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  • April 2008 (Revised July 2011)
  • Module Note

Strategic Renewal

By: David J. Collis and Jan W. Rivkin
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Abstract

While it is relatively easy to identify why strategies fail, it is much harder to explain how to fix a failing strategy or build an organization that can continuously renew its strategy. This note identifies some patterns that distinguish companies whose renewal efforts made headway from firms whose efforts fell flat.

Keywords

Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Failure; Strategy

Citation

Collis, David J., and Jan W. Rivkin. "Strategic Renewal." Harvard Business School Module Note 708-503, April 2008. (Revised July 2011.)
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