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Table of Contents

    • About the Authors
    • Acknowledgments
    • Dedications
    • Preface
    • 1Mastering Strategy: Art and Science
      • 1.1Defining Strategic Management and Strategy
      • 1.2Intended, Emergent, and Realized Strategies
      • 1.3The History of Strategic Management
      • 1.4Understanding the Strategic Management Process
      • 1.5Conclusion
    • 2Leading Strategically

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      • 2.1Vision, Mission, and Goals

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      • 2.2Assessing Organizational Performance

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      • 2.3The CEO as Celebrity

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      • 2.4Entrepreneurial Orientation

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      • 2.5Conclusion

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    • 3Evaluating the External Environment

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      • 3.1The Relationship between an Organization and Its Environment

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      • 3.2Evaluating the General Environment

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      • 3.3Evaluating the Industry

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      • 3.4Mapping Strategic Groups

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      • 3.5Conclusion

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    • 4Managing Company Resources

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      • 4.1Resource-Based Theory

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      • 4.2Intellectual Property

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      • 4.3Value Chain

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      • 4.4Beyond Resource-Based Theory: Other Views on Company Performance

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      • 4.5SWOT Analysis

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      • 4.6Conclusion

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    • 5Selecting Business-Level Strategies

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      • 5.1Understanding Business-Level Strategy through “Generic Strategies”

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      • 5.2Cost Leadership

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      • 5.3Differentiation

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      • 5.4Focused Cost Leadership and Focused Differentiation

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      • 5.5Best-Cost Strategy

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      • 5.6Stuck in the Middle

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      • 5.7Conclusion

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    • 6Supporting the Business-Level Strategy: Competitive and Cooperative Moves

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      • 6.1Making Competitive Moves

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      • 6.2Responding to Competitors’ Moves

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      • 6.3Making Cooperative Moves

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      • 6.4Conclusion

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    • 7Competing in International Markets

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      • 7.1Advantages and Disadvantages of Competing in International Markets

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      • 7.2Drivers of Success and Failure When Competing in International Markets

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      • 7.3Types of International Strategies

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      • 7.4Options for Competing in International Markets

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      • 7.5Conclusion

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    • 8Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies

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      • 8.1Concentration Strategies

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      • 8.2Vertical Integration Strategies

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      • 8.3Diversification Strategies

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      • 8.4Strategies for Getting Smaller

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      • 8.5Portfolio Planning and Corporate-Level Strategy

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      • 8.6Conclusion

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    • 9Executing Strategy through Organizational Design

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      • 9.1The Basic Building Blocks of Organizational Structure

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      • 9.2Creating an Organizational Structure

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      • 9.3Creating Organizational Control Systems

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      • 9.4Legal Forms of Business

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      • 9.5Conclusion

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    • 10Leading an Ethical Organization: Corporate Governance, Corporate Ethics, and Social Responsibility

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      • 10.1Boards of Directors

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      • 10.2Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility

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      • 10.3Understanding Thought Patterns: A Key to Corporate Leadership?

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      • 10.4Conclusion

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