Strategy features in most courses at business schools, but is also a specialisation in its own right. The writings of Michael Porter have helped to keep Harvard at the forefront of business thinking in the field of strategy. Porter is the Bishop William Laurence University Professor at the Harvard Business School.
With 18 books and a wealth of highly influential articles to his name, he has an almost legendary status in the world of strategic thinking. In addition to his teaching and writing, he consults with the Monitor Group, the consulting firm he helped to establish.

Business gurus have a big influence on the perceived excellence of any business school in this field. C. K. Prahalad's seminal work, 'The Fortune Under The Pyramid' has helped raise the profile of Michigan Business School in this field as well as in the field of development economics. INSEAD based Korean, W. Chan Kim, and American RenÁe Mauborgne, have written the best-selling Blue Ocean Strategy, and Mauborgne is among the most highly rated female professors in the field today. Gary Hamel who wrote the best-selling 'Competing for the Future', which introduced the idea of core competencies, continues to contribute to the reputation of London Business School, where he is a senior faculty member.