Dynamic Business Strategy

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Dynamic Business Strategy

Competing in a Fast-changing, Uncertain Context

Edited by: Martin Reeves and François Candelon

In the series Inspiring the Next Game

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110755381

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About this book

The playing field for business has changed significantly in recent decades. The pace of change is accelerating, driven by increased technological progress and shrinking business lifespans. Economic and political uncertainty has risen dramatically and is likely to remain at elevated levels. Industry boundaries are blurring, increasing the potential paths to competitive disruption.

Strategy is not dead—in fact, as the gap between winners and losers within industries continues to grow, it is more important than ever. However, the playbook needs to be reinvented for today’s business environment. Classical sources of competitive advantage, such as scale and differentiation, have not gone away, but they have been complemented by new dimensions of competition.　

This book discusses the new role of strategy in a dynamic, unpredictable context. Part 1 of this book revisits classical strategy frameworks and what changes should be made to apply them to the modern era. Part 2 discusses new strategic capabilities companies need today, such as adapting to uncertain environments and shaping new or disrupted ones. Part 3 examines the expanding boundaries of strategy, including new competitive imperatives as well as the wider range of timescales on which businesses must now operate.

Drawing on the work of the BCG Henderson Institute and its fellows and ambassadors over several years, Dynamic Strategy will help business professionals as well as academics and students with an interest in strategy understand the new competitive challenges that businesses face and develop a playbook to address them.

Author information

Martin Reeves is chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, BCG’s think tank dedicated to exploring and developing valuable new insights from business, technology, economics, and science by embracing the powerful technology of ideas. Martin is also a member of the BCG Henderson Institute's Innovation Sounding Board, which is dedicated to supporting, inspiring, and guiding upstream innovation at BCG. Martin is a regular contributor to HBR, MIT SMR, Fortune and other management journals on business strategy and management.

François Candelon is the Managing Director & Senior Partner at The Boston Consulting Group and Global Director of the BCG Henderson Institute.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	V
About the BCG Henderson Institute Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Part I: Updating the Classical Strategy Playbook
Chapter 1 Revisiting the Rule of Three and Four Martin Reeves, Michael Deimler, George Stalk and Filippo Scognamiglio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 Revisiting the Experience Curve Martin Reeves, George Stalk and Filippo Scognamiglio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 3 Revisiting Time-Based Competition Rich Lesser, Martin Reeves and Kaelin Goulet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 4 Revisiting the Growth-Share Matrix Martin Reeves, Sandy Moose and Thijs Venema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Part II: Mastering New Strategic Capabilities
Chapter 5 Adaptive Advantage Martin Reeves, Michael Deimler, Yves Morieux and Ron Nicol Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Chapter 6 The Elusive Quest for Adaptability Martin Reeves, Peter Hamilton and Kevin Whitaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 7 Shaping to Win Martin Reeves, Thijs Venema and Claire Love Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter 8 Your Strategy Process Needs a Strategy Martin Reeves, Julien Legrand and Jack Fuller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 9 Your Capabilities Need a Strategy: Choosing and Developing the Right Ones for Each Environment Martin Reeves, Frida Polli, TejPavan Gandhok, Lewis Baker, Hen Lotan and Julien Legrand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Part III: Expanding the Boundaries of Strategy
Chapter 10 The New Logic of Competition Ryoji Kimura, Martin Reeves and Kevin Whitaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter 11 The Challenge of Slow Martin Reeves, Ryoji Kimura, Hiroaki Sugita, Saumeet Nanda and James Yuji Grosvenor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter 12 Strategy on Multiple Timescales Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Chapter 13 Fractal Strategy: Responding to COVID-19 Effectively on Multiple Timescales Martin Reeves, Kevin Whitaker and Saumeet Nanda Publicly Available Download PDF	109
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Business professionals as well as academics and students with an interest in strategy.
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 122
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 32
Keywords: Strategy; Resilience; Business Imagination; Adaption; Disruption; Competitive Challenges

eBook

Published: November 22, 2021
ISBN: 9783110755381

Paperback

Published: November 22, 2021
ISBN: 9783110755275