Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages - Softcover

Gregory G. Dess

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007131704X ISBN 13: 9780071317047

Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Higher Education, 2012

Synopsis

Strategic Management: Text and Cases, sixth Edition, by the prestigious authors Dess/Lumpkin/Eisner and new co-author Gerry McNamara provide solid treatment of traditional topics in strategic management as well as thorough coverage of contemporary topics such intellectual assets, entrepreneurship, innovation, knowledge management, Internet strategies, crowdsourcing, environmental sustainability, businessesâ use of blogs and social networking sites and more. The text is rounded off by rich, relevant, and teachable cases. This textâ s accessible writing style and wealth of new and updated illustrations, which clarify the most difficult topics, make this text the best resource for your students.

The new case selections emphasize variety, currency, and familiar company names. The cases are up-to-date in terms of both financial data and strategic issues. This group of cases gives both instructors and students unparalleled quality and variety. Based on consistent reviewer feedback, these selections combine comprehensive and shorter length cases about well known companies.

About this title

About the Author

Gregory G. Dess is the Andrew R. Cecil Endowed Chair in Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. His primary research interests are in strategic management, organization environment relationships, and knowledge management. He has published numerous articles on these subjects in both academic and practitioneroriented journals. He also serves on the editorial boards of a wide range of practitioner-oriented and academic journals. In August 2000, he was inducted into the Academy of Management Journal s Hall of Fame as one of its charter members. Professor Dess has conducted executive programs in the United States, Europe, Africa, Hong Kong, and Australia. During 1994 he was a Fulbright Scholar in Oporto, Portugal. In 2009, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern (Switzerland). He received his PhD in Business Administration from the University of Washington(Seattle) and a BIE degree from Georgia Tech.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007131704X
• ISBN 13: 9780071317047
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 144