Strategic Management Theory An Integrated Approach

by Hill, Charles W. L.; Jones, Gareth R.

• ISBN13: 9780618894765
• ISBN10: 0618894764
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-22
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

This leading strategy text presents the complexities of strategic management through up-to-date scholarship and hands-on applications. Highly respected authors Charles Hill and Gareth Jones integrate cutting-edge research on topics including corporate performance, governance, strategic leadership, technology, and business ethics through both theory and cases. Based on real-world practices and current thinking in the field, the Eighth Edition of Strategic Management features an increased emphasis on the concept of the "business model" as a way of framing the issues of competitive advantage. The high-quality case study program has been expanded to 34 cases covering small, medium, and large companies of varying backgrounds. All cases are available in the main student text, the core case text, and now in a customizable casebook that instructors can create via the HMXChange Case Database.

Table of Contents

Theory

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: Formulating and Implementing Related and Unrelated Diversification

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

Cases

The Apollo Group: University of Phoenix

Boeing Commercial Aircraft: Comeback?

The Rise of Airbus

Apple Computer

The Home Videogame Industry: Pong to Xbox 360

Internet Search and the Rise of Google

Yahoo

amazon.com

ebay and the Online Auction Industry

SAP and the Evolving Enterprise Resource Planning Software Industry, 2007

Volantis

Infosys Consulting In 2006: Leading The Next Generation Of Business And Information Technology Consulting

Blockbuster's Challenges in the Video Rental Industry in 2007

The Evolution of the Small Package Express Delivery Industry, 1973-2006

Airborne Express: The Underdog

American Airlines Since Deregulation: A Thirty-Year Experience, 1978-2007

Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006

Staples

Whole Foods Market: Will There Be Enough Organic Food to Satisfy the Growing Demand?

Organizational Transformation at the BBC

NBC in Trouble

Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. A

Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. B

Honda Motor Co. and Hybrid Electric Vehicles

VCustomer: Shaping the Outsourcing Industry

Verizon Communications Inc.: The Telecommunications Industry

Procter And Gamble: The Beauty/Feminine Care Segment of The Consumer Goods Industry

3M in 2006

Ge's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative

The New Viacom

From Silver Halide To Digital Imaging Technology at Eastman Kodak: The Challenges Ahead

Philips Versus Matsushita: A New Century, A New Round

Merck, The Fda, and The Vioxx Recall

Mired In Corruption--Kellogg, Brown and Root in Nigeria

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