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Business Strategy Book Summaries

Good Strategy Bad Strategy
by Richard P. Rumelt • 2011
Most 'strategy' is just goals with a fancy title. The discipline to build one that wins.
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17k+
Good Strategy Bad Strategy Summary
Immersive
Good Strategy Bad Strategy
Most 'strategy' is just goals with a fancy title. The discipline to build one that wins.
by Richard P. Rumelt 2011 323 pages
4.13
17k+ ratings
7 Powers
by Hamilton Wright Helmer • 2016
Durable advantage comes in only seven forms. Most businesses possess none.
4.26
3k+
7 Powers Summary
Immersive
7 Powers
Durable advantage comes in only seven forms. Most businesses possess none.
by Hamilton Wright Helmer 2016 210 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
Blue Ocean Strategy
by W. Chan Kim • 2005
Stop fighting over existing markets. Create a new one where the competition simply does not matter.
4.01
88k+
Blue Ocean Strategy Summary
Blue Ocean Strategy
Stop fighting over existing markets. Create a new one where the competition simply does not matter.
by W. Chan Kim 2005 240 pages
4.01
88k+ ratings
Playing to Win
by A.G. Lafley • 2013
Forget the plan. Winners make a handful of choices that lock together and beat the market.
3.99
9k+
Playing to Win Summary
Playing to Win
Forget the plan. Winners make a handful of choices that lock together and beat the market.
by A.G. Lafley 2013 272 pages
3.99
9k+ ratings
The Crux
by Richard P. Rumelt • 2022
Most strategy starts with goals. Real strategy starts with the one challenge worth solving.
4.17
1k+
The Crux Summary
The Crux
Most strategy starts with goals. Real strategy starts with the one challenge worth solving.
by Richard P. Rumelt 2022 396 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
The Mind of the Strategist
by Kenichi Ohmae • 1982
The strategy playbook that powered Japan's corporate dominance: dissect, focus, exploit, disrupt.
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500+
The Mind of the Strategist Summary
The Mind of the Strategist
The strategy playbook that powered Japan's corporate dominance: dissect, focus, exploit, disrupt.
by Kenichi Ohmae 1982 304 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Play Bigger
by Al Ramadan • 2016
76% of a market's value goes to whoever defines it. This is the manual.
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2k+
Play Bigger Summary
Play Bigger
76% of a market's value goes to whoever defines it. This is the manual.
by Al Ramadan 2016 272 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Strategy Safari
by Henry Mintzberg • 1998
Ten schools of strategic thought, each partly right, each dangerously incomplete on its own.
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1k+
Strategy Safari Summary
Strategy Safari
Ten schools of strategic thought, each partly right, each dangerously incomplete on its own.
by Henry Mintzberg 1998 461 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Competitive Strategy
by Michael E. Porter • 1980
Strategy is not about beating rivals; it is about reading the economic terrain before you move.
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Competitive Strategy Summary
Competitive Strategy
Strategy is not about beating rivals; it is about reading the economic terrain before you move.
by Michael E. Porter 1980 397 pages
4.17
17k+ ratings
Competitive Advantage
by Michael E. Porter • 1985
Your industry does not determine your profits. The way you arrange your activities does.
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4k+
Competitive Advantage Summary
Competitive Advantage
Your industry does not determine your profits. The way you arrange your activities does.
by Michael E. Porter 1985 592 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
Competition Demystified
by Bruce C. Greenwald • 2005
Real strategy isn't vision or goal-setting. It's barriers to entry. Most businesses have none.
4.30
1k+
Competition Demystified Summary
Competition Demystified
Real strategy isn't vision or goal-setting. It's barriers to entry. Most businesses have none.
by Bruce C. Greenwald 2005 416 pages
4.30
1k+ ratings
Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition
by W. Chan Kim • 2005
Markets are not fixed. The tools for redrawing their boundaries so you compete on empty terrain.
4.01
88k+
Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition Summary
Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition
Markets are not fixed. The tools for redrawing their boundaries so you compete on empty terrain.
by W. Chan Kim 2005 287 pages
4.01
88k+ ratings
Strategic Brand Management
by Kevin Lane Keller • 2007
Customer memory, not ad spend, determines brand value. The system for measuring and building it.
