The list below comprises a number of seminal Harvard Business Review (HBR) articles that I believe represent a very comprehensive handle on strategic issues, organised by relevance to each seniority.
Strategic Thinking 1 (“Providing Analytical Evidence”)
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Strategic Thinking 2 (“Framing & Structuring Problems”)
- “How to Save Good Ideas”, Kotter, HBR – Oct 2010
- “The Coherence Premium”, Leinwand & Mainardi, HBR – Jun 2010
- “The Chief Strategy Officer”, Breene, Nunes & Shill, HBR – Oct 2007
- “Blue Ocean Strategy”, Kim & Mauborgne, HBR – Oct 2004
- “What is Strategy?”, Porter, HBR – Nov 1996
- “Customer Intimacy & Other Value Disciplines”, Treacy & Wiersema, HBR – Jan 1993
- “The Core Competence of the Corporation”, Prahalad & Hamel, HBR – May 1990
Strategic Thinking 3 (“Developing & Testing Solutions”)
- “The Frontline Advantage”, Hassan, HBR – May 2011
- “Stress-Test Your Strategy”, Simons, HBR – Nov 2010
- “How to Stop Customers from Fixating on Price”, Bertini & Wathieu, HBR – May 2010
- “Investigative Negotiation”, Malhotra & Bazerman, HBR – Sept 2007
- “The 5 Minds of a Manager” Gosling & Mintzberg, HBR – Nov 2003
- “Don’t Trust Your Gut”, Bonabeau, HBR – May 2003
- “Strategy as Simple Rules”, Eisenhardt & Sull, HBR – Jan 2001
- “Profit Pools : A Fresh Look at Strategy”, Gadiesh & Gilbert, HBR – May 1998
- “Competing on Resources”, Collis & Montgomery, HBR – Jul 1995
- “Managers & Leaders : Are They Different ?”, Zaleznik, HBR – 1977
Strategic Thinking 4 (“Re-Inventing Your Business”)
- “How to Build Risk into Your Business Model”, Girotra & Netessine, HBR – May 2011
- “Finding Competitive Advantage in Adversity”, Chakravorti, HBR – Nov 2010
- “The Decision-Driven Organization”, Blenko, Mankins & Rogers, HBR – Jun 2010
- “Strategies to Fight Low-Cost Rivals”, Kumar, HBR – Dec 2006
- “Strategies for Two-Sided Markets”, Eisenmann & al, HBR – Oct 2006
- “Measuring the Strategic Readiness of Intangibles”, Kaplan & Norton, HBR – Feb 2004
- “The Discipline of Innovation”, Drucker, HBR – Aug 2002
- “Skate to Where the Money Will Be”, Christensen & al, HBR – Nov 2001