Strategic Management and Business Policy

Strategic Management and Business Policy

PREFACE:

Welcome to the 13th edition of Strategic Management and Business Policy! Although the chapters are the same as those in the 12th edition, many of the cases are new and different. We completely revised seven of your favorite cases (Apple, Dell, Google, Carnival, Panera Bread, Whole Foods, and Church & Dwight) and added 12 brand-new ones (iRobot, Rosetta Stone, Logitech, Chrysler, Tesla Motors, TomTom, Volcom, TOMS Shoes, Best Buy, Dollar General, Boston Beer, and Burger King) for a total of 19 new cases! More than half of the cases in this book are new to this edition! Although we still make a distinction between full-length and mini cases, we have interwoven them throughout the book to better identify them with their industries. This edition continues the theme that runs throughout all 12 chapters: global environmental sustainability. This strategic issue will become even more important in the years ahead, as all of us struggle to deal with the consequences of climate change, global warming, and energy availability. We continue to be the most comprehensive strategy book on the market, with chapters ranging from corporate governance and social responsibility to competitive strategy, functional strategy, and strategic alliances. To keep the size of the book manageable, we offer special issue chapters dealing with technology, entrepreneurship, and not-for-profit organizations on the Web site (www.pearsonhighered.com/wheelen)

Brief Contents

PART ONE Introduction to Strategic Management and Business Policy 1 

CHAPTER 1 Basic Concepts of Strategic Management 2
CHAPTER 2 Corporate Governance 42
CHAPTER 3 Social Responsibility and Ethics in Strategic Management 70

PART TWO Scanning the Environment 93 

CHAPTER 4 Environmental Scanning and Industry Analysis 94 
CHAPTER 5 Internal Scanning: Organizational Analysis 136

PART THREE Strategy Formulation 173 

CHAPTER 6 Strategy Formulation: Situation Analysis and Business Strategy 174
CHAPTER 7 Strategy Formulation: Corporate Strategy 204
CHAPTER 8 Strategy Formulation: Functional Strategy and Strategic Choice 236 

PART FOUR Strategy Implementation and Control 269 

CHAPTER 9 Strategy Implementation: Organizing for Action 270
CHAPTER 1 0 Strategy Implementation: Staffing and Directing 300
CHAPTER 1 1 Evaluation and Control 328 PART FIVE Introduction to Case Analysis 363