Title:
Strategic management : competitiveness and globalization
Author:
Hitt, Michael A.
ISBN:
9780324114799
9780324171556
Personal Author:
Edition:
5th ed.
Publication Information:
Mason, Ohio : Thomson/South-Western, ©2003.
Physical Description:
1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
General Note:
"Concepts and cases"--Cover.
Contents:
Part one : Strategic management inputs. Strategic management and strategic competitiveness -- The external environment : opportunities, threats, industry competition, and competitor analysis -- The internal environment : resources, capabilities, and core competencies -- Part two : Strategic actions : strategy formulation. Business-level strategy -- Competitive rivalry and competitive dynamics -- Corporate-level strategy -- Acquisition and restructuring strategies -- International strategy -- Cooperative strategy -- Part three : Strategic actions : strategy implementation. Corporate governance -- Organizational structure and controls -- Strategic leadership -- Strategic entrepreneurship -- Part four : Cases.
Abstract:
Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, Fifth Edition, provides the most modern, relevant, and complete presentation of strategic management today. Authors Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, and Robert E. Hoskisson carefully examine today's global business environment and illustrate how modern corporations use the strategic management process to create competitive advantages as the foundation for their marketplace success. Each chapter has been carefully crafted to include the most current examples of real-life companies' actions, cutting edge research, as well as the tools firms use to successfully compete in today's challenging global business environment. - Back cover.
This text explains how firms achieve strategic competitiveness, emphasizing integration of resources and capabilities to obtain a sustained competitive advantage. The text integrates the resource-based view of the firm with the more traditional model.