Strategic Management : Competitiveness and Globalization, Concepts

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBALIZATION, CONCEPTS, Eighth Edition, is a comprehensive Strategic Management text that combines proven scholarship; cutting-edge research; a practical global focus; and the most thorough, up-to-date, and relevant business examples available. Now, this trusted business text is enhanced by the addition of powerful new media and technology resources, including an updated video program, ThomsonNOW? online learning tools, and the Business and Company Resource Center (BCRC)--a complete electronic business library that makes in-depth research simple. The highly respected authors, all active teachers and experts in the strategic management field, use a unique model to illustrate how real-world businesses use strategic management to build a sustained competitive advantage. The text includes current and relevant examples, outstanding figures and models, and a wide selection of critical issues you will confront as rising professionals in today's evolving business environment.

Michael A. Hitt is a Distinguished Professor and holds the Joe B. Foster Chair in Business Leadership at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He has more than 260 publications including 26 co-authored or co-edited books. He has been recognized as one of the ten most cited scholars in management over a 25-year period in an article published in the 2008 volume of the Journal of Management. His books include those focused on down scoping, mergers and acquisitions as well as COMPETING FOR ADVANTAGE, 2nd Edition (South-Western, 2008); and UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS STRATEGY, 2nd Edition (South-Western Cengage Learning, 2009). He is co-editor of numerous management, organization, strategy and development books. He has served on the editorial review boards of multiple journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, and Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences. In addition, he has served as Consulting Editor and Editor of the Academy of Management Journal. He is currently a co-editor of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. He is the current past president of the Strategic Management Society and is a past president of the Academy of Management. He is a Fellow in the Academy of Management and in the Strategic Management Society. He received an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and is an Honorary Professor and Honorary Dean at Xi'an Jiao Tong University. He has been acknowledged with several awards for his scholarly research and he received the Irwin Outstanding Educator Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Academy of Management. He has received best paper awards for articles published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, and Journal of Management.

R. Duane Ireland is University Distinguished Professor and holds the Conn Chair in New Ventures Leadership in the Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. He teaches strategic management courses at all levels. He has more than 200 publications. His research, which focuses on diversification, innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, and strategic entrepreneurship, has been published in ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNAL, HUMAN RELATIONS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING, and JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES. His recently published books include UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS STRATEGY; ENTREPRENEURSHIP: SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHING NEW VENTURES; and COMPETING FOR ADVANTAGE. He is serving or has served as a member of the editorial review boards for a number of journals, including ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE, JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNAL, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STRATEGY, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES, and EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL. He recently completed a term as editor of the ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL. He has completed terms as an associate editor for ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, as an associate editor for ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE, and as a consulting editor for ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE. He has co-edited special issues of ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, JOURNAL OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT, and ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS (forthcoming).

Robert E. Hoskisson is the George R. Brown Chair of Strategic Management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California-Irvine. Dr. Hoskisson's research topics focus on corporate governance, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate and international diversification, and cooperative strategy. He teaches courses in corporate and international strategic management, cooperative strategy, and strategy consulting. Dr. Hoskisson's research has appeared in more than 120 publications, including the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Academy of Management Executive, and others. He has co-authored 26 books, including recent books on business strategic and competitive advantage. He is currently Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal and Consulting Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies. He also serves on the Editorial Review board for the Academy of Management Journal. He has served on editorial boards for Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and others. He is Special Professor at the University of Nottingham and Honorary Professor at Xi¿an Jiao Tong University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management and charter member of the Academy of Management Journal's Hall of Fame. He is also a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society and has received awards from the American Society for Competitiveness and the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University. He completed three years of service as Representative-at-Large for the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management and currently serves on Board of Directors of the Strategic Management Society.