What Is Strategy and the Strategic Management Process? -- Evaluating a Firm's External Environment -- Evaluating a Firm's Internal Capabilities -- Cost Leadership -- Product Differentiation -- Vertical Integration -- Corporate Diversification -- Organizing to Implement Corporate Diversification -- Strategic Alliances -- Mergers and Acquisitions -- International Strategies.
Gives students the comprehensive preparation they'll need to Succeed in competitive business world. By providing a brief survey of the major functional areas of business, including management, marketing, accounting, finance, economics, and information technology, this title introduces the reader to core business practices
This book is a unique collection of comprehensive cases that explore concepts and issues surrounding strategic marketing. Chapters explain what strategic marketing is, and then discuss strategic segmentation, competitive positioning, and strategies for growth, corporate branding, internal brand management, and corporate reputation management. With case studies from a broad range of global conte…
Michael E. Porter.
This text strips out excess by only presenting material that answers the question: does this concept help students analyze real business situations? This carefully crafted approach provides students with all the tools necessary for strategic analysis. For courses in strategy and strategic management. Core strategic management concepts without the excess.
For courses on Business Intelligence or Decision Support Systems. A managerial approach to understanding business intelligence systems.
Master business modeling and analysis techniques with Microsoft Excel 2013, and transform data into bottom-line results. Written by award-winning educator Wayne Winston, this hands-on, scenario-focused guide shows you how to use the latest Excel tools to integrate data from multiple tables - and how to effectively build a relational data source inside an Excel workbook.
The book analyzes, compares, and contrasts tools and techniques used in risk management at corporate, strategic business and project level and develops a risk management mechanism for the sequencing of risk assessment through corporate, strategic and project stages of an investment in order to meet the requirements of the 1999 Turnbull report. By classifying and categorizing risk within these l…