Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.

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 ...

2 days ago · Find new ideas and classic advice for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.

Feb 11, 2026 · Many strategies fail not for lack of vision, but because employees don’t understand or aren’t sold on enacting them. A new study found—and years of consultant work affirm—that while ...

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 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.

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 5, 2025 · But when companies take the opposite approach, starting with strategy, identifying how they can offer buyers a leap in value, and then looking to technology as a tool to deliver that leap, AI …

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 ...

Aug 27, 2024 · Few companies have a clear idea of where strategy making ends and execution begins. As a result they develop strategic plans where they’re not required and fail to develop strategic plans …