4.03
440
Strategic Brand Management Summary
Strategic Brand Management
Customer memory, not ad spend, determines brand value. The system for measuring and building it.
by Kevin Lane Keller 2007 692 pages
4.03
440 ratings
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy
by Michael E. Porter • 2010
Strategic plans lose a third of their value after approval. Ten articles trace the leak.
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3k+
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy Summary
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy
Strategic plans lose a third of their value after approval. Ten articles trace the leak.
by Michael E. Porter 2010 288 pages
4.02
3k+ ratings
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing
by Harvard Business Review • 2013
Marketing and sales are undermining each other. The structural fix that turns friction into revenue.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing Summary
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing
Marketing and sales are undermining each other. The structural fix that turns friction into revenue.
by Harvard Business Review 2013 224 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Monetizing Innovation
by Madhavan Ramanujam • 2016
Why 72% of new products fail: companies build before asking what anyone will actually pay.
4.15
1k+
Monetizing Innovation Summary
Monetizing Innovation
Why 72% of new products fail: companies build before asking what anyone will actually pay.
by Madhavan Ramanujam 2016 256 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick
by Chris Bradley • 2018
Corporate profits follow a power law: a few concentrated bets separate winners from the rest.
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1k+
Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick Summary
Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick
Corporate profits follow a power law: a few concentrated bets separate winners from the rest.
by Chris Bradley 2018 256 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Balanced Scorecard
by Robert S. Kaplan • 1996
Four metrics, one rule: run a technical team like a business by developing the people first.
3.91
5k+
Balanced Scorecard Summary
Balanced Scorecard
Four metrics, one rule: run a technical team like a business by developing the people first.
by Robert S. Kaplan 1996 322 pages
3.91
5k+ ratings
Profit from the Core
by Chris Zook • 2010
80% of sustained value creators focused on one core. Diversification is the exception, not the rule.
3.79
335
Profit from the Core Summary
Profit from the Core
80% of sustained value creators focused on one core. Diversification is the exception, not the rule.
by Chris Zook 2010 192 pages
3.79
335 ratings
Turning the Flywheel
by Jim Collins • 2019
Four to six linked components, pushed relentlessly, compound into decades of unstoppable momentum.
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Turning the Flywheel Summary
Turning the Flywheel
Four to six linked components, pushed relentlessly, compound into decades of unstoppable momentum.
by Jim Collins 2019 46 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
The Strategist
by Cynthia A. Montgomery • 2012
Ask what the world loses if your company disappears; the answer is your strategy.
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1k+
The Strategist Summary
The Strategist
Ask what the world loses if your company disappears; the answer is your strategy.
by Cynthia A. Montgomery 2012 189 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Your Strategy Needs a Strategy
by Martin Reeves • 2015
Five environments call for five different strategies. How to diagnose yours and pick the right play.
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Your Strategy Needs a Strategy Summary
Your Strategy Needs a Strategy
Five environments call for five different strategies. How to diagnose yours and pick the right play.
by Martin Reeves 2015 288 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
The AI Advantage
by Thomas H. Davenport • 2018
Stop chasing AI hype: the three business capabilities that actually deliver returns.
3.54
149
The AI Advantage Summary
The AI Advantage
Stop chasing AI hype: the three business capabilities that actually deliver returns.
by Thomas H. Davenport 2018 248 pages
3.54
149 ratings
Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning
by Henry Mintzberg • 1993
Strategic planning is an expensive illusion: why prediction fails and where real strategy emerges.
3.80
234
Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning Summary
Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is an expensive illusion: why prediction fails and where real strategy emerges.
by Henry Mintzberg 1993 482 pages
3.80
234 ratings
Competing for the Future
by Gary Hamel • 1994
Your current products matter less than your ability to create products no one has imagined yet.
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3k+
Competing for the Future Summary
Competing for the Future
Your current products matter less than your ability to create products no one has imagined yet.
by Gary Hamel 1994 384 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
The HR Value Proposition
by Dave Ulrich • 2005
What if HR's primary output was organizational culture, and everything else was built to support it?
