Competition Demystified
In an excerpt from their 2005 book, Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn present a radical improvement to Michael Porter's strategy framework.
Strategy for a Dynamic World
Is the concept of sustainable competitive advantage still relevant in today's business environment? How can you take advantage of change and set yourself apart from the competition?
Guppies, Ants and Golf Swings
Michael Mauboussin mines unexpected sources for insight into choice, risk and innovation
Decision brief: EMC turnaround
In the 1990s, EMC was the hottest stock on the NYSE. But when the dot-com bubble burst, the company took a turn for the worse. How did Joe Tucci revamp EMC's business model to fit a radically different marketplace?
Have the Old Rules of Marketing Collapsed?
Bernd Schmitt, who delivered the closing remarks at the Innovative Marketing Conference at Columbia Business School on June 8–9, discusses whether there is a new foundation for marketing.
Strategic Intuition: The Key to Innovation
Combining ideas from military history, cognitive psychology and modern neuroscience, strategic intuition offers a four-step method for identifying and capturing opportunity.
How Can Poor Countries Get Rich?
Without financial globalization, says Frederic Mishkin, poor nations can't reach the next stage of development.
Oil Prices and Consumer Confidence
Will oil prices stay at current levels, and how will they affect consumer confidence and the economy as a whole?
Firm Boundaries, Technological Relevance, and the Rate of Project Development
Alliances promote faster drug development, especially when the project is closely related to the developing firm’s knowledge base.