TY - BOOK AU - AU - TI - Strategic management esentials. SN - 9781111525200 AV - HD30.28.J76 PY - 2012/// CY - New York: PB - South-Western KW - Strategic planning KW - United States. KW - Case studies. KW - Business planning KW - Case studies. KW - Management KW - United States N1 - Contents:1. Introduction to strategic management: Developing the competitive strategic process -- Governing stakeholders and business ethics -- 2. The nature of competitive advantage: Identifying opportunities and threats through external analysis -- Building competitive advantages -- 3. Building and sustaining long-run competitive advantages: Positioning for competitive-level strategy -- Global strategy -- Long-run profitability through corporate-level strategy -- 4. Strategy implementation: Strategic change -- Implementing strategy through organizational design -- ER -