Strategic analysis

Results from an experiment that pitted a team of MBAs against MBAs plus AI.

The author sets up a new metaphor for competition drawn from the study of biology and social systems. He suggests that a company be viewed not as a member...

Japan is organized in a fundamentally different way from the economies of the rest of the industrialized world. It is a nation girded by cartels and bound...

The rigor with which a problem is defined is the most important factor in finding a good solution. Many organizations, however, are not proficient at...

It's well known that stock markets react more favorably if a company is bought with cash rather than with stock. But the opposite holds true for just...

The key to executing your strategy is to have people in your organization understand it—including the crucial but perplexing processes by which intangible assets will be converted into tangible outcomes. Strategy maps can help chart this difficult terrain.

Building a scorecard can help managers link today’s actions with tomorrow’s goals.

Measuring the value of intangible assets such as company culture, knowledge management systems, and employees' skills is the holy grail of accounting....

What do companies like Rockwater, Apple Computer, and Advanced Micro Devices have in common? They’re using the scorecard to measure performance and set strategy.

Frank Cespedes, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, on how to connect what your people sell with your business goals.

Fifty percent of corporate alliances fail. But you can increase your partnership’s odds of success by applying these techniques.

In recent decades an infusion of economics has lent the study of strategy much needed theory and empirical evidence. Strategy consultants, armed with...

Companies and leaders don't succeed or fail in a vacuum. When it comes to long-term success, the ability to understand and adapt to changing business...

Today's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity,...

What you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […]

The U.S. defense industry has seen more than 50% of its market disappear, and the companies that make up the industry have faced the need for the equivalent...

It’s not just about innovation; it’s maximizing what you already have.

In the early 1980s, GTE was positioned to become a major player in the information technology industry. NEC was much smaller and had no experience as...

For years, people have bemoaned executives' zealous focus on short-term results, which often leads CEOs to make moves that undermine their firms' long-term...

You can’t make big organizational changes without understanding how employees behave.

The case illustrates the role of performance measurement and analytics in translating TD-Canada Trust's service model of "comfortable banking" into operational...

A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech--all in one place. Generative AI, Web3, neurotech, reusable rockets to power the space economy--new technologies...

A bank officer must make a loan application decision for a large but financially troubled cable broadcaster.

Focuses on the management style of Renn Zaphiropoulos in the context of a rapidly changing business environment within Xerox Corporation. To be contrasted...

The Balanced Scorecard translates a company's vision and strategy into a coherent set of performance measures. The four perspectives of the scorecard--financial...

TradeCard Inc. is a New York-based financial supply chain service provider focused on serving importers and exporters. Its product--TradeCard--aligns...

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The case describes Uruguay's soft drink industry, starting with the arrival of Coca-Cola in 1945 and reviewing the industry's track record until 2000....

The pharmaceutical division of a diversified company has been asked to develop a Balanced Scorecard. Research and development projects take about ten...

If you read nothing else, read these 10 articles from HBR's most influential authors: 1) "Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change," by Clayton M. Christensen...

Nintendo faced huge difficulties in July 2011. Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox had caught up with the innovative motion-sensing controllers of...

"Media General and the Balanced Scorecard (A) " (UV1135) describes the impetus for and the process of implementing a balanced scorecard (BSC) in a large,...

Designed as a class hand-out after discussion of the (A) and (B) cases.

A budget is a financial action plan for an organization. This guide will teach you how to: - Forecast future business results, such as sales volume, revenues,...

Describes a meeting of an executive team to discuss strategy for a company turnaround. The exercise is to construct a strategy map and Balanced Scorecard...

In 2013, Radiometer continued to lead the world in blood gas analysis equipment and accessories, selling direct and through distributors to hospital central...

Your company is turning in regular profits every year, and its market share is only getting bigger. Competitors can't touch you. So why is your stock...

Wayne Williams, the CEO of Telect, Inc. has proposed that he and the company's CFO, Stan Hilbert, spend a month or more riding around the country on their...

Case analysis is an effective tool for teaching, learning, and most importantly, practising the art and science of management. The case method immerses...

The case illustrates the role of performance measurement and analytics in translating TD-Canada Trust's service model of "comfortable banking" into operational...

A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech--all in one place. Generative AI, Web3, neurotech, reusable rockets to power the space economy--new technologies...

Organizations may soon start monitoring employees whereabouts and behavior more closely than ever, using surveillance tools such as apps, sensors, and...

A bank officer must make a loan application decision for a large but financially troubled cable broadcaster.

Focuses on the management style of Renn Zaphiropoulos in the context of a rapidly changing business environment within Xerox Corporation. To be contrasted...

Results from an experiment that pitted a team of MBAs against MBAs plus AI.

The author sets up a new metaphor for competition drawn from the study of biology and social systems. He suggests that a company be viewed not as a member...

The Balanced Scorecard translates a company's vision and strategy into a coherent set of performance measures. The four perspectives of the scorecard--financial...

Start-ups are hotbeds of innovation. They're energizing and inspiring, but they are also full of risk and can easily run off the rails. For those with...

TradeCard Inc. is a New York-based financial supply chain service provider focused on serving importers and exporters. Its product--TradeCard--aligns...