Strategic Planning

The importance of properly identifying the strategies, and anticipating the actions, of rivals.

Truly innovative strategy must emanate from more than objective analysis.

A misapplied bottom-up approach can often lead to unintended consequences.

If pricing isn’t a strategic capability — a contributor to a company’s ability to implement its strategy — it’s probably a strategic liability.

How can companies combat the overconfidence and tunnel vision common to so much decision making?

Analog Devices is a case study in how management innovation is a key to competitiveness.

After strategies are set and plans are made, management’s primary task is to ensure that these plans are carried out.