Strategy

Monitor has deep roots in strategy. One of our founders, Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School, literally wrote the book (actually, several books) on strategy.

Our strategy work now covers a broad range of issues: business-unit and corporate strategy; portfolio management; strategic vision, mission and values development; strategic planning processes and approaches; managing uncertainty and risk; and competitive dynamics and game theory.

Much of our corporate strategy work also involves corporate finance, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions advisory, and post-merger integration.

Virtually all Monitor work with clients involves strategy, since it provides an essential context for other decisions and actions. Over 25 years, we feel we have developed the world's most thorough understanding of the practical application of strategic thinking to drive lasting impact.

What’s Next for Philanthropy: Acting Bigger and Adapting Better in a Networked World

Katherine Fulton, Gabriel Kasper and Barbara Kibbe 12 July 2010 Article

In this report, Monitor Institute’s Katherine Fulton, Gabriel Kasper and Barbara Kibbe discuss the future of philanthropic innovation. The next decade will call on successful institutions to develop “next practices”—effective approaches that are well-suited to the emerging landscape of public problem solving—that allow them to act bigger and adapt better.

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Megacity Growth Strategy

Jennifer Lacks Kaplan and Mark Pocharski 12 June 2010 Article

The world’s rapidly growing megacities represent significant opportunities for companies seeking new markets and justify a unique approach to an important source of potential growth. In this article, Jennifer Lacks Kaplan and Mark Pocharski explain what it takes for companies to build winning strategies to take advantage of this growth opportunity.

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How Innovation Really Works

Nikhil Prasad Ojha, Parijat Ghosh, Sarah Stein Greenberg, Anurag Mishra, with staff of Business Today Magazine 30 May 2010 Article

In this article, “How Innovation Really Works,” experts from Monitor produced a special research report with Business Today to explore how Monitor’s Ten Types of Innovation™ framework applies to growing, innovative companies in India.

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Back on Course: Sovereign Wealth Fund Activity in 2009

Monitor Group and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei 17 May 2010 Article

In a new report tracking sovereign wealth fund investments, Monitor Group and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei found that the funds had adapted to the global economic downturn by realigning investment strategies with long-term goals and pursuing joint investments to share risk.

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How to Set an Innovation Agenda

Bansi Nagji and Brian Quinn 12 April 2010 Article

In this feature article "Shotgun Blues" from The Conference Board Review, Monitor's Bansi Nagji and Brian Quinn explain how corporate leaders can set a course to innovate in their organizations and industries to unlock value and create new opportunities for growth.

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Stop Reacting to Buyers’ Price Expectations; Manage Them

Thomas T. Nagle, Joseph Zale and John Hogan 2 April 2010 Article

In this article adapted from the authors’ new book, The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing (Prentice Hall, 2010), coauthors Thomas T. Nagle, Joseph Zale and John Hogan explore how executives can create pricing policies that lead to profitable and productive customer relationships.

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Accelerating Corporate Transformations, a Webcast Presentation

1 April 2010 Article

In this webcast presentation, experts from Monitor share specific insights gained from 25 years of experience helping executives lead major transformations in their organizations. Experts explain the critical enablers of successful transformation and the barriers that every leader must anticipate and confront. And they will explain why speed is essential to execute bold new ideas that create lasting impact.

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Korea's Next Challenge: Global Competitiveness

Joseph Fuller 25 March 2010 Article

In this essay for Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Monitor co-founder Joseph Fuller argues that leading Korean corporations, after weathering the economic downturn well, need fresh thinking to move ahead in the global economy.

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The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably (5th Edition)

Thomas T. Nagle, John E. Hogan, Joseph Zale Book

This book by Monitor pricing strategy experts shows business leaders how to move from tactically "optimizing" prices in markets where they seemingly exercise little control to managing their markets strategically.

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The 'New Normal': How Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship is Changing Corporate Competitiveness

Bob Lurie and Scott Daniels, Monitor Group 11 February 2010 Article

A business environment in which carbon emissions carry new costs creates a different competitive context. To succeed in this new environment, companies must reevaluate their core strategic choices, rethink their critical sources of competitive advantage and invest in new capabilities.

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