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Crafting and Executing Strategy, (SIE): The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases, 14/e

Art A. Thompson, University of Alabama
A.J. Strickland III, University of Alabama
John Gamble, University of South Alabama
Arun Kumar Jain, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

ISBN: 0070600899
Copyright year: 2006

Part I: Concepts and Techniques for Crafting and Executing Strategy

Section A: Introduction and Overview

Chapter 1: What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important?
Chapter 2: The Managerial Process of Crafting and Executing Strategy

Section B: Core Concepts and Analytical Tools

Chapter 3: Evaluating a Company’s External Environment
Chapter 4: Evaluating a Company’s Resources and Competitiveness

Section C: Crafting a Strategy

Chapter 5: The Five Generic Competitive Strategies--Which One to Employ?
Chapter 6: Beyond Competitive Strategy—Other Important Strategy Choices/Options
Chapter 7: Strategies for Competing in Foreign Markets
Chapter 8: Tailoring Strategy to Fit Specific Industry and Company Situations
Chapter 9: Diversification: Strategies for Managing a Group of Businesses
Chapter 10: Strategy, Ethics, and Social Responsibility

Section D: Executing the Strategy

Chapter 11: Building Resource Strengths and Organizational Capabilities
Chapter 12: Striving for Operating Excellence
Chapter 13: Corporate Culture and Leadership

Part II: Cases

Section A: Crafting Strategy in Single-Business Companies

1. Starbucks in 2004: Driving for Global Dominance
2. Dell Computer in 2003
3. McDonald’s: Polishing the Golden Arches
4. eBay--In a League by Itself
5. Bayer AG: Children’s Aspirin
6. Harley Davidson
7. Hero Honda Motors (India) Ltd.: Is It Honda That Made It a Hero

Section B: Crafting Strategy in Diversified Companies

8. Unilever’s Path to Growth Strategy: Is It Working

Section C: Implementing and Executing Strategy

9. Robin Hood
10. Procter & Gamble: Organization 2005 and Beyond
11. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.—A New Set of Challenges
12. Southwest Airlines: Culture, Values, and Operating Practices

Section D: Strategy, Ethics and Social Responsibility

13. Andy Decker and the Ethics of Downloading Music from the Internet

Part III: Additional Cases

1. A Briefcase case
2. Arvind Mills…in the New Millennium
3. NIrma
4. titan Watches – Redifining time
5. Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd
6. Bharat Aluminium Company Limited
7. The BPO-ITES Industry
8. Global Trust Bank
9. Giant Bicycles
10. The Dabbawalas – Feeding Mumbai
11. Managing Radical Change at ICICI Bank: Revelations of CEO
12. Milking the Holy Cows
13. Boeing …Flying High on Values

Cases available on the text website:

1. Whole Foods Market
2. Green Mountain Coffee
3. Callaway Golf
4. Ocean Spray Cranberries
5. Smithfield Foods
6. Netflix
7. Azalea Seafood in 2003
8. Non Stop Yacht, S.L
9. Competition in the Bottled Water Industry
10. Dollar General and the Extreme Value Retailing Industry
11. Growth, Strategy and Slotting at No Pudge! Foods, Inc.
12. Electronic Arts and the Global Video Game Industry
13. Nexity and the U.S. Banking Industry
14. Making It Big
15. Outback Steakhous
16. Maple Leaf Consumer Foods—Fixin Hot Dogs (A)
17. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in 2003
18. Andrea Jung and Avon Products in 2003: Accelerating the Transformation
19. Note on the Security Management and Manufacturing Industry
20. Pivot International
21. Puma AG
22. Globalization of Beringer Blass Wine Estates
23. Land O’ Lakes
24. LVMH’s Diversification Strategy in Luxury Goods
25. The Global Leadership of Carlos Ghosn at Nissan
26. Kmart: Striving for a Comeback
27. The Portman Ritz Carlton Shanghai: Asia’s Best Employer
28. Continental Airlines: Sustaining the Turnaround
29. Benziger Family Winery

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