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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy, Updated and Expanded (featuring "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy" by Michael E. Porter)
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy, Updated and Expanded (featuring "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy" by Michael E. Porter)

by Harvard Business Review, Michael E. Porter, W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Roger L. Martin
September 2025
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
4h 52m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available

Overview

Set a bold vision for your company—and achieve it.

If you read nothing else on strategy, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you understand the dynamics of competition, find new sources of advantage, and create and capture lasting value.

This book will inspire you to:

  • Align your strategic thinking with your evolving industry
  • Spot and mitigate bias in your decision-making
  • Put purpose at the core of your strategy
  • Discover new opportunities in the age of AI
  • Create blue oceans that render the competition irrelevant
  • Close the strategy-to-execution gap

This collection of articles includes "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," by Michael E. Porter; "Blue Ocean Strategy," by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne; "Make Strategic Choices Simultaneously, Not Separately," by Roger L. Martin; "Put Purpose at the Core of Your Strategy," by Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche, and Charles Dhanaraj; "Take the Bias Out of Big Decisions," by Freek Vermeulen; "Transient Advantage," by Rita McGrath; "Competing in the Age of AI," by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani; "In the Ecosystem Economy, What's Your Strategy?," by Michael G. Jacobides; "Why Isn't Your Strategy Sticking?," by Andrea Belk Olson; "How to Avoid the Agility Trap," by Jianwen Liao and Feng Zhu; "Strategy in a Hyperpolitical World," by Roger L. Martin and Martin Reeves; "What You Lose with Your New Priorities," by Natalia Weisz and Roberto Vassolo; "Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance," by Michael Mankins and Richard Steele; and "Bringing True Strategic Foresight Back to Business," by Amy Webb.

HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.

This Updated and Expanded edition features new, breakthrough articles, additional short-form pieces, and a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.

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ISBN: 9798892791748