Comments on: Royalties: A Philosophical Study http://quartetpress.com/blog/editorial-and-submissions/royalties-a-philosophical-study/ Required Reading Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Fran Toolan http://quartetpress.com/blog/editorial-and-submissions/royalties-a-philosophical-study/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Fran Toolan Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:30:28 +0000 http://quartetpress.com/?p=345#comment-151 Kassia, It seems from reading this that your philosophy about royalties can be applied to every aspect of every business. sweat details; set things up right in the beginning; avoid manual administrative work (except for exceptional situations); trust your systems - but double check them; and taking responsibility are all important aspects of great operational businesses. Very little in business operations is sexy, but operational excellence is one of the 3 pillars of Market leadership (according to Michael Treacy and fred Wiersema: http://books.google.com/books?id=IBhIRPcAyC8C&dq=discipline+of+Market+leaders+treacy&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=xLZpSqnlK6GCtgeNnKi-Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4) Kassia,

It seems from reading this that your philosophy about royalties can be applied to every aspect of every business.

sweat details; set things up right in the beginning; avoid manual administrative work (except for exceptional situations); trust your systems – but double check them; and taking responsibility are all important aspects of great operational businesses. Very little in business operations is sexy, but operational excellence is one of the 3 pillars of Market leadership (according to Michael Treacy and fred Wiersema: http://books.google.com/books?id=IBhIRPcAyC8C&dq=discipline+of+Market+leaders+treacy&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=xLZpSqnlK6GCtgeNnKi-Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4)

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