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The Essence of Strategy Is Now How to Change
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The Essence of Strategy Is Now How to Change

by B. Tom Hunsaker, Jonathan Knowles
December 2020
Beginner
8 pages
11m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review
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The Essence of Strategy Is Now How to Change

When environments are complex and dynamic, strategy is about adaptability.

A fundamental assumption underlying traditional approaches to strategy is that industry boundaries and economics remain broadly stable over time. This assumption is no longer realistic, given that digital technologies and other factors have caused the average age of the companies in the S&P 500 to decline from more than 60 years in 1958 to less than 20 years today. This has reduced the relevance of tools such as the GE/McKinsey matrix and the BCG Growth-Share matrix, the diagnostic power of which relies on relatively stable industry structures.

A second dimension on which ...

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