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	<title><![CDATA[The Boston Consulting Group Caused the Recession]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-h-green/the-boston-consulting-gro_b_230249.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Like all good conspiracy theories, this one may have a few loose links. But work with me here -- it's a good story.<br />
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<p>The 70s: When Strategy Became Competitive Strategy</strong></p>

<p>Back in the 60s, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Henderson">Bruce Henderson</a>, chafing at Arthur D. Little, re-conceived competitive strategy. He founded the <a href="http://(BCG) http://www.bcg.com/">Boston Consulting Group</a>, who in the 70s introduced the world to concepts like the experience curve, the Doom Loop, and the <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LXMF370ExG8C&amp;pg=PA58&amp;lpg=PA58&amp;dq=barnyard+matrix+strategy&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=ACbICCVz5M&amp;sig=2jVEiXnO2C2_8pis-6o4zYmTmWo&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=hZRWSrfdEKCetweB5-XUAg&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=1">barnyard strategy matrix</a>. </p>

<p>Together with <a href="http://www.isc.hbs.edu/">Michael Porter</a>, they...</p></strong></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-13T14:06:00-04:00</date_published>
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