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12 A Good Book or a Crowbar Some thoughts on getting into the business 270 CHAPTER 13 Making Shoes versus Making Shoe Commercials Is this a great business or what? 296 SUGGESTED READING 307 Contents ix BIBLIOGRAPHY 311 ONLINE RESOURCES 315 NOTES 317 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 323 INDEX 325 FOREWORD BY ALEX BOGUSKY I’m late. Way late. I just got another e-mail from Luke Sullivan asking when this foreword to Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This would be done. I was also late reading his earlier

innovations de l'entreprise sur la recherche Web  et la publicité ont fait de son site la page la plus fréquentée, par des millions d’internautes, et de sa marque l'une des plus reconnues dans le monde. La société dont le siège social est à Mountain View, en Californie, emploie environ 16.800 personnes (2007-2008). L'entreprise a enregistré des revenus de $ 16,594 millions pour l'exercice terminé en décembre 2007, c'est-à-dire une augmentation de 56,5% par rapport à l’année 2006. La croissance

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in competitions for disabled athletes, he has also taken part in competitions for able-bodied athletes and has created a lot of controversy because he can run faster than most able-bodied people can. Picture 4 is the late Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, inventor, businessman and visionary. His determination to put electronic devices on the market that were as much works of art as machines led to the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. Picture 5 is a painting, St George and the Dragon, by Edward Coley Burne-Jones

pertinent Comme nous l’avons déjà souligné, la dimension géographique ne nous semble pas (ou plus) être en soi un critère de segmentation pertinent. Toutefois, force est de constater qu’il existe des situations où les conditions de la concur- 1. Resource-Based View of the Firm, cf. chapitre 3. 270 PARTIE 1 : STRATÉGIE rence sont radicalement différentes d’un pays à l’autre, et où le marché pertinent reste national. Du coup, les facteurs clés de succès peuvent être significativement différents

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a newbie like me— and that Frankie was very low maintenance. She promised to take care of him while I was gone, but pointed out that many hotels accept small dogs. The fact that I was always holed up, writing, when I was in Tucson was a real advantage, Rebecca added. She was certain I’d give Frankie a great home. It was this last assurance that finally reeled me in. If a dog rescuer thought I’d be a good dog guardian … well, maybe I would be. And so, after deeming my home dog-safe (Hint: neatness

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