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Procter & Gamble

Consumer goodsconsumer-goods

The company that invented brand management; its literature is mostly management doctrine plus a small number of critical and scholarly histories.

Books 7Recommenders 3

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  1. Soap Opera: The Inside Story of Procter & GambleAlecia Swasy, 1993
  2. Playing to Win: How Strategy Really WorksA. G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin, 2013
  3. Rising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & GambleDavis Dyer, Frederick Dalzell, Rowena Olegario, 2004
Soap Opera: The Inside Story of Procter & GaSoap Opera: The Inside Story of Procter & Gamble
T2 Soap Opera: The Inside Story of Procter & Gamble
Alecia Swasy · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

Critical account by the WSJ reporter P&G notoriously investigated.

Playing to Win: How Strategy Really WorksPlaying to Win: How Strategy Really Works
T2 Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works
A. G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Strategy as five linked choices, including where to play and how to win.

Recommended by: Drew Houston, Justin Kan, Meg Whitman

Rising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of BrandRising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & Gamble
T3 Rising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & Gamble
Davis Dyer, Frederick Dalzell, Rowena Olegario · 2004
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Procter & Gamble built its brands over 165 years.

The Game-ChangerThe Game-Changer
T3 The Game-Changer
A. G. Lafley, Ram Charan · 2008
Open LibraryGoodreads

Insider account: Lafley on making innovation a routine process.

Eyes on Tomorrow: The Evolution of Procter &Eyes on Tomorrow: The Evolution of Procter & Gamble
T4 Eyes on Tomorrow: The Evolution of Procter & Gamble
Oscar Schisgall · 1981
Open LibraryGoodreads

Authorized corporate history to 1980; dated but archival.

Winning with the P&G 99Winning with the P&G 99
T4 Winning with the P&G 99
Charles L. Decker · 1998
Open LibraryGoodreads

Distillation of P&G brand-management practice for operators.

Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World's Greatest Companies
T4 Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World's Greatest Companies
Jim Stengel · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Insider account by P&G's global marketing officer.

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