On Strategy: HBR’s 10 Must Reads

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy – Harvard Business Review

What is strategy, and how can companies create one that delivers lasting competitive advantage?

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy brings together ten of the most influential articles on strategy ever published in the Harvard Business Review, chosen to help leaders think more clearly about where their organizations should compete and how to win.

The collection includes Michael E. Porter’s landmark essay What Is Strategy?, which explains the difference between operational effectiveness and true strategic positioning, along with his work on the competitive forces that shape industries. Other articles introduce the concept of Blue Ocean Strategy, which encourages companies to create uncontested market space rather than compete in crowded markets, and explore topics such as building your company’s vision, transforming corporate strategy, the importance of execution and how to turn great strategy into great performance.

Each article offers frameworks and insights that have been widely used by executives, consultants and business schools around the world, and each can be read on its own in a single sitting.

Concise and authoritative, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy is an essential resource for executives, managers, MBA students and anyone involved in shaping the direction of an organization. It is part of the popular HBR’s 10 Must Reads series, which gathers the best of the magazine’s thinking on key management topics.