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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Concept Of Strategy | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| The role of strategy in success | |
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| The basic framework for strategy analysis | |
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| A brief history of business strategy | |
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| Strategic management today | |
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| The role of analysis in strategy formulation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Tools of Strategy Analysis | |
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| Goals, Values, And Performance | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| Strategy as a quest for value | |
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| Strategy and real options | |
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| Putting performance analysis into practice | |
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| Beyond profit: values and social responsibility | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Industry Analysis: The Fundamentals | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| From environmental analysis to industry analysis | |
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| The determinants of industry profit: demand and competition | |
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| Analyzing industry attractiveness | |
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| Applying industry analysis | |
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| Defining industries: where to draw the boundaries | |
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| From industry attractiveness to competitive advantage: identifying key success factors | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Further Topics In Industry And Competitive Analysis | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| Extending the five forces framework | |
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| The contribution of game theory | |
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| Competitor analysis | |
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| Segmentation analysis | |
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| Strategic groups | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Analyzing Resources And Capabilities | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| The role of resources and capabilities in strategy formulation | |
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| The resources of the firm | |
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| Organizational capabilities | |
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| Appraising resources and capabilities | |
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| Putting resource and capability analysis to work: a practical guide | |
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| Developing resources and capabilities | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Appendix: Knowledge management and the knowledge-based view of the firm | |
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| Notes | |
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| Organization Structure And Management Systems | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| The evolution of the corporation | |
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| The organizational problem: reconciling specialization with coordination and cooperation | |
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| Hierarchy in organizational design | |
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| Applying the principles of organizational design | |
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| Alternative structural forms | |
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| Management systems for coordination and control | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Analysis of Competitive Advantage | |
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| The Nature And Sources Of Competitive Advantage | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| The emergence of competitive advantage | |
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| Sustaining competitive advantage | |
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| Competitive advantage in different market settings | |
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| Types of competitive advantage: cost and differentiation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Cost Advantage | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| Strategy and cost advantage | |
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| The sources of cost advantage | |
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| Using the value chain to analyze costs | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Differentiation Advantage | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| The nature of differentiation and differentiation advantage | |
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| Analyzing differentiation: the demand side | |
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| Analyzing differentiation: the supply side | |
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| Bringing it all together: the value chain in differentiation analysis | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Business Strategies in Different Industry Contexts | |
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| Industry Evolution And Strategic Change | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| The industry life cycle | |
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| Structure, competition, and success factors over the life cycle | |
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| Organizational adaptation and change | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Technology-Based Industries And The Management of Innovation | |
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| Introduction and objectives | |
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| Competitive advantage in technology-intensive industries | |
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| Strategies to exploit innovation: how and when to enter | |
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| Competing for standards | |
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| Implementing technology strategies: creating the conditions for innovation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Self-study questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Competitive Advantage In Mature Indust | |