Strategic Management

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-01-01
Publisher(s): South-Western Pub
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Summary

Offers a strategy text that will introduce students to the field of strategic management & excite them about the dynamic nature of the business world.

Table of Contents

PART 1: Concepts 3
CHAPTER 1: Introduction: A Model of Strategic Management, and an Overview of the Text
3(24)
CHAPTER 2: General Managers and the Strategic Management of Business Firms
27(28)
CHAPTER 3: An Introduction to Competitive Advantage
55(24)
CHAPTER 4: Frameworks For the Analysis of Industry Environments
79(31)
CHAPTER 5: A Dynamic Model of Industry Structuring
110(26)
CHAPTER 6: Business Definition
136(28)
CHAPTER 7: Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage
164(29)
CHAPTER 8: Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage in Different Industry Contexts
193(33)
CHAPTER 9: Corporate Strategy and Diversification
226(32)
CHAPTER 10: Organizational Structure and the Implementation of Strategy
258(29)
CHAPTER 11: Organizational Responsiveness: The Role of Board Governance and Strategic Planning
287(26)
CHAPTER 12: The Management of Strategic Change
313
PART 2: Cases
CASE 1: The Alaskan Gold Mine, Part I
1.1
CASE 2: The Alaskan Gold Mine, Part II
2.1
CASE 3: Astral Records, Ltd., North America
3.1
CASE 4: International Colour Envelope Advisors A/S
4.1
CASE 5: Jiffy Lube International, Inc.
5.1
CASE 6: Crown Cork & Seal
6.1
CASE 7: Georgia Digitial Reproductions, Inc.
7.1
CASE 8: Iran Office Automation Company
8.1
CASE 9: Southwest Airlines
9.1
CASE 10: The Bacova Guild, Ltd.
10.1
CASE 11: Women's World Banking: The Early Years
11.1
CASE 12: Copeland Corporation/Bain & Company: The Scroll Investment Decision
12.1
CASE 13: Falls River Center, Inc.
13.1
CASE 14: National Guitar Summer Workshop, Inc.
14.1
CASE 15: Marriott Corporation
15.1
CASE 16: Hewlett-Packard (Condensed)
16.1
CASE 17: New Zealand Dairy Board
17.1
CASE 18: Disney Productions: The Walt Years
18.1
CASE 19: Amer Group, Ltd.
19.1
CASE 20: Arvin Industries, Inc.
20.1
CASE 21: Yamaha Corporation and the Electronic-Musical-Instruments Industry
21.1
CASE 22: MacGregor Golf Company
22.1
CASE 23: Grupo Bacardi de Mexico, S.A.
23.1
CASE 24: Bennett Association (A)
24.1
CASE 25: Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Aid Society
25.1
CASE 26: Louisisana-Pacific Corporation
26.1
CASE 27: Strategic Planning at the New York Botanical Garden (A)
27.1
CASE 28: Strategic Planning at the New York Botanical Garden (B)
28.1
CASE 29: Dollar General Corporation (A) Abridged
29.1
CASE 30: Big Sky, Inc.: The Magasco Paper Mill (A)
30.1
CASE 31: The Public Communications Department at New York Telephone
31.1
CASE 32: OSIM Corporation (A)
32.1
CASE 33: Peninsular Insurance (A)
33.1
CASE 34: Dollar General Corporation (B)
34.1
CASE 35: The Walt Disney Company: The Arrival of Eisner and Wells
35.1
CASE 36: Big Sky, Inc.: The Magasco Paper Mill (B)
36.1
CASE 37: Rodale Press (A)
37.1
CASE 38: Rodale Press (B)
38.1
CREDITS CR-1
INDEX I-1

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