Episode · Acquired · 2024-11-18
Books mentioned on IKEA
IKEA may be the most singular company we’ve ever studied on Acquired. They’re a globally scaled, $50B annual revenue company with no direct competitors — yet have only ~5% market share.
Ben Gilbert recommended Strategic Sourcing and Category Management by Magnus Carlsson. David Rosenthal discussed Leading by Design by Bertil Torekull and others and The IKEA Story by Bertil Torekull and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Strategic Sourcing and Category Management
Strategic Sourcing and Category Management by Magnus Carlsson is a professional business guide that explores supply chain operations, procurement strategies, and organizational logistics through corporate case studies.
Recommended“There's a book called strategic Outsourcing and category management Lessons Learned at Ikea by Magnus Carlson and Magnus was a senior executive in Ikea supply chain for 25 years”
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Leading by Design
Discussed“and you read all of leading by Design right that's sort of the most canonical sort of autobiographical book”
Where to get it
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The IKEA Story
Discussed“the updated version of the book is called the Ikea Story the first edition of the book is titled leading by Design but it's the same book”
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