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224
The HR Value Proposition Summary
The HR Value Proposition
What if HR's primary output was organizational culture, and everything else was built to support it?
by Dave Ulrich 2005 338 pages
3.92
224 ratings
Better, Simpler Strategy
by Felix Oberholzer-Gee • 2021
A better strategy is simpler: make customers happier to pay and employees happier to stay.
4.06
415
Better, Simpler Strategy Summary
Better, Simpler Strategy
A better strategy is simpler: make customers happier to pay and employees happier to stay.
by Felix Oberholzer-Gee 2021 273 pages
4.06
415 ratings
Driving Digital Strategy
by Sunil Gupta • 2018
Digital strategy is business model strategy. Guide for reimagining yours without killing the present
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442
Driving Digital Strategy Summary
Driving Digital Strategy
Digital strategy is business model strategy. Guide for reimagining yours without killing the present
by Sunil Gupta 2018 345 pages
4.05
442 ratings
Escape Velocity
by Geoffrey A. Moore • 2011
Last year's operating plan is a gravity well. The five-part power framework for escaping it.
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Escape Velocity Summary
Escape Velocity
Last year's operating plan is a gravity well. The five-part power framework for escaping it.
by Geoffrey A. Moore 2011 240 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Seeing Around Corners
by Rita McGrath • 2019
Disruption announces itself at the edges first. A system for reading the signals before they arrive.
3.80
500+
Seeing Around Corners Summary
Seeing Around Corners
Disruption announces itself at the edges first. A system for reading the signals before they arrive.
by Rita McGrath 2019 272 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Understanding Michael Porter
by Joan Magretta • 2011
Trying to be the best kills profits. Porter's alternative path to a business no rival can copy.
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3k+
Understanding Michael Porter Summary
Understanding Michael Porter
Trying to be the best kills profits. Porter's alternative path to a business no rival can copy.
by Joan Magretta 2011 256 pages
4.29
3k+ ratings
The Pricing Roadmap
by Ulrik Lehrskov-Schmidt • 2023
SaaS pricing is a design job. How to build models that customers love and committees approve.
4.49
183
The Pricing Roadmap Summary
The Pricing Roadmap
SaaS pricing is a design job. How to build models that customers love and committees approve.
by Ulrik Lehrskov-Schmidt 2023 278 pages
4.49
183 ratings
Balanced Scorecard
by Robert S. Kaplan • 1996
Your balance sheet is a rearview mirror. A system with four windows looking forward.
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5k+
Balanced Scorecard Summary
Balanced Scorecard
Your balance sheet is a rearview mirror. A system with four windows looking forward.
by Robert S. Kaplan 1996 322 pages
3.91
5k+ ratings
The Strategy-Focused Organization
by Robert S. Kaplan • 2000
A measurement system that translates strategy into a handful of metrics every employee can act on.
3.94
500+
The Strategy-Focused Organization Summary
The Strategy-Focused Organization
A measurement system that translates strategy into a handful of metrics every employee can act on.
by Robert S. Kaplan 2000 416 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
The Designful Company
by Marty Neumeier • 2008
Your management model is obsolete. Design thinking as the operating system for nonstop innovation.
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The Designful Company Summary
The Designful Company
Your management model is obsolete. Design thinking as the operating system for nonstop innovation.
by Marty Neumeier 2008 194 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Design a Better Business
by Patrick van der Pijl • 2016
Replace business plans with business experiments: the visual toolkit for strategy and innovation.
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318
Design a Better Business Summary
Design a Better Business
Replace business plans with business experiments: the visual toolkit for strategy and innovation.
by Patrick van der Pijl 2016 272 pages
4.14
318 ratings
Think Like Amazon
by ROSSMAN • 2019
The 50.5 principles that turned an online bookstore into the world's most relentless company.
4.08
440
Think Like Amazon Summary
Think Like Amazon
The 50.5 principles that turned an online bookstore into the world's most relentless company.
by ROSSMAN 2019 320 pages
4.08
440 ratings
50 Business Classics
by Tom Butler-Bowdon • 2018
Your brain airbrushes failure from your own story. The most reliable systems do the reverse.
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184
50 Business Classics Summary
50 Business Classics
Your brain airbrushes failure from your own story. The most reliable systems do the reverse.
