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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Title: HBR guide to thinking strategically.

Description: Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2019] | Series: Harvard Business Review guides | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018032610 (print) | LCCN 2018036095 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633696945 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633696938 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Strategic planning. | Business planning. | Industrial mangement.

Classification: LCC HD30.28 (ebook) | LCC HD30.28 .H394 2019 (print) | DDC 658.4/012—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018032610

eISBN: 9781633696945

The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives Z39.48-1992.