Sometimes it pays for a company to respond to a deal in its own backyard, and sometimes it doesn’t. by Matt Palmquist Authors: Thomas Keil (University of Zurich), Tomi Laamanen (University of St. Gallen), and Rita… Read more »
Thought Sparks
Research Technology Management Reviews End of Competitive Advantage
Porter’s five forces and Hamel and Prahalad ’ s core competencies remain central concepts in corporate strategy. But in this book, Rita Gunther McGrath questions whether these ideas—both based on a belief in the need… Read more »
Will the legal establishment allow a two-year law school?
CNBC reports that President Obama is quoted as saying that law schools would “probably be wise” to move away from three-year programs to two. Who will fight like crazy to prevent two-year schools from being… Read more »
Can Your Career Survive Transient Competitive Advantage?
Theodore Kinni of Strategy & Business highlighted a chapter in Rita McGrath’s book dealing with career change: If our employers begin rejiggering their businesses’ portfolios at a faster pace, our jobs are going to get… Read more »
Travel Weekly PLUS interviews Rita McGrath
Travel Weekly PLUS, the thought leadership publication for senior executives in travel, published a two-part interview with Rita McGrath by their Editor in Chief Diane Merlino, excerpted below: Sustainable Strategy Is Out. Short-Lived Opportunities Are… Read more »
Crain’s quotes Rita McGrath about AOL Firing
Rita McGrath was quoted by Crain’s in conjunction with their story Armstrong’s apology a mere Patch. Armstrong, AOL CEO fired a Patch employee during a video conference before 1000 staffers. “This is the kind of… Read more »
VoiceAmerica interviews Rita McGrath
Listen to Rita McGrath is interviewed by VoiceAmerica on competitive advantage here.
Making the Shift from Sustainable to Transient Advantage
Innosight recently interviewed Rita McGrath, excerpted below. To read the entire interview, click here. You argue that competitive advantage is dying and that companies need to embrace the idea of transient advantage. What do you… Read more »
Rita McGrath : Strategy in Volatile and Uncertain Environments
eTalks.com interviewed Rita McGrath recently in which she answered a question about strategy: Strategy is fundamentally about making choices. Choices, of course, about what to do but equally importantly about what not to do. I… Read more »
Innovation Watch reviews The End of Competitive Advantage
Innovation Watch writes: “Chances are the strategies that worked well for you even a few years ago no longer deliver the results you need. Dramatic changes in business have unearthed a major gap between traditional… Read more »
Rita McGrath interviewed by The Irish Times
The Irish Times writes: “Finding a real competitive advantage in an industry has been likened to discovering the Holy Grail in the corporate strategy stakes. However, it’s an increasingly elusive goal, according to US management… Read more »
Transient Advantage: New article in HBR
In a new article featured in the June Harvard Business Review, I offer a summary of my new book. Essentially, that strategy is stuck! We've locked ourselves into a view of strategy that depends on… Read more »