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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
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Take the Bias Out of Strategy Decisions

by Freek Vermeulen

Some time ago, a London friend of mine was diagnosed with a severe medical condition that required urgent yet complex surgery. The condition is rare, but fortunately there were several specialists in both Germany and France who had each treated hundreds of cases during their careers. When it comes to specialist operations, experience is key, so my friend planned to visit each of them and then make a decision.

However, when I spoke to him again, he had decided where he was going to have the operation: in the hospital in his hometown in Spain. I was surprised; there was no specialist in that hospital. But he explained that he had flown to his home country for another opinion ...

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