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Contemporary Strategy Analysis, 10th Edition

by Robert M. Grant

November 2018

Intermediate to advanced

672 pages

26h 37m

English

Wiley

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The Role of Strategy in SuccessThe Basic Framework for Strategy AnalysisA Brief History of Business StrategyStrategy TodayHow is Strategy Made? The Strategy ProcessStrategic Management of Not‐For‐Profit Organizations
Strategy as a Quest for ValueProfit, Cash Flow, and Enterprise ValuePutting Performance Analysis into PracticeBeyond Profit: Values and Corporate Social ResponsibilityBeyond Profit: Strategy and Real Options
From Environmental Analysis to Industry AnalysisAnalyzing Industry AttractivenessApplying Industry Analysis to Forecasting Industry ProfitabilityUsing Industry Analysis to Develop StrategyDefining Industries: Where to Draw the BoundariesFrom Industry Attractiveness to Competitive Advantage: Identifying Key Success Factors
The Limits of Industry AnalysisBeyond the Five Forces: Complements, Ecosystems, and Business ModelsCompetitive Interaction: Game Theory and Competitor AnalysisSegmentation and Strategic Groups
The Role of Resources and Capabilities in Strategy FormulationIdentifying Resources and CapabilitiesAppraising Resources and CapabilitiesDeveloping Strategy Implications

Strategy Formulation and Strategy ImplementationThe Fundamentals of Organizing: Specialization, Cooperation, and CoordinationDeveloping Organizational CapabilityOrganization Design
How Is Competitive Advantage Established?How Is Competitive Advantage Sustained?Cost AdvantageDifferentiation AdvantageCan Firms Pursue Both Cost and Differentiation Advantage?
The Industry Life CycleThe Challenge of Organizational Adaptation and Strategic ChangeManaging Strategic Change
Competitive Advantage in Technology‐Intensive IndustriesStrategies to Exploit Innovation: How and When to EnterStandards, Platforms, and Network ExternalitiesImplementing Technology Strategies: Internal and External Sources of InnovationImplementing Technology Strategies: Organizing for Innovation
Transaction Costs and the Scope of the FirmThe Benefits and Costs of Vertical IntegrationDesigning Vertical Relationships
Implications of International Competition for Industry AnalysisAnalyzing Competitive Advantage in an International ContextInternationalization Decisions: Locating ProductionInternationalization Decisions: Entering a Foreign MarketMultinational Strategies: Global Integration versus National DifferentiationImplementing International Strategy: Organizing the Multinational Corporation
Motives for DiversificationCompetitive Advantage from DiversificationDiversification and PerformanceThe Meaning of Relatedness in Diversification
The Role of Corporate ManagementManaging the Corporate PortfolioManaging Linkages Across BusinessesManaging Individual BusinessesManaging Change in the Multibusiness CorporationGovernance of Multibusiness Corporations
Mergers and AcquisitionsStrategic Alliances
The New Environment of BusinessNew Directions in Strategic ThinkingRedesigning OrganizationsThe Changing Role of Managers
Case 1: Tough Mudder Inc.: Building Leadership in Mud Runs*The Market for Endurance SportsGrowing the Company, Building the BrandTough Mudder in 2018
From PPR to KeringKering in 2018Appendix 1: Kering SA: Financial DataAppendix 2: LVMH: Selected Financial Data
LegalizationThe Market for MarijuanaDevelopment of Legal Marijuana IndustryThe Economics of the Marijuana Business
From Regulation to CompetitionFirm StrategyThe Industry in 2018
Lithium‐Ion BatteriesThe Market for LIBsThe Manufacture of Lithium‐ion BatteriesTechnologyThe Supply Chain for LIBs
History of WalmartWalmart in 2018Walmarts' Operations and Activities
The History of Harley‐DavidsonThe Heavyweight Motorcycle MarketHarley‐Davidson in 2018Appendix: Financial Data
A Brief History of BPThe Atomic StructureThe Performance Management SystemBP as a Learning OrganizationSocial and Environmental ResponsivenessAdapting the Management Model, 2001–08Findings of the Baker Panel
The Starbucks StoryThe Starbucks ExperienceBroadening Corporate Scope: Diversification, Internationalization, and Technology
Kodak's History, 1901–93Committing to a Digital FutureEmphasis on Printed ImagesHarvesting the Traditional Photography BusinessEastman Kodak in 2012CompetitionKodak's Resources and CapabilitiesReflections
The US Newspaper IndustryDecline and RefocusingSearching for an Online Business ModelOur Path ForwardDigital InitiativesLooking to the Future
Electric CarsTesla Motors, 2003–2018Tesla's TechnologyTesla's FutureAppendix
History of the Video Game Industry, 1972–2018The Video Game Industry in 2018Looking to the FutureAppendix: Financial Data for the Leading Console Makers
The History of EniThe Petroleum Industry in 2018The Outlook for Eni in 2018Appendix
A Brief History1Zara in 20183The Fashion Clothing BusinessMeeting current and future challenges
Manchester City Football ClubCity Football Group Ltd.StrategyThe Management TeamPlayer Sourcing, Assessment, and DevelopmentTechnologyMarketingCommunity Involvement and Corporate Social ResponsibilityOrganizational StructureFinance
Building Leadership in the Home MarketHaier's Management SystemInternationalizationHaier's Future as a Global Company
Development of the Virgin Group, 1968–2017The Virgin Group of Companies in 2018Looking to the Future
The History of Google, 1996–2018Alphabet's Management and CapabilitiesThe Future of Alphabet
The History of GEGE's Business PortfolioPlanning for a New General ElectricAppendix: Extracts from General Electric Company Update, June 26, 2018
Walt Disney Company21st Century FoxChanges within the Media and Entertainment SectorRationale for the MergerThe Debate over the MergerSummer 2018Appendix
The Founding of GoreOrigins of the Gore Management PhilosophyOrganization Structure and Management PrinciplesInnovation

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