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Achieve more by doing less with a simpler, data-driven strategy.

Better, Simpler Strategy

A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance

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  • Hardcover

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    30 June 2021

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Summary

Get to better, more effective strategy.

In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In Better, Simpler Strategy, Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee shows how these companies achieve more by doing less. At a time when rapid technological change and global competition conspire to upend traditional ways of doing business, these comp…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781633699694
ISBN-10:1633699692
Author:Felix Oberholzer-Gee
Publisher:Harvard Business Review Press
Imprint:Harvard Business Review Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:30 June 2021
Weight:572g
Dimensions:31mm x 166mm x 243mm
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

Named one of “The 10 Best Business Books of 2021” by Forbes

“This book lives up to the promise of its title by distilling strategy into a beautifully simple premise…” — strategy+business

Advance Praise for Better, Simpler Strategy:

“In our fast-evolving and complex world, it’s crucial to mobilize our teams with a clear and compelling strategy. In this enlightening and practical book, Oberholzer-Gee leads you to design a simple strategy statement and helps you understand how to maximize the gap between willingness-to-pay and willingness-to-sell.” — Florent Menegaux, CEO, Michelin

“Simplicity is a virtue, and Better, Simpler Strategy cuts through the jargon of business to provide an invaluable first-principles strategic guide. Illustrated by a wealth of in-depth examples, this book puts forward a new value-based framework for coming up with breakthrough strategies.” — Adam Brandenburger, J.P. Valles Professor, NYU Stern School of Business; coauthor, Co-opetition

“The value stick is an incredible tool based on Oberholzer-Gee’s twenty years of research and practice in the field of strategy. It reveals the essence of strategic issues in a simple and intuitive manner, making formerly complex and difficult strategic decisions easy and effective.” — Liu Xiaoyan, CEO, E Fund Management, China’s largest fund manager

“Strategy is an art and a science, and often a mystery. Better, Simpler Strategy demystifies value creation, making strategy accessible and exceptional performance achievable to all levels of leaders.” — Aman Bhutani, CEO, GoDaddy

“Oberholzer-Gee expertly distills the complex topic of strategy down to the simplicity of the value stick, using hard data and real-life examples that bring the pitfalls and opportunities of a bad or good strategy to life. This book will change the way you think about strategy and competition.” — Helen Riley, CFO, Google X

About The Author

Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. An award-winning instructor, his academic work has been published in the very best peer-reviewed journals of his profession. He currently teaches competitive strategy in executive education programs such as the Harvard General Management Program. He also serves as faculty chair of the Senior Executive Leadership Program for China and the Driving Digital Strategy program. He is a cohost of the popular HBR Presents podcast After Hours.

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