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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sanford, Linda S.
Let go to grow : escaping the commodity trap / Linda S. Sanford with Dave Taylor.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-13-148208-4
1. Strategic planning. 2. Business planning. I. Taylor, Dave, 1962- II. Title.
HD30.28.S265 2006
658.4'012—dc22
2005022470