessagesLowsStrategyProducersAround The WorldGlobalizationInnovativeNew Products Author:Jack Welch