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Competing for Advantage, 3rd Edition

Robert E. Hoskisson, Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, Jeffrey S. Harrison

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Competing for Advantage 3rd Edition by Robert E. Hoskisson/Michael A. Hitt/R. Duane Ireland/Jeffrey S. Harrison

Overview

Discover what it takes to create a sustainable competitive advantage in management and business today with this straightforward, powerful strategic management resource. COMPETING FOR ADVANTAGE, 3E focuses specifically on the issues most important to today's current or future practitioner. The book details the processes and tools you need to better understand and effectively contribute to your organization's strategic management process.

Applied examples illustrate the latest thinking, practices, and research in strategic management today with in-depth discussions that examine critical topics such as innovation, professional service and crisis management. Access to relevant cases, a focus on the emerging issues such as ethics, and an emphasis on technology throughout prepare you for success in the fast-paced, ever-changing global economy in which today's firms compete.

Take your students to a new level of understanding strategic management concepts and practices with COMPETING FOR ADVANTAGE, 3E. Straightforward, focused, and concise, this edition presents the latest strategic management research and practices, now with more in-depth discussions of the most current strategic topics in business today. Detailed real-life examples and instant access to relevant cases keep the book focused on issues most important to current or future practitioners.

Crafted to meet the special needs to MBA and executive MBA students, the book details the processes and tools used in strategic analysis to create a sustainable competitive advantage. Full chapters on strategic leadership, corporate governance, and a new chapter on real options examine issues most critical in today's business environment. Comprehensive new instructor support with electric solutions help you effectively prepare a powerful course that addressed traditional and relevant emerging topics that are shaping strategic management today.

Robert E. Hoskisson

Robert E. Hoskisson is the George R. Brown Emeritus Chair of Strategic Management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University. Dr. Hoskisson received his Ph.D. from the University of California-Irvine. His research topics focus on corporate governance, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate and international diversification and cooperative strategy. He teaches courses in corporate and international strategic management, cooperative strategy and strategy consulting. He has co-authored 34 books. Dr. Hoskisson has served on several editorial boards for such publications as the Strategic Management Journal (Associate Editor), Academy of Management Journal (Consulting Editor), Journal of International Business Studies (Consulting Editor), Journal of Management (Associate Editor), Organization Science and Journal of Management Studies (Special Issue Guest Editor). His research has appeared in more than 130 publications, including the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Perspective, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Leadership Quarterly, Organization Studies, Strategic Management Review, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, California Management Review and Journal of World Business. The Academy of Management Learning and Education lists him among the most highly cited authors in strategic management texts. He is also included in the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher list that catalogues the world’s most influential research scholars. Dr. Hoskisson is a fellow of the Academy of Management and a charter member of the Academy of Management Journal’s Hall of Fame.

Michael A. Hitt

Michael A. Hitt is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University. Dr. Hitt received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He has co-authored or co-edited 28 books and authored or co-authored numerous journal articles. A recent article lists him as one of the 10 most cited authors in management during a 25-year period and the Times Higher Education 2010 lists him among the top scholars in economics, finance and management, based on the number of highly cited articles he has authored. The Academy of Management Perspectives recognizes Dr. Hitt as one of the top two management scholars, based on the impact of his work in academia and beyond. The Academy of Management Learning and Education lists him as the highest cited author in strategic management texts. Dr. Hitt has served on the editorial review boards of multiple journals and is former editor of the Academy of Management Journal, former co-editor of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and former editor-in-chief of Oxford Research Encyclopedia. He is a fellow in the Academy of International Business and is a fellow and former president of both the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society and. He has received honorary doctorates (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and from Jonkoping University. He has received awards for the best article published in the Academy of Management Executive, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management and Family Business Review. He has received the Irwin Outstanding Educator Award, the Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Service and the Career Award for Distinguished Educator from the Academy of Management. He also received Distinguished Alumnus Awards from Texas Tech University and from the University of Colorado.

