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Picking up where popular previous editions left off, Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy further sharpens and modernizes this text's approach. It teaches strategy with an emphasis on globalization, innovation and sustainability. And teaches you the strategic concepts you should know as you face the issues that all organizations must build upon to push their businesses forward. With new cases, vignettes, examples and statistics in the 16th Edition, you get an extraordinarily well-researched and practically crafted lesson.

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Author:   Charles Bamford ,  Alan Hoffman ,  Thomas Wheelen ,  J. Hunger
Publisher:   Pearson Education Limited
Imprint:   Pearson Education Limited
Edition:   16th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.870kg
ISBN:  

9781292727424

ISBN 10:   129272742
Pages:   816
Publication Date:   29 June 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS POLICY Basic Concepts of Strategic Management Corporate Governance Social Responsibility & Ethics in Strategic Management PART 2: SCANNING THE ENVIRONMENT Environmental Scanning & Industry Analysis Organizational Analysis & Competitive Advantage PART 3: STRATEGY FORMULATION Business Strategy Corporate Strategy Functional Strategy & Strategic Choice PART 4: STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION & EVALUATION Global Strategy Organizing & Structure Staffing & Directing Evaluation & Re-Assessment PART 5: INTRODUCTION TO CASE ANALYSIS Suggestions for Case Analysis

