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Why Victory Favors Small and Motivated Companies

Lean times call for lean strategies.

Akhilesh Gulati
Mon, 07/19/2010 - 14:27
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These days when the economy is uncertain, smaller organizations worry about survival while many larger, well-established organizations sit smugly, thinking they don’t really have much to worry about. However, some  of these large, well-established organizations are vanishing. How is this possible?

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Perhaps, tales of yore will provide a lesson for us:

During the fourth century in China, states often fought with each other. During one particular skirmish, the general of the Chin state was seated in his chambers conferring with Meung, the incoming lieutenant general of the 3rd Division, when a lieutenant arrived with a report about the logistics of an upcoming battle between that division and another in a neighboring state.

The lieutenant brought good news stating that they enjoyed significant advantages: superiority in the number of troops, abundance of weaponry, superior experience, and a regiment that was well fed and taken care of. He assured victory for the Chin state.

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