TY - BOOK AU - AU - AU - TI - Crafting and executing strategy: the quest for competitive advantage: concepts and cases. SN - 9780073381244 AV - HD30.28.T53 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Strategic planning KW - Strategic planning--Case studies N1 - Includes index; Includes 31 case studies - the Case Collection; Contents: 1. Concepts and techniques for crafting and executing strategy: What is strategy and why is it important? -- Charting a company's direction: vision, and mission, objectives -- 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 -- Strategies for competing in international markets -- Corporate strategy: diversification nd the multibusiness -- Ethics, corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability and strategy -- Building an organization capable of good strategy execution -- Managing internal operations -- Corporate culture and leadership -- 2. Cases in crafting and executing strategy: ER -