Strategy
Developing Strategy Why Good Arguments Make Better Strategy
Creating consistently great business strategies demands systematic constructive debate and logical rigor.
Jesper B. Sørensen and Glenn R. Carroll
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Supply Chains & Logistics
Rethinking Industry’s Role in a National Emergency
ManMohan S. Sodhi and Christopher S. Tang
Automation
How to Establish an Automation Center of Excellence
Thomas H. Davenport and Gina Schaefer
Developing Strategy
Most Businesses Should Neither ‘Pivot’ nor ‘Double Down’
B. Tom Hunsaker and Jonathan Knowles
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Developing Strategy
Most Businesses Should Neither ‘Pivot’ nor ‘Double Down’
Companies have more options than they realize when choosing a strategy for responding to a changing environment.
B. Tom Hunsaker and Jonathan Knowles
Supply Chains & Logistics
The Right Way to Mix and Match Your Customers
Understanding patterns of demand across your customer base can help smooth out costly spikes and slumps.
William Schmidt et al.
Global Strategy
How COVID-19 Will Change the Geography of Competition
Three trends are reshaping global strategy and operations for the world’s largest companies.
Niccolò Pisani
Boards & Corporate Governance
How to Bring ESG Into the Quarterly Earnings Call
Corporate leaders should put environmental, social, and governance issues at the center of the quarterly earnings call.
Brian Tomlinson et al.
Business Models
What Makes Successful Frameworks Rise Above the Rest
Seven evaluation criteria leaders can use to assess and strengthen the business frameworks they create.
David Gray
Platforms & Ecosystems
Learning, Engagement, and Empowerment: 1-800-Flowers’ Amit Shah
Amit Shah, president of 1-800-Flowers, explains why lifelong learners are the best technical talent.
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Platforms & Ecosystems
Workforce Ecosystems
Our new report, “Workforce Ecosystems: A New Strategic Approach to the Future of Work,” describes how many organizations are recognizing that workforce ecosystems offer a productive approach to strategic workforce management.
Elizabeth J. Altman et al.
Customers
Why Pricing Decisions Need More Than Management Intuition
Leaders can make smarter customer strategy decisions in turbulent times through sound economic and strategic thinking.
Daniel Deneffe and Herman Vantrappen
Skills & Learning
Executing the CEO’s Agenda Through Targeted Learning
Targeted learning can resolve execution problems and social challenges, and drive strategic change.
James Fulton and Todd M. Warner
Platforms & Ecosystems
Our Guide to the Spring 2021 Issue
In our new spring issue: platform-based ecosystems, blockchain, data failures, and misbehaving leaders.
