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Strategic management and competitive advantage : concepts and cases / Barney, Jay B., Hesterly, William S.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Education, 2008.Edition: Second edition.Description: xv, 380 pages, 267 variously numbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.ISBN:
  • 9780131355026
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD30.28 .B36834 2008
Contents:
Pt. 1. The tools of strategic analysis — 1. What is strategy and the strategic management process? — 2. Evaluating a firm’s external environment — 3. Evaluating a firm’s internal capabilities — pt. 2. Business level strategies — 4. Cost leadership — 5. Product differentiation — pt. 3. Corporate strategies — 6. Vertical integration — 7. Corporate diversification — 8. Organizing to implement corporate diversification — 9. Strategic alliances — 10. Mergers and acquisitions.
Summary: For professors who want students to see connections between big ideas in strategy (thus understanding vs. memorizing), Barney/Hesterly provides an organizing framework (VRIO) as the foundation of the text. Students have a clear decision-making framework to use in analyzing cases and business situations.
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Pt. 1. The tools of strategic analysis — 1. What is strategy and the strategic management process? — 2. Evaluating a firm’s external environment — 3. Evaluating a firm’s internal capabilities — pt. 2. Business level strategies — 4. Cost leadership — 5. Product differentiation — pt. 3. Corporate strategies — 6. Vertical integration — 7. Corporate diversification — 8. Organizing to implement corporate diversification — 9. Strategic alliances — 10. Mergers and acquisitions.

For professors who want students to see connections between big ideas in strategy (thus understanding vs. memorizing), Barney/Hesterly provides an organizing framework (VRIO) as the foundation of the text. Students have a clear decision-making framework to use in analyzing cases and business situations.

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