[b]Publication Date: February 7, 2011 | Series: HBR's 10 Must Reads[/b]
 
 

Is your company spending too much time on strategy development—with too little to 

show for it?

If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 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
• Clarify decision rights for faster decision making"

This collection of best-selling 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."