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Well-crafted strategies are road maps to places that yield competitive advantage and generate value for the firm. But once a firm has used its strategy to take it to a destination, the strategy becomes obsolete. Old strategies don’t necessarily lead to new sources of competitive advantage or value creation. In contrast, theories provide cause-and-effect models about how value is created. A good corporate theory reveals hypotheses—and leads to strategies—about how a firm can create the most value. In this interactive, Harvard Business Review webinar, Todd Zenger shares insights from his HBR article, “Start with a Theory, Not a Strategy.” He also explains how theories are different (and even more important) than strategies, and describes the key elements of good corporate theory.Table of contents
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- Title: New Ways to Compete: Build a Theory, Then a Strategy
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- Release date: April 2015
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review
- ISBN: None
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