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Lead with a Coherent Strategy

Coaching Tip

Winners, on the other hand, define the fundamental identity of the company by developing a clear idea of what they do best and how they create value for customers. Many successful companies, like Procter & Gamble and The Coca-Cola Company, develop a clearly defined… . As a result, they forgo the right to win in any market. .

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How Likely Is Your Industry to Be Disrupted? This 2×2 Matrix Will Tell You

Harvard Business Review

The topic of industry disruption — “a process whereby a smaller company with fewer resources is able to successfully challenge established incumbent businesses” — is rife with misconceptions. Industry disruption, as Accenture research has found, is reasonably predictable. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

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

Strategy Driven

We’ve established a strong correlation between coherence, as we define it, and superior performance over time in a number of industries. Those companies that focus on building a system of three to six best-in-class, interlocking capabilities that support their way to play achieve a right to win in their industries. SD : Why now?

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The Three Decisions You Need to Own

Harvard Business Review

At many companies the total cash investment in acquisitions, R&D, and fixed assets has not earned back its cost of capital after adjusting for the time lag in realizing incremental benefits. It reflected the reality that a lot of GE’s growth will be coming from the developing world, and the leaders have to be there.

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China’s Growth: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Yet the determinants of its successful development are far from established or well understood. What about spillover gains tied to foreign direct investment, joint ventures, and other ties to developed countries? There was also a slowdown in TFP after the mid 1990s. In 2005, the OECD estimated that annual TFP growth averaged 3.7%

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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business Review

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index.