TY - BOOK AU - David, Fred R. AU - David, Forest R. TI - Strategic management concepts: a competitive advantage approach SN - 9789353062835 U1 - 658.4012 PY - 2022/// CY - New Delhi PB - Pearson India Education Services Pvt. Ltd. KW - Strategic management N1 - Table of Content "Part 1 