Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

In the fight for market leadership and the continuous drive toward improved returns, your company needs to devise an effective strategy—and execute it flawlessly. This program prepares you to tackle or lead that challenge in all its aspects, from deciding in which markets to compete and building a lasting competitive advantage to outsmarting competitors, capturing opportunities, and expanding into new markets and geographies.

This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More

This program is appropriate for senior executives who are responsible for developing and implementing competitive strategy for a company or business unit, such as:

• Chief executive officer, chief operating officer, divisional president, and vice president
• Chief financial officer, chief innovation officer, and chief strategy officer
• Managing director, general manager, and director

Attendance by multiple company representatives will foster teamwork and amplify the program's impact.

Program for Leadership Development participants earn 5 PLDA Points on completion of this program.

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See how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.

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We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?

Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.

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Discover more about business. And yourself.Discover more about business. And yourself.

Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.

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When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

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