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Theory of strategic management / Gareth R. Jones and Charles W. L. Hill.

By: Jones, Gareth R [author].
Contributor(s): Hill, Charles W. L [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: [Australia] : South-Western, Cengage Learning, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 10th edition.Description: xxix, 495 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781133584704 (paperback).Subject(s): Management -- United States -- Case studies | Strategic planning -- United States -- Case studies | Business planning -- United StatesDDC classification: 658.4012
Contents:
Strategic leadership: managing the strategy-making process for competitive advantage -- External analysis: the identification of opportunities and threats -- Internal analysis: distinctive competencies, competitive advantage, and profitability -- Building competitive advantage through functional-level strategy -- Building competitive advantage through business-level strategy -- Business-level strategy and the industry environment -- Strategy and technology -- Strategy in the global environment -- Corporate-level strategy: horizontal integration, vertical integration, and strategic outsourcing -- Corporate-level strategy: related and unrelated -- Corporate performance, governance, and business ethics -- Implementing strategy in companies that compete in a single industry -- Implementing strategy in companies that compete across industries and countries -- Analyzing a case study and writing a case study analysis.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This leading strategy text presents the complexities of strategic management through up-to-date scholarship and hands-on applications. Highly respected authors Gareth Jones and Charles Hill integrate cutting-edge research on topics including corporate performance, governance, strategic leadership, technology, and business ethics through both theory and case studies. Based on real-world practices and current thinking in the field, THEORY OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, 10E, International Edition features an increased emphasis on the changing global economy and its role in strategic management.

International edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Strategic leadership: managing the strategy-making process for competitive advantage -- External analysis: the identification of opportunities and threats -- Internal analysis: distinctive competencies, competitive advantage, and profitability -- Building competitive advantage through functional-level strategy -- Building competitive advantage through business-level strategy -- Business-level strategy and the industry environment -- Strategy and technology -- Strategy in the global environment -- Corporate-level strategy: horizontal integration, vertical integration, and strategic outsourcing -- Corporate-level strategy: related and unrelated -- Corporate performance, governance, and business ethics -- Implementing strategy in companies that compete in a single industry -- Implementing strategy in companies that compete across industries and countries -- Analyzing a case study and writing a case study analysis.