Crafting and executing strategy : the quest for competitive advantage : concepts and cases.
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TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2012.Edition: 18th edDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN: - 9780078112720 (alk. paper)
- 0078112729 (alk. paper)
- HD30.28 .C84
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Rev. ed. of: Crafting and executing strategy / Arthur A. Thompson. 18th ed. 2010.
Includes index.
Concepts and techniques for crafting and executing strategy --
Introduction and overview --
What is strategy and why is it important? --
Charting a company's direction: vision and mission, objectives, and strategy --
Core concepts and analytical tools --
Evaluating a company's external environment --
Evaluating a company's resources, capabilities, and competitiveness --
Crafting a strategy --
The five generic competitive strategies: which one to employ? --
Strengthening a company's competitive position: strategic moves, timing, and scope of operations --
Strategies for competing in international markets --
Corporate strategy: diversification and the multibusiness company --
Ethics, corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability, and strategy --
Executing the strategy --
Building an organization capable of good strategy execution: people, capabilities, and structure --
Managing internal operations: actions that promote good strategy execution --
Corporate culture and leadership: keys to good strategy execution --
Cases in crafting and executing strategy --
Crafting strategy in single-business companies --
Mystic Monk Coffee --
Whole Foods Market in 2010: vision, core values, and strategy --
The O-Fold Innovation for Prevention Wrinkles: a good business opportunity? --
Competition among the North American warehouse clubs: Costco Wholesale versus Sam's Club versus BJ's Wholesale --
Competition in energy drinks, sports drinks, and vitamin-enhanced beverages --
Netflix's business model and strategy in renting movies and TV episodes --
Redbox's strategy in the movie rental industry --
Cash Connection: are its payday lender strategy and its business model ethical? --
Blue Nile Inc. in 2010: will its strategy to remain number one in online diamond retailing work? --
Apple Inc. in 2010 --
Gap Inc. in 2010: is the turnaround strategy working? --
Google's strategy in 2010 --
SkyWest, Inc., and the regional airline industry in 2009 --
Silver Ships' strategy in the military and workboat industry --
Skype versus AT & T and the future of telecommunications --
Crafting strategy in diversified companies --
Sara Lee Corporation in 2011: has its retrenchment strategy been successful? --
Smucker's in 2011: expanding the business lineup --
Implementing and executing strategy --
Robin Hood --
Dilemma at Devil's Den --
Southwest Airlines in 2010: culture, values, and operating practices --
Namasté Solar --
Herman Miller Inc.: the reinvention and renewal of an iconic manufacturer of office furniture --
Starbucks' strategy and internal initiatives to return to profitable growth --
Norton Lilly International: implementing transformational change in the shipping industry --
Good Hotel: doing good, doing well? --
W.L. Gore & Associates: developing global teams to meet 21st-century challenges --
Strategy, ethics, and social responsibility --
Rhino capture in Kruger National Park --
Countrywide Financial Corporation and the subprime mortgage debacle.
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