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  1. Acknowledgments

  2. Dedications

  3. Preface

  4. About the Book

  5. I. Chapter 1
    1. 1. Mastering Strategy: Art and Science

    2. 2. Defining Strategic Management and Strategy

    3. 3. Intended, Emergent, and Realized Strategies

    4. 4. The History of Strategic Management

    5. 5. Understanding the Strategic Management Process

    6. 6. Conclusion

  6. II. Chapter 2
    1. 7. Leading Strategically

    2. 8. Vision, Mission, and Goals

    3. 9. Assessing Organizational Performance

    4. 10. The CEO as Celebrity

    5. 11. Entrepreneurial Orientation

    6. 12. Conclusion

  7. III. Chapter 3
    1. 13. Evaluating the External Environment

    2. 14. The Relationship between an Organization and Its Environment

    3. 15. Evaluating the General Environment

    4. 16. Evaluating the Industry

    5. 17. Mapping Strategic Groups

    6. 18. Conclusion

  8. IV. Chapter 4
    1. 19. Managing Firm Resources

    2. 20. Resource-Based Theory

    3. 21. Intellectual Property

    4. 22. Value Chain

    5. 23. Beyond Resource-Based Theory: Other Views on Firm Performance

    6. 24. SWOT Analysis

    7. 25. Conclusion

  9. V. Chapter 5
    1. 26. Selecting Business-Level Strategies

    2. 27. Understanding Business-Level Strategy through “Generic Strategies”

    3. 28. Cost Leadership

    4. 29. Differentiation

    5. 30. Focused Cost Leadership and Focused Differentiation

    6. 31. Best-Cost Strategy

    7. 32. Stuck in the Middle

    8. 33. Conclusion

  10. VI. Chapter 6
    1. 34. Supporting the Business-Level Strategy: Competitive and Cooperative Moves

    2. 35. Making Competitive Moves

    3. 36. Responding to Competitors’ Moves

    4. 37. Making Cooperative Moves

    5. 38. Conclusion

  11. VII. Chapter 7
    1. 39. Competing in International Markets

    2. 40. Advantages and Disadvantages of Competing in International Markets

    3. 41. Drivers of Success and Failure When Competing in International Markets

    4. 42. Types of International Strategies

    5. 43. Options for Competing in International Markets

    6. 44. Conclusion

  12. VIII. Chapter 8
    1. 45. Concentration Strategies

    2. 46. Vertical Integration Strategies

    3. 47. Diversification Strategies

    4. 48. Strategies for Getting Smaller

    5. 49. Portfolio Planning and Corporate-Level Strategy

    6. 50. Conclusion

    7. 51. Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies

  13. IX. Chapter 9
    1. 52. Executing Strategy through Organizational Design

    2. 53. The Basic Building Blocks of Organizational Structure

    3. 54. Creating an Organizational Structure

    4. 55. Creating Organizational Control Systems

    5. 56. Legal Forms of Business

    6. 57. Conclusion

  14. X. Chapter 10
    1. 58. Leading an Ethical Organization: Corporate Governance, Corporate Ethics, and Social Responsibility

    2. 59. Boards of Directors

    3. 60. Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility

    4. 61. Understanding Thought Patterns: A Key to Corporate Leadership?

    5. 62. Conclusion

  15. About the Authors

  16. Appendix 1: Mastering Strategic Management Powerpoints

Mastering Strategic Management- 1st Canadian Edition

Appendix 1: Mastering Strategic Management Powerpoints

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Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10 – Part 1

Chapter 10 – Part 2

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