Strategic Management Competitiveness and Globalization Concepts with InfoTrac College Edition

by Hitt, Michael A.; Ireland, R. Duane; Hoskisson, Robert E.

• ISBN13: 9780324114805
• ISBN10: 032411480X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, 5th edition provides the most modern, relevant, and complete presentation of strategic management today. Authors Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, and Robert E. Hoskisson thoroughly revise each chapter, incorporating cutting-edge along with current examples, research and findings to accurately portray today's global business environment demonstrating how the strategic management process is being applied by modern organizations. The authors integrate the traditional industrial organizational model of strategic management with the more modern resource-based view of the firm to explain how firms build a sustained competitive advantage.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Strategic Management Inputs	3	(104)
Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness	4	(34)
The External Environment: Opportunities, Threats, Industry Competition, and Competitor Analysis	38	(34)
The Internal Environment: Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies	72	(35)
Part 2 Strategic Actions: Strategy formulation	107	(198)
Business-Level Strategy	108	(38)
Competitive Rivalry and Competitive Dynamics	146	(34)
Corporate-Level Strategy	180	(32)
Acquisition and Restructuring Strategies	212	(28)
International Strategy	240	(34)
Cooperative Strategy	274	(31)
Part 3 Strategic Actions: Strategy Implementation	305
Corporate Governance	306	(36)
Organizational Structure and Controls	342	(40)
Strategic Leadership	382	(32)
Strategic Entrepreneurship	414
Name Index	1	(10)
Company Index	11	(4)
Subject Index	15