In large companies, the differences between functional and strategic managers are typically fairly distinctive. In a small business, however, the two roles are not always mutually exclusive. As ...

Six years ago, I wrote (with colleague Jennifer Riel) a Harvard Business Review article on functional strategy. But the questions about functional strategy keep coming unabated. It is a vexatious ...

Entrepreneurs who follow traditional administration strategies are likely to reach their desired objectives. These strategies include operational and functional level strategies, which are applied at ...