Your strategic planning process and annual off-sites may be holding your directors back.

Profit warnings not only hurt a company’s domestic rivals, but also international competitors, and can cause industry-wide investor skittishness.

The growing array of immersive entertainment experiences carries unforeseen implications for content owners and creators.

Some of the most combative shareholders are deploying the most powerful weapon possible — sound advice.

When you give voice to confidence, aspiration, prescience, or desperation, it can set you on a more powerful path. See also “How to Define Your Corporate Identity.”

Having a clear sense of who you are will help you grow coherently, and outpace the competition. For further insights, read “Pulling the Triggers That Pull Companies.”

As digital becomes the new normal, a few generic strategies that can help you determine where and how to create value. Which one is best for your enterprise?

When it comes to consumer goods, infrequent purchasers, not faithful customers, seem to drive market-share growth.

International partnerships can put parties at odds, but there are ways for smaller firms to avoid common conflicts and stick up for themselves.

A punishing trek is a painful reminder to get your strategic fundamentals right.

The attacks have changed business thinking and practice around disaster preparedness.

When a company chooses to hold its shareholder meeting in a distant location or at an odd time, executives might be trying to avoid revealing bad news.

The thriving streaming business faces some fundamental questions about its future.

A large proportion of shareholder proposals contested by firms receive support from other investors when put to a vote.

New investments in infrastructure by private asset managers are changing the way the world finances its cities, power systems, and transportation links.

Companies might want to rethink the storied model of charging less up front to get more down the line — especially as e-commerce offers consumers ever greater flexibility, information, and selection.

The most capable strategists see the real value, and big pitfalls, in new business concepts.

How incumbent banks can respond to the startups and other firms disrupting their industry.

What to do when you outgrow your target market — or vice versa.

It can be dangerous to confuse the prospects of the economy — and your company — with the day-to-day judgments rendered on them by flighty investors.

Don’t underestimate the power of choosing a unique definition of the customers your company will serve.

The most farsighted enterprises have mastered five unconventional practices for building and using distinctive capabilities.

Companies can maximize their investments in Web analytics if they focus tightly on priorities, layer human intelligence on top of smart technology, and enlist senior management to lead the charge.