Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I THE LAST MILEA STRATEGIC DIFFERENTIATOR -- 1 Winning in a BillionConsumer Market -- 2 Cracking the Da Vinci Code -- PART II REVITALIZING THELAST MILETOOLS AND FRAMEWORKS -- 3 The Five Knots of theLast Mile -- 4 Sextant Arcs of...

Cover -- Contents -- Maps and Figures -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- Note on Language -- 1. The Economy of Anticipation -- 2. The Vision of Growth -- 3. The Land of Speculation -- 4. The Factory of the Future -- 5. The Labour of Aspiration -- 6. The...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I The Story of Hindustan Copper's Revival -- 1 The Task Asigned -- 2 The Years That Preceded -- 3 Oportunities Unfold -- 4 The Decline -- 5 Action Begins -- 6 New Strategy -- 7 Settling In -- 8 Struggle...

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