Corporate strategy

Three steps to put your plan into action.

Effective strategies are more than glorified to-do lists.

Which is your organization facing?

For the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which...

Three strategies for surviving in a tough environment.

Categorizing the problems and growth patterns of small businesses in a systematic way that is useful to entrepreneurs seems at first glance a hopeless task. Small businesses vary widely in size and capacity for growth. They are characterized by independence of action, differing organizational structures, and varied management styles. Yet on closer scrutiny, it becomes […]

It’s opening up a new world of strategy innovation.

Strategies for leaders to align all three.

The huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive...

This package begins with "What the West Gets Wrong About China," by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, which discusses three fundamental misconceptions:...

Principles for designing executive pay

To employ logistics as an effective competitive lever, management should adapt logistics programs to support ongoing corporate strategies in the short-term...

Providers must lead the way in making value the overarching goal

Smart companies’ business models generate cycles that, over time, make them operate more effectively.

Sweeping technological change has revolutionized marketing, while societal challenges have raised expectations about marketers' social performance. This...

Too many companies communicate strategy as a set of aspirations, leaving employees in the dark about the intended direction.

Today's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity,...

Strategy, culture, and customer experience are just as important.

What it missed was the business model.

Strategy at many companies is almost completely disconnected from execution. Establishing a dedicated unit to orchestrate both will help to bridge the divide.

Turning Insight into Action. In this collection of essays, Peter F. Drucker focuses on the steps leaders can take today to prepare themselves and their...

If you read nothing else on strategy, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. Defining--and executing--the best strategy for your...

In early 2004, with the organizational integration of the Compaq acquisition mostly completed, top management was looking toward capitalizing on the potential...

Rethink how your organization creates, delivers, and captures value--or risk becoming irrelevant. If you read nothing else on business model innovation,...

By fiscal year 2000, Samsung had pulled far ahead of other "chaebols," Korean conglomerates. For example, the market value of Samsung affiliates listed...

Company must decide whether to raise prices and tighten consumer credit in light of its strategy to rationalize production, introduce a new line of model...

The poison pill defense against hostile takeovers was invented in 1982 by Martin Lipton, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz. Pills are considered the...

Describes a company that is seeking to restructure the lobster fishing industry by applying technology and management to what has been essentially a cottage...

Digital transformation is not about technology--it's about change. In the rapidly changing digital economy, you can't succeed by merely tweaking management...

With SAR 14 billion ($3.7 billion) in 2017 revenues, Almarai was Saudi Arabia's largest dairy producer, distributor, and marketer, with a large portfolio...

Launched in early 2005, Zopa is a peer-to-peer online brokerage that couples British residents who want to lend with those who want to borrow. The company...

In January 2003, West Marine (the nation's largest boating supply retailer) was on the verge of acquiring its biggest competitor, BoatU.S. Several years...

This case describes the restructuring initiatives undertaken at Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) and the impediments faced by the managing...

This case outlines the takeover attempt by activist investor, Carl Icahn, for the Clorox Company. The board of the company repeatedly rejected Icahn's...

This case examines the entrepreneurial career of Helena Rubinstein before 1938. Rubinstein is widely considered the single most important female entrepreneur...

In mid-2010, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Phase Separation Solutions (PS2) needed to address potential cooperative opportunities...

In early 2017, HCA Holdings, an investor-owned hospital management company, faced a strategically important capital allocation decision. After the exit...

Marco Marketing Consultants was a company based in Argentina with activities in several Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,...

Three steps to put your plan into action.

Effective strategies are more than glorified to-do lists.

Which is your organization facing?

For the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which...

Three strategies for surviving in a tough environment.

Categorizing the problems and growth patterns of small businesses in a systematic way that is useful to entrepreneurs seems at first glance a hopeless task. Small businesses vary widely in size and capacity for growth. They are characterized by independence of action, differing organizational structures, and varied management styles. Yet on closer scrutiny, it becomes […]

It’s opening up a new world of strategy innovation.

Strategies for leaders to align all three.

The huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive...

This package begins with "What the West Gets Wrong About China," by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, which discusses three fundamental misconceptions:...