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Welcome to strategy+business, the thought leadership and management magazine published by Booz & Company. Please explore our extensive coverage of business strategy, organizational leadership, and the trends underneath everyday business news headlines. Our purpose is to illuminate the complex choices that leaders face — in corporate strategy, marketing, operations, human capital, public presence, governance, and other domains — and the impact of their decisions. We publish articles by well-known thought leaders, business journalists, and seasoned executives on the issues, theories, and ideas that can help decision makers in businesses and organizations lead and act more effectively in an increasingly turbulent and competitive world.

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Organizations & People

Organizing for Advantage

by Ashok Divakaran, Gary L. Neilson, and Jaya Pandrangi
How to design a mix of formal and informal factors to advance your company’s strategy.
 
Organizations & People

Changing Structures and Behaviors at Walgreens

by Mark Wagner and
Wayne Orvis
 
When your strategy shifts, you may need to redesign your organization as well.
Marketing, Media & Sales


The Digital Commerce Revolution

by Christopher Vollmer,
Matthew Egol, and
Naseem Sayani
A new study is revealing the opportunities and challenges in today’s marketplace, and how marketers, retailers, media companies, and other key industry players can compete to win.
Strategy & Leadership


Can Best Buy Thwart the Grim Reaper?

by Ken Favaro

 
The big box retailer badly needs a good dose of strategic innovation. Is it up to the task?
 
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Thought Leaders

An Interview with
David Morse

Corning Glass Chief Technology Officer David Morse explains how the company—through speed and customer focus in research, development, and engineering—has built a multibillion-dollar enterprise.
Interview: William Cooke, physicist, discusses the potential for algal biofuels to become the next big alternative energy source
Interview: Clayton M. Christensen, a Harvard professor, coauthor of How Will You Measure Your Life?, notes that a primary task of leadership is asking questions that anticipate great challenges
Interview: Tom Fanning, Southern Company CEO, says the key to clean, reliable, and affordable energy is a bold and balanced approach to R&D
Business Literature
Books in Brief

Many-to-Many Manufacturing

A review of Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, by Chris Anderson.
Author's Choice Don Tapscott, who has written 15 books, most recently Radical Openness: Four Unexpected Principles for Success, introduces an excerpt that demonstrates how openness to new business practices and work settings can unleash human capital, from The Soul of Design: Harnessing the Power of Plot to Create Extraordinary Products, by Lee Devin and Robert D. Austin
Books in Brief A review of Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do about It, by Peter Cappelli
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Recent Research

The Dollar Payoff from Social Media

Consumers who engage with company sites visit stores more often and spend more.
Boosting Marketing’s Role in New Product Development Applying specialized skills tied to consumer trends is key to innovation success
The Fiscal Fingerprints of Corporate Collusion Firms that engage in bad deeds leave all sorts of clues tied to accounting and governance
Can China’s Growth Continue? In addition to productivity and tech improvements, systemic changes will be necessary if growth is to be sustained in China
How Multinational Corporations Are Buffered from Financial Crises Multinationals can increase exports from markets hurt by a decline in local sales
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