HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter)

Harvard Business Review · Michael E. Porter · W. Chan Kim · Renée Mauborgne

Nov 2022 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Paul McLain

About this audiobook

Is your company spending too much time on strategy development-with too little to show for it? If you read (or listen to) nothing else on strategy, listen to these ten articles (featuring "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire you to: distinguish your company from rivals; clarify what your company will and won't do; craft a vision for an uncertain future; create blue oceans of uncontested market space; use the Balanced Scorecard to measure your strategy; capture your strategy in a memorable phrase; make priorities explicit; allocate resources early; and clarify decision rights for faster decision making. This collection of bestselling articles includes: featured article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter, "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," "Building Your Company's Vision," "Reinventing Your Business Model," "Blue Ocean Strategy," "The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution," "Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System," "Transforming Corner-Office Strategy into Frontline Action," "Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance," and "Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance."

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About the author

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content, Harvard Business Review provides professionals with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

Michael E. Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School. He was named a University Professor by Harvard's president in 2000. Porter is the author of nineteen books, including Competitive Strategy, Competitive Advantage, The Competitive Advantage of Nations, and On Competition.

W. Chan Kim is the Boston Consulting Group Bruce D. Henderson Chair Professor of Strategy and International Management at INSEAD business school and codirector of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute. Kim is coauthor, with Renee Mauborgne, of the bestselling books Blue Ocean Strategy and Blue Ocean Shift.

Renee Mauborgne is the INSEAD Distinguished Fellow and a professor of strategy at INSEAD, one of the world's top business schools. She is also codirector of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute. She cofounded the Blue Ocean Global Network with W. Chan Kim.