Strategic Insights

This question looks at how emerging technologies, especially AI, are changing the way firms compete, make decisions, organize work and create value. It asks whether lasting advantage comes from access to widely available tools or from the firm-specific capabilities, governance and human–technology combinations that put those tools to use.

This question is concerned with how firms create lasting value while balancing the needs of investors, employees, customers, communities, governments and other stakeholders, whose interests sometimes align and sometimes conflict. It covers issues such as which stakeholder investments create real strategic value, how firms make sure stated commitments show up in actual decisions, and when working with other institutions grows value rather than just redistributing it.

This question addresses how firms build and keep competitive advantage as geopolitical tensions, regulatory divergence, sanctions and shifting global ties reshape markets and value chains. It explores the trade-offs among efficiency, resilience and flexibility, along with the new risks and opportunities that come as production, innovation, investment and talent are reconfigured around the world.

This question examines the strategic capabilities firms need to create and capture value through alliances, platforms, networks and ecosystems that extend beyond their own boundaries. It takes up the central tension that the firms that help create value are not always the ones that capture it, which raises questions about when to build, join or orchestrate ecosystems and how to balance openness with control.

This question is concerned with how firms pursue new sources of growth while protecting the capabilities and market positions that drive their current performance. It addresses issues such as how innovation should be organized, funded and scaled, how new technologies and ways of working affect the innovation process, and when to build capabilities internally or access them through partnerships, acquisitions or startups.

This question addresses how boards and senior leaders deliver near-term performance while preparing and transforming their organizations for an uncertain future. It explores issues such as the skills leaders and boards need, the ethical side of strategic choices, and how governance structures, incentives and succession planning can support or constrain strategic renewal.