• DocumentCode
    1309860
  • Title

    Bringing military tactics to the business battlefield

  • Author

    Altman, Wilf

  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    15
  • Lastpage
    18
  • Abstract
    Can the art of military warfare really contribute a lot to winning on the business battlefield? Are there lessons to be learnt from great military commanders and campaigns which can make a difference to strategic and tactical options in modern market warfare? Given the right strategy, often borrowed from military warfare the author argues, any business can compete with the giants and thrive in competitive markets. The author discusses the concept of know your enemy-know yourself, three routes to success, defensive strategies, conquest of markets, and numerical superiority,.
  • Keywords
    management; business battlefield; competitive markets; defensive strategies; market warfare; markets conquest; military campaigns; military commanders; military tactics; military warfare; strategic options; tactical options;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Management Journal
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0960-7919
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/em:20000108
  • Filename
    827214