Remove 2011 Remove Development Remove Fixed Assets Remove Innovation
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Resolution 2011: Make Your Strategy Coherent

Harvard Business Review

The big question for many leaders as they look toward 2011 is: "How can my company be one of them?". Focus on capabilities rather than just fixed assets: Fixed assets, including brands, are more difficult to leverage across diverse businesses and tend to expire, become obsolete, or give way to related services.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

In addition, we believe that your starting point for strategy development is what you are already great at, rather than studying the industry and market for opportunities. Is it more important to consider capabilities when you develop a strategy now than it was, say, five years ago? SD : Why now? What do most companies do instead?