R. Duane Ireland

R. Duane Ireland is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, where he held the Benton Cocanougher Chair in Business. He has also served in various leadership roles, including head of the Department of Management, executive associate dean, acting dean and interim dean. Dr. Ireland taught strategic management courses at all educational levels. He has more than 200 publications, including approximately 25 books. His research focuses on diversification, innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, strategic entrepreneurship and the informal economy. He also has served on multiple editorial review boards and is a former editor of the Academy of Management Journal. He is also a former consulting editor for the Academy of Management Executive, and he has been a guest editor for 13 special issues of journals. Dr. Ireland is a past president of the Academy of Management. He is a fellow of the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society, and is a research fellow with the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers. The Academy of Management Learning and Education lists him as among the most highly cited authors in strategic management texts. He has received awards for the best article published in Academy of Management Executive, the Academy of Management Journal, and the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. He received an Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Research from Texas A&M University. For five years Thomson Reuters has identified Dr. Ireland as a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher (a list of the world’s most influential researchers). He has also received two Distinguished Service awards from the Academy of Management.

Jeffrey S. Harrison

Jeffrey S. Harrison is a University Distinguished Educator, University Distinguished Scholar and the W. David Robbins Chair of Strategic Management at the Robins School of Business, University of Richmond. Prior to his current appointment, he served as the Fred G. Peelen Professor of Global Hospitality Strategy at Cornell University. Dr. Harrison earned his Ph.D. in strategic management from the University of Utah. Dr. Harrison’s research interests include stakeholder theory and strategic management. His work has been published in high impact academic journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Business Ethics Quarterly and Journal of Business Ethics. He has authored or co-authored 13 books. Dr. Harrison currently serves as section editor for Journal of Business Ethics. He also serves on several editorial boards, including the Strategic Management Journal and Business Ethics Quarterly. He has served as editor for special issues of several journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Business and Society and Academy of Management Perspectives. In addition, he has served as chair of the Stakeholder Strategy Interest Group at the Strategic Management Society, a group he helped organize. He has co-organized several conferences in North America and Europe that have attracted experts from more than two dozen nations. In addition, Dr. Harrison has provided consulting and executive training services to many organizations in the U.S. and South America on a wide range of strategic, entrepreneurial and other business issues. His clients have included Lockheed Martin, Siemens Westinghouse, American Express, Southdown and Volvo Group North America.
  • New hot topics: innovation, professional service and crisis management.
  • Improved teaching supplements with effective electronic solutions--including an enhanced text companion website, immediate access to relevant cases, and stronger videos--correlate directly with the text to save you time in preparation and assessment.
  • New highlights are included for examples throughout the text for quick reference.
  • Cutting-edge topics address the latest areas of strategic management with full chapters covering strategic leadership, entrepreneurship, and corporate governance.
  • Concise, straightforward text offers the flexibility and time to add your own cases and focused exercises to meet the specific needs of your course.
  • Excellent figures and tables help summarize and further clarify key topics.
  • Ethics, highlighted throughout the text and emphasized with special ethics questions at the end of each chapter, examine the ethical dimension of today's business decisions and management actions and offer valuable practice for students.
  • Knowledge Objectives at the beginning of each chapter clearly identify the key information within the chapter and help students focus on the most critical strategic issues.
  • End-of-Chapter Summaries reconnect the chapter-opening Knowledge Objectives with content students have learned and quickly highlight the chapter's most critical concepts, skills, and techniques to ensure comprehension.
  • Integrated coverage of business structures highlights the various organizational structures as well as the specific business level, corporate, international and cooperative strategies that are most appropriate for each structure.
PART 1. STRATEGIC THINKING.
1. Introduction to Strategic Management.
2. Strategic Leadership.
PART 2. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS.
3. The External Environment.
4. The Internal Organization.
PART 3. CREATING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.
5. Business-Level Strategy.
6. Competitive Rivalry and Competitive Dynamics.
7. Cooperative Strategy
8. Corporate-Level Strategy.
9. Acquisition and Restructuring Strategies.
10. International Strategy.
PART 4. MONITORING AND CREATING ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES.
11. Corporate Governance.
12. Strategic Entrepreneurship.
13. Strategic Flexibility and Real Options Analysis.

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