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2018 400 pages
4.12
184 ratings
The Synergist
by Les McKeown • 2012
Every team holds three clashing instincts. A fourth role breaks the cycle, and anyone can learn it.
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221
The Synergist Summary
The Synergist
Every team holds three clashing instincts. A fourth role breaks the cycle, and anyone can learn it.
by Les McKeown 2012 272 pages
4.10
221 ratings
Strategy Rules
by David B. Yoffie • 2015
Gates, Grove, and Jobs ran three very different companies. Their strategy playbook was the same.
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Strategy Rules Summary
Strategy Rules
Gates, Grove, and Jobs ran three very different companies. Their strategy playbook was the same.
by David B. Yoffie 2015 272 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Clausewitz on Strategy
by Tiha von Ghyczy • 2001
Your real competition is the fog, friction, and chaos Clausewitz mapped two centuries ago.
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109
Clausewitz on Strategy Summary
Clausewitz on Strategy
Your real competition is the fog, friction, and chaos Clausewitz mapped two centuries ago.
by Tiha von Ghyczy 2001 208 pages
4.05
109 ratings
Certain to Win
by Chet Richards • 2004
Speed of decision, not budget, wins: a fighter pilot's framework for outmaneuvering larger rivals.
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Certain to Win Summary
Certain to Win
Speed of decision, not budget, wins: a fighter pilot's framework for outmaneuvering larger rivals.
by Chet Richards 2004
4.13
500+ ratings
Simplify
by Richard Koch • 2016
World-beating businesses pick one: slash prices 90%, or make the product a joy. Trying both fails.
3.91
500+
Simplify Summary
Simplify
World-beating businesses pick one: slash prices 90%, or make the product a joy. Trying both fails.
by Richard Koch 2016 307 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
The Strategy Book
by Max McKeown • 2012
Strategy is not a plan for the future; it is the act of inventing it. The toolkit.
3.53
430
The Strategy Book Summary
The Strategy Book
Strategy is not a plan for the future; it is the act of inventing it. The toolkit.
by Max McKeown 2012 261 pages
3.53
430 ratings
The Lords of Strategy
by Walter Kiechel III • 2009
Before the 1960s, strategy didn't exist. The secret story of four outsiders who invented it.
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2k+
The Lords of Strategy Summary
The Lords of Strategy
Before the 1960s, strategy didn't exist. The secret story of four outsiders who invented it.
by Walter Kiechel III 2009 368 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Reinvent Your Business Model
by Mark W. Johnson • 2018
New growth doesn't come from new products. It comes from new business models, systematically built.
3.98
108
Reinvent Your Business Model Summary
Reinvent Your Business Model
New growth doesn't come from new products. It comes from new business models, systematically built.
by Mark W. Johnson 2018 240 pages
3.98
108 ratings
The Seven Pillars of Customer Success
by Wayne McCulloch • 2021
Turn customer success into a growth engine. Seven pillars, from onboarding to advocacy.
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245
The Seven Pillars of Customer Success Summary
The Seven Pillars of Customer Success
Turn customer success into a growth engine. Seven pillars, from onboarding to advocacy.
by Wayne McCulloch 2021 349 pages
4.16
245 ratings
Pivot to the Future
by Omar Abbosh • 2019
Future growth hides in your oldest business. A framework for unlocking it before disruptors do.
3.75
190
Pivot to the Future Summary
Pivot to the Future
Future growth hides in your oldest business. A framework for unlocking it before disruptors do.
by Omar Abbosh 2019 288 pages
3.75
190 ratings
Jack Welch and the GE Way
by Robert Slater • 1998
A CEO's handbook from Jack Welch's GE: be honest, move fast, and own your market or walk.
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Jack Welch and the GE Way Summary
Jack Welch and the GE Way
A CEO's handbook from Jack Welch's GE: be honest, move fast, and own your market or walk.
by Robert Slater 1998 328 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time
by Fortune Magazine • 2012
From Boeing's jet bet to Intel's chip campaign: how a handful of decisions reshaped business.
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500+
The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time Summary
The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time
From Boeing's jet bet to Intel's chip campaign: how a handful of decisions reshaped business.
by Fortune Magazine 2012 209 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
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