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JOHN MIDDLETON is the founder of the Bristol Management Research Centre Recognized as a leading expert in personal and systems thinking technologies, he works as a coach and consultant with individuals and organizations who are determined to make best use of their personal and corporate futures. From 1996 to 2001, he published and edited Future Filter, a bi-monthly business newsletter. The Ultimate Strategy Library is his seventh book. Previous books include Writing the New Economy (Capstone, 2000) and Smart Things to Know about Your Career (Capstone, 2001). He also contributed four titles to Capstone's innovative Express Exec series. He is working towards a PhD at the University of Bristol. His e-mail address is: john@microcareers.com

• Acknowledgements.Introduction.A Brief History of Strategy.The Ultimate Strategy Library 50.1 Igor Ansoff, Corporate Strategy (1965).2 Robert Baldock, The Last Days of the Giants? (2000).3 Shona Brown & Kathleen Eisenhardt, Competing on the Edge (1998).4 Frances Cairncross, The Death of Distance (1997).5 Manuel Castells, The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture (1996, 1997, 1998).6 Alfred Chandler, Strategy and Structure (1962).7 James Collins & Jerry Porras, Built to Last (1994).8 Stan Davis & Christopher Meyer, Blur (1998).9 Larry Downes & Chunka Mui, Unleashing the Killer App (1998).10 Peter Drucker, The Age of Discontinuity (1969).11 Philip Evans & Thomas S Wurster, Blown to Bits (2000).12 Charles Ferguson, High Stakes, No Prisoners (1999).13 Sumantra Ghoshal & Christopher Bartlett, The Individualized Corporation (1998).14 Arie de Geus, The Living Company (1997).15 Michael Goold, Andrew Campbell & Marcus Alexander, Corporate-Level Strategy (1994).16 Andrew Grove, Only the Paranoid Survive (1996).17 Gary Hamel & C K Prahalad, Competing for the Future (1994).18 Michael Hammer & James Champy, Reengineering the Corporation (1993).19 Charles Handy, The Age of Unreason (1989).20 Paul Hawken, Amory B Lovins & L Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism (1999).21 Robert Kaplan & David Norton, The Balanced Scorecard (1996).22 John Kay, Foundations of Corporate Success (1993).23 Kevin Kelly, New Rules for the New Economy (1998).24 Nicoló Machiavelli, The Prince (1513).25 Regis McKenna, Real Time (1997).26 Henry Mintzberg, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning (1994).27 Mary Modahl, Now or Never (2000).28 Geoffrey Moore, Crossing the Chasm (1991).29 Kenichi Ohmae, The Mind of the Strategist (1982).30 Richard Pascale & Anthony Athos, The Art of Japanese Management (1981).31 Richard Pascale, Managing on the Edge (1990).32 Tom Peters & Robert Waterman, In Search of Excellence (1982).33 Tom Petzinger, The New Pioneers (1999).34 B Joseph Pine II & James H Gilmore, The Experience Economy (1999).35 Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy (1980).36 Frederick Reichheld, The Loyalty Effect (1996).37 Jonas Ridderstråle & Kjell Nordström, Funky Business (2000).38 Peter Schwartz, The Art of the Long View (1991).39 Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline (1990).40 Carl Shapiro & Hal R Varian, Information Rules (1998).41 David Siegel, Futurize your Enterprise (1999).42 Thomas Stewart, Intellectual Capital (1997).43 Don Tapscott, Digital Capital (2000).44 Noel Tichy, Managing Strategic Change (1983).45 Alvin Toffl er, The Third Wave (1980).46 Sun Tzu, The Art of War (500 BC).47 Watts Wacker & Jim Taylor, with Howard Means, The 500 Year Delta (1997).48 Michael J Wolf, The Entertainment Economy (1999).49 Walt Wriston, The Twilight of Sovereignty (1992).50 Shoshana Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine (1988).Coda: The Future of Strategy.Annotated BibliographyGlossary of Strategy TermsAbout the AuthorIndex