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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
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Contents
1 The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
Understanding them can help you stake out a stronger position.
Create uncontested market space.
by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
Strategic Choices Need to Be Made Simultaneously, Not Sequentially
All your decisions must fit together.
3 Put Purpose at the Core of Your Strategy
It leads to broader impact and more profitable growth.
by Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche, and Charles Dhanaraj
Take the Bias Out of Strategy Decisions
You need methods more reliable than your instincts.
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