TY - BOOK AU - Thompson Arthur A AU - Gamble, John E. AU - Peteraf, Margaret A. AU - Strickland III, A.J. TI - Crafting and executing strategy: the quest for competitive advantage. SN - 9781259899690 AV - HD30.28.T52 1 U1 - 658.4/012 dc23 PY - 2018/// CY - New York, NY. PB - McGraw-Hill Education KW - KW - Strategic planning KW - Business planning N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Part 1. Concepts and Techniques for Crafting and Executing Strategy: -- What is strategy and why is it important -- Charting a company's direction: its vision,mission, objectives, and strategy -- Evaluating a company's external environment -- Evaluating a company's resources, capabilities and competitiveness -- The five generic competitive strategies -- Strengthening a company's competitive position: strategic moves,timing, and scope of operations -- Strategies for competing in international markets -- Corporate strategy: diversification and the multibusiness company -- Ethics, corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability, and strategy -- Building an organization capable of good strategy execution: people,capabilities, and structure -- Managing internal operations: actions tht promote good strategy execution -- Corporate culture and leadership: keys to good strategy execution ER -