Higher-order components (HOCs) in React are a powerful pattern for enhancing components by wrapping them with additional functionality, providing a reusable means to manage cross-cutting concerns such as authentication and logging without altering the original component. Although Hooks have largely taken over for logic reuse since their introduction in React 16.8, HOCs remain valuable in certain contexts, especially when dealing with legacy codebases or complex component transformations. HOCs work by taking a component as an argument and returning a new component, effectively allowing developers to modify rendering behavior and manage stateful logic differently compared to Hooks. While HOCs are ideal for wrapping and augmenting existing components, Hooks allow for a cleaner state management solution across multiple components without introducing extra layers. The document further explores various implementation patterns and best practices for using HOCs, including performance optimization, debugging, and ensuring type-safety, while also emphasizing scenarios where HOCs and Hooks can complement each other for robust solutions in modern React applications.