Strategic management : concepts and cases

Abstract

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Why does the world need another strategy textbook? The answer is that we simply have not been able to find a textbook that we felt fully met the needs of our students. What are those needs? First, we wanted to write a textbook that would engage students' interest using numerous practical examples and tools that would help them actually do analysis to answer key strategic questions. For example, leading firms and strategy consulting firms have tools to teach strategists how to actually conduct a "5 Forces" analysis, calculate a scale or experience curve, or conduct a net promoter score analysis. We wanted to provide those tools. We also wanted to create interactive learning tools that would connect with a new generation of learners"--