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Charles E. Bamford, PhD (University of Tennessee), MBA (Virginia Tech), and BS (University of Virginia). Chuck worked in industry for 12 years prior to pursuing his PhD. His last position was as the Manager of Business Analysis (Mergers & Acquisitions, Dispositions, and Business Consulting) for Dominion Bankshares Corporation (now Wells Fargo). He is an Adjunct Professor of Strategy at Duke University (Fuqua) where he teaches in both the MBA and EMBA programs. He was previously a professor at the University of Notre Dame, University of Richmond, Texas Christian University, and Tulane University among others. He has been honored with 22 Professor of the Year Awards. He was named a Noble Foundation Fellow in Teaching Excellence and a Poets & Quants EMBA Favorite Professor. In 2013, Chuck founded Bamford Associates, LLC on a full-time basis. He has worked with tens of thousands of managers with organizations in more than 20 countries in the development of implementable strategic plans and an entrepreneurial orientation to growth. His research has been published in the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Strategies, Journal of Technology Transfer, and Journal of Small Business Management, among others. Chuck has co-authored 5 other books including the popular press book The Strategy Mindset 2.0 and the fiction novel Some Things Are Never Forgiven. Alan N. Hoffman, MBA, DBA (Indiana University), is Professor Emeritus of Strategic Management at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is the former Director of the MBA Program at Bentley University. He served as the course coordinator and Visiting Professor of Strategic Management for the Global Strategy course in the OneMBA Program at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He is also the owner of Dr. Alan N. Hoffman Investment Management, founded in 1995. His major areas of interest include strategic management, global competition, investment strategy, design thinking, and technology. Professor Hoffman is coauthor of The Strategic Management Casebook and Skill Builder textbook (with Hugh O'Neill). His academic publications have appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Human Relations, the Journal of Business Ethics, the Journal of Business Research, and Business Horizons. He has authored more than 40 strategic management cases, including The Boston YWCA, Ryka Inc., Liz Claiborne, Ben & Jerry's, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, Palm Inc., Handspring, eBay, AOL/Time Warner, McAfee, Apple Computer, TiVo Inc., Wynn Resorts, TomTom, Blue Nile, GE, Amazon, Netflix, Delta Airlines, A123, Tesla Motors, Chipotle, Staples, Target, Sonic Restaurants, Harley Davidson, and Whole Foods Market. He is the recipient of the 2004 Bentley University Teaching Innovation Award for his course: “The Organizational Life Cycle: The Boston Beer Company Brewers of Samuel Adams Lager Beer.” He taught strategic management in many executive programs and also taught business to artists at The Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Thomas L. Wheelen (1935 to 2011), DBA, MBA, BS Cum Laude (George Washington University, Babson College, and Boston College, respectively), College, MBA (1961); Boston College, BS cum laude (1957). Teaching Experience: Visiting Professor for Trinity College, University of Dublin (Fall 1999); University of South Florida, Professor of Strategic Management (1983 to 2008); University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce; Ralph A. Beeton Professor of Free Enterprise (1981 to 1985); Professor (1974 to 1981); Associate Professor (1971 to 1974); and Assistant Professor (1968 to 1971); Visiting Professor, University of Arizona (1979 to 1980) and Northeastern University (Summer 1975, 1977 and 1979). Academic, Industry, and Military Experience: University of Virginia College of Continuing Education: (1) Coordinator for Business Education (1978 to 1983, 1971 to 1976) approved all undergraduate courses offered at seven Regional Centers and approved faculty; (2) Liaison Faculty and Consultant to the National Academy of the FBI Academy (1972 to 1983) and; (3) developed, sold, and conducted over 200 seminars for local, state, and national governments, and companies for the McIntire School of Commerce and Continuing Education. General Electric Company: various management positions (1961 to 1965); US Navy Supply Corps (SC), Lt. (SC) USNR, assistant supply officer aboard nuclear support tender (1957 to 1960). Publications: (1) Monograph, An Assessment of Undergraduate Business Education in the United States (with J. D. Hunger), 1980; (2) Books: 60 books published; 14 books translated into 8 and languages (Arabic, Bahasa-Indonesian, Chinese, Chinese Simplified, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Thai); (3) Books: co-author with J. D. Hunger on 5 active books: Strategic Management and Business Policy, 10th edition (2006); Cases in Strategic Management and Business Policy, 10th edition (2006); Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy, 10th edition (2006); Strategic Management and Business Policy, 10th edition; International Edition (2006); and Essentials of Strategic Management, 3rd edition (2003); (4) Co-editor: Developments in Information Systems (1974) and Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector (1977); and (5) Co-developer of software: STrategic Financial ANalyzer (ST. FAN) (1993, 1990, 1989 different versions); (6) Articles: authored over 40 articles that have appeared in such journals as the Journal of Management, Business Quarterly, Personnel Journal, SAM Advanced Management Journal, Journal of Retailing, International Journal of Management, and the Handbook of Business Strategy; (6) Cases: have about 280 cases appearing in over 83 text and case books, as well as the Business Case Journal, Journal of Management Case Studies, International Journal of Case Studies and Research, and the Case Research Journal. Awards: (1) Fellow elected by the Society for Advancement of Management in 2002; (2) Fellow elected by the North American Case Research Association in 2000; (3) Fellow elected by the Text and Academic Authors Association in 2000; (4) the 1999 Phil Carroll Advancement of Management Award in Strategic Management from the Society for Advancement of Management; (5) 1999 McGuffey Award for Excellence and Longevity for Strategic Management and Business Policy, 6th edition, from the Text and Academic Authors Association; (6) 1996/97 Teaching Incentive Program Award for teaching undergraduate strategic management; (7) Fulbright, 1996 to 1997, to Ireland but had to turn it down; (8) Endowed Chair, Ralph A. Beeton Professor, at University of Virginia (1981 to 1985); (9) a Sesquicentennial Associateship research grant from the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Virginia, 1979 to 1980; (10) Small Business Administration (Small Business Institute), supervised undergraduate team that won District, Regional III, and Honorable Mention Awards; and (11) awards for 2 articles. Associations: Dr. Wheelen served on the Board of Directors of the Adhia Mutual Fund, the Society for Advancement of Management, and on the Editorial Board and as Associate Editor of SAM Advanced Management Journal. He served on the Board of Directors of Lazer Surgical Software Inc. and the Southern Management Association, and on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Management and Journal of Management Case Studies, the Journal of Retail Banking, the Case Research Journal, and the Business Case Journal. He was Vice President of Strategic Management for the Society for the Advancement of Management, and President of the North American Case Research Association. Dr. Wheelen was a member of the Academy of Management, Beta Gamma Sigma, the Southern Management Association, the North American Case Research Association, the Society for Advancement of Management, the Society for Case Research, the Strategic Management Association, and the World Association for Case Method Research and Application. He has been listed in Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, and Who's Who in American Education. David Hunger (1941 to 2014), PhD (Ohio State University), is currently Strategic Management Scholar in Residence at Saint John's University in Minnesota. He is also Professor Emeritus at Iowa State University where he taught for 23 years. He previously taught at George Mason University, the University of Virginia, and Baldwin-Wallace College. He worked in brand management at Procter & Gamble Company, as a selling supervisor at Lazarus Department Store, and served as a Captain in US Army Military Intelligence. He has been active as a consultant and trainer to business corporations, as well as to state and federal government agencies. He has written numerous articles and cases that have appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, International Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Strategies, Case Research Journal, Business Case Journal, Handbook of Business Strategy, Journal of Management Case Studies, Annual Advances in Business Cases, Journal of Retail Banking, SAM Advanced Management Journal, and Journal of Management, among others. Dr. Hunger is a member of the Academy of Management, the North American Case Research Association, the Society for Case Research, the North American Management Society, the Textbook and Academic Authors Association, and the Strategic Management Society. He is past-President of the North American Case Research Association, the Society for Case Research, and the Iowa State University Press Board of Directors. He also served as a Vice President of the US Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He was Academic Director of the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship at Iowa State University. He has served on the editorial review boards of SAM Advanced Management Journal, the Journal of Business Strategies, and the Journal of Business Research. He has served on the board of directors of the North American Case Research Association, the Society for Case Research, the Iowa State University Press, and the North American Management Society. He is co-author with Thomas L. Wheelen of Strategic Management and Business Policy and Essentials of Strategic Management plus Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy and Cases in Strategic Management and Business Policy, as well as Strategic Management Cases (PIC: Preferred Individualized Cases), and a monograph assessing undergraduate business education in the United States. The 8th edition of Strategic Management and Business Policy received the McGuffey Award for Excellence and Longevity in 1999 from the Text and Academic Authors Association. Dr. Hunger received the Best Case Award given by the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company and the Society for Case Research in 1991 for outstanding case development. He is listed in various versions of Who's Who, including Who's Who in the United States and Who's Who in the World. He was also recognized in 1999 by the Iowa State University College of Business with its Innovation in Teaching Award and was elected a Fellow of the Teaching and Academic Authors Association and of the North American Case Research Association.

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