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?
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?
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.
When does competition lead to higher prices?
With the right product differentiation strategy, you can steal customers from your competition without provoking a price war.
Embrace your mess: Q&A with Eric Abrahamson
In his new book, Eric Abrahamson lambastes our profit-devouring, time-wasting obsession with order and revels in having achieved an optimal state of messiness.
Gauging corruption's impact
Corruption — a major barrier to growth and development in poor countries — is difficult to define and even more difficult to measure. Creative research methods are shedding new light on its effects.
Understanding competitive advantage
In Competition Demystified, a new book based on his popular Economics of Strategic Behavior course, Bruce Greenwald offers a simple roadmap for navigating the competitive landscape.