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Title: Plowing the sea : nurturing the hidden sources of growth in the developing world / Michael Fairbanks and Stace Lindsay ; foreword by Michael E. Porter.
Author: Fairbanks, Michael, 1957-
Lindsay, Stace.

General Notes: Includes index., Includes index.
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press,
Publication Place: Boston, Mass. :
ISBN: 0875847617
9780875847610
007103871X
9780071038713

Subject: Industries -- Andes Region -- Case studies.
Industrial policy -- Andes Region -- Case studies.
Economic development -- Case studies.
Entwicklungsstrategie -- Wettbewerbsstrategie -- Internationaler Wettbewerb -- Entwicklungslèander -- Andenpakt-Staaten.
Economic development.
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Industrial policy.
Industries.
Economische ontwikkeling.
Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
Andes Region -- Economic conditions -- Case studies.
Andes Region -- Economic policy -- Case studies.
Andes Region.
Anden.
Case studies.

Contents: Introduction. The cautionary tale of Colombian flowers -- pt. 1. Breaking with the past : patterns of uncompetitive behavior -- 1. Avoid overreliance on basic factors of advantage -- 2. Improve understanding of customers -- 3. Know your relative competitive position -- 4. Know when and when not to forward integrate -- 5. Improve interfirm cooperation -- 6. Overcome defensiveness -- 7. Avoid paternalism -- pt. 2. Understanding the root causes of the seven patterns -- 8. Strategic actions -- 9. Firm-level learning -- 10. Steering mechanisms -- 11. Mental models -- 12. The hidden sources of growth -- pt. 3. Integrating the pieces -- 13. A framework for action.
Physical Description: xxv, 289 pages : illustrations ;
Publication Date: 1997.

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German General HC167.A5.F35 1997 Normal Circulation Available 1 GJU025518 Book