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

Dec 24, 2025 · Strategy Digital Article David Lancefield The C-suite, business-unit presidents, regional CEOs, and functional heads should operate as a single, interconnected system.

Aug 18, 2025 · This idea isn’t to change accounting systems but to enable strategy teams to evaluate the financial impact of strategic choices and the strategic implications of budget …

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 …

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 ...

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 ...

Dec 23, 2025 · When strategies don’t work, people blame the C-suite for lack of clarity or follow-through, middle managers for blocking progress, or frontline employees for not playing their …

Jan 22, 2025 · 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 …

Jul 25, 2025 · By studying 100 brand implementations of gen AI, researchers have discovered four archetypes for how companies are using the technology strategically. Bold innovators …

We are at an early stage in the AI era, and the technology is evolving extremely quickly. Providers are rapidly introducing AI “copilots,” “bots,” and “assistants” into applications to ...