Today’s dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity, quality, and speed, managers have embraced ...

Jan 16, 2026 · Join HBR on Thursday, February 26, for the HBR Strategy Summit, a live virtual event designed to help leaders develop and execute strategy in today’s complex business environment.

Jul 28, 2025 · Over the past several decades, HBR has published numerous articles about how best to develop strategy. This glossary contains descriptions of more than 40 of them, from A-Z, complete …

May 3, 2023 · HBR On Strategy curates the best case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, to help you unlock new ways of doing business. New episodes …

Most companies understand the benefits of standardizing critical processes: reduced variation, higher throughput and quality, and lower costs. Yet they tend to approach strategic decisions ...

Companies that don’t align the essential elements of their strategy won’t be able to create sufficient value for their firms and their stakeholders to sustain long-term success. Too many ...

Sep 10, 2007 · Many leaders I work with struggle with strategy. They know it’s important to have strategies in order to align decision making in their businesses. They understand that they can’t …

Jun 4, 2025 · HBR On Strategy curates the best conversations and case studies with the world’s top business and management experts, to help you unlock new ways of doing business. New episodes …

May 27, 2025 · To many people, strategy is a total mystery. But it’s really not complicated, says Harvard Business School’s Felix Oberholzer-Gee. Strategy is simply a plan to create value.

May 12, 2015 · If you read what Peter Drucker had to say about competition back in the late ’50s and early ‘60s, he really only talked about one thing: competition on price. He was hardly alone — that …