Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts and Cases, 17th edition

Published by Pearson (March 18, 2019) © 2020

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Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts and Cases shows how to gain and sustain a competitive advantage in today's complex business world. The text helps you develop your own cutting-edge strategy through skill-developing exercises. It also offers coverage on issues related to business ethics, social responsibility, global operations, and sustainability.

The 17th Edition features updated research, cases and examples. As a result, you'll be able to effectively formulate and implement a plan that can lead to a sustainable competitive advantage for any type of business.

Table of contents

PART 1: OVERVIEW OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. The Nature of Strategic Management

PART 2: STRATEGY FORMULATION
2. Business Vision and Mission
3. The External Assessment
4. The Internal Assessment
5. Strategies in Action
6. Strategy Analysis and Choice

PART 3: STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
7. Implementing Strategies: Management and Marketing Issues
8. Implementing Strategies: Finance and Accounting Issues

PART 4: STRATEGY EVALUATION AND GOVERNANCE
9. Strategy Evaluation and Governance

PART 5: KEY STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TOPICS
10. Business Ethics, Environmental Sustainability, and Corporate Social Responsibility
11. Global and International Issues

PART 6: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CASE ANALYSIS
How to Prepare and Present a Case Analysis

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