Quotes About Strategy

Goodwill shown by the party that is asking for help does not mean security for the prospective ally. What is looked for is a positive preponderance of power in action.

They marched a good way apart from each other, that the clashing of their arms might not betray them; and they were lightly equipped, having the right foot bare that they might be less liable to slip in the mud.

prevent your taking the wrong course on matters of great importance by yielding too readily to the persuasions of your allies.

Thus spoke the Lacedaemonians, thinking that the Athenians, who had formerly been desirous of making terms with them, and had only been prevented by their refusal, would now, when peace was offered to them, joyfully agree and would restore their men. But the Athenians reflected that, since they had the Lacedaemonians shut up in the island, it was at any time in their power to make peace, and they wanted more.

Make up your minds, therefore, to pay them back in their own coin, and do not make it look as though you who escape their machinations are less quick to react than they who started them.

The preparations of both the combatants were in every department in the last state of perfection;

THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR

By Thucydides 431 BC

Phalius son of Eratocleides

Translated by Richard Crawley

preparations of both the combatants were in every department in the last state of perfection;

By charging wildly different prices for products that have largely the same cost, Starbucks is able to smoke out customers who are less sensitive about the price. Starbucks doesn't have a way to identify lavish customers perfectly, so it invites them to hang themselves with a choice of luxurious ropes.

Trump made sure both the media and his opponents reacted on his terms. He wasn't always perfectly prepared, but his preference for speed over perfection ensured that opponents were always scrambling to figure out a response. •

He moved instead to an investment strategy that required no great macroeconomic insight. Instead, he explained, "As time goes on, I get more and more convinced that the right method in investment is to put fairly large sums into enterprises which one thinks one knows something about and in the management of which one thoroughly believes.

Swiss cheese model' of accidents. Imagine a series of safety

When technology allows, firms with scarcity power may use highly sophisticated methods to target customers.

Ormerod's discovery strongly implies that effective planning is rare in the modern economy.

Permaina adalah uraian matrmatis dari hubungan antara strategi-strategi dan kemungkinan hasil-hasilnya.

There were red checkers and black checkers. The playing field was laid out in a strict grid, no tunnels or mountains or jungles. You knew where you stood. You knew the score. The pieces were out on the board, the enemy was visible, you could watch the tactics unfolding into larger strategies. There was a winner and a loser. There were rules.

A prosperidade ocorreu quando os frutos da produtividade foram amplamente partilhados; a inimizade, a turbulência política e mesmo a guerra declarada foram o resultado de uma desigualdade crescente. É óbvio que a generosidade é a estratégia robusta.

these three cases, teasing out some of the essential elements of difference. Netscape vs. Google

Sometimes a commander's decisions must be made without regard for how they will be perceived," Thrawn said. "What matters is that the commander does what is necessary for victory.

Besides, it is often wise to conceal one's full capabilities from potential enemies.

But we will succeed. I've seen the future, Jorj. We will succeed, because we have no other choice. -Thrawn