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Accessibility Statement
About BCcampus Open Education
Acknowledgments
Dedications
Preface
Defining Strategic Management and Strategy
Intended, Emergent, and Realized Strategies
The History of Strategic Management
Understanding the Strategic Management Process
Conclusion
Vision, Mission, and Goals
Assessing Organizational Performance
The CEO as Celebrity
Entrepreneurial Orientation
The Relationship between an Organization and Its Environment
Evaluating the General Environment
Evaluating the Industry
Mapping Strategic Groups
Resource-Based Theory
Intellectual Property
Value Chain
Beyond Resource-Based Theory: Other Views on Firm Performance
SWOT Analysis
Understanding Business-Level Strategy through “Generic Strategies”
Differentiation
Focused Cost Leadership and Focused Differentiation
Best-Cost Strategy
Stuck in the Middle
Cost Leadership
Making Competitive Moves
Responding to Competitors’ Moves
Making Cooperative Moves
Advantages and Disadvantages of Competing in International Markets
Types of International Strategies
Options for Competing in International Markets
Drivers of Success and Failure When Competing in International Markets
Concentration Strategies
Vertical Integration Strategies
Diversification Strategies
Strategies for Getting Smaller
Portfolio Planning and Corporate-Level Strategy
Legal Forms of Business
Creating Organizational Control Systems
Creating an Organizational Structure
The Basic Building Blocks of Organizational Structure
Boards of Directors
Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility
Understanding Thought Patterns: A Key to Corporate Leadership?
About the Authors
Appendix 1: Mastering Strategic Management Powerpoints
Glossary
Versioning History
Chapter 1 [PowerPoint]
Chapter 2 [PowerPoint]
Chapter 3 [PowerPoint]
Chapter 4 [PowerPoint]
Chapter 5 [PowerPoint]
Chapter 6 [PowerPoint]
Chapter 7 [PowerPoint]
Chapter 8 [PowerPoint]
Chapter 9 [PowerPoint]
Chapter 10 – Part 1 [PowerPoint]
Chapter 10 – Part 2 [PowerPoint]
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