Crafting & Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases
ISBN: 9780078112720 | 0078112729
Edition: 18thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Pub. Date: 1/27/2011
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Overview:The 18th edition of Crafting and Executing Strategyrepresents one of our most important and thoroughgoing revisions ever. The newest member of the author team, Margie Peteraf, led a thorough re-examination of every paragraph on every page of the 17th edition chapters. The overriding objectives were to inject new perspectives and the best academic thinking, strengthen linkages to the latest research findings, modify the coverage and exposition as needed to ensure squarely on-target content, and give every chapter a major facelift. While... MORE
Part I: Concepts and Techniques for Crafting and Executing Strategy
Section A: Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1: What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important
Chapter 2: Leading the Process of Crafting and Executing Strategy
Section B: Core Concepts and Analytical Tools
Chapter 3: Evaluating a Company’s External Environment
Chapter 4: Evaluating a Company’s Resources and Competitive Position
Section C: Crafting a Strategy
Chapter 5: Five Generic Competitive Strategies... MORE
Chapter 6: Supplementing the Chosen Competitive Strategy: Other Important Strategy Choices
Chapter 7: Strategies for Competing in Foreign Markets
Chapter 8: Diversification: Strategies for Managing a Group of Businesses
Chapter 9: Ethical Business Strategies, Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability
Section D: Executing the Strategy
Chapter 10: Building an Organization Capable of Good Strategy Execution
Chapter 11: Managing Internal Operations: Actions That Promote Good Strategy Execution
Chapter 12: Corporate Culture and Leadership: Keys to Good Strategy Execution
Part II: Cases
Mystic Monk Coffee
Whole Foods Market in 2010
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Competition in the Warehouse Club Industry
Competition in Energy Drinks, Sports, and Vitamin-Enhanced Beverages
Netflix
Redbox
Cash Connection
Blue Nile in 2010
Apple in 2010
Gap Inc. in 2010
Google in 2010
SkyWest, Inc. in 2009
Silver Ships: Its Strategy in the Military and Workboat Industry
Skype's Spin Off from eBay: Is it Ready for an IPO?
Sara Lee in 2010: Has Its Retrenchment Strategy Benefited Shareholders?
Smuckers in 2010: Expanding the Business Lineup
Robin Hood
Dilemma at Devil's Den
Southwest Airlines in 2010
Neamaste Solar
Herman Miller
Starbucks in 2010
Norton Lilly: Implementing Transformational Change in the Shipping Industry
The Good Hotel
W.L. Gore and Associates
Rhino Capture in South Africa
Countywide Financial and the Subprime Mortgage Debacle
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