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April 20, 2017 The Different Approaches Firms Use to Set Strategy By Kimberly Teti, Mu-Jeung Yang, Nicholas Bloom, Jan W. Rivkin, Raffaella Sadun One of them is less successful than the others.

A 4-Step Process to Help Senior Teams Prioritize Decisions by Peter Hopper, Jugnu Sakuja Manage the onslaught. Is It Too Late for Sears to Save Itself? by Denise Lee Yohn The retailer could take a cue from Marvel. Strategic Choices Need to Be Made Simultaneously, Not Sequentially by Roger L. Martin All your decisions need to fit together. Employee Burnout Is a Problem with the Company, Not the Person by Eric Garton Executives need to own up to their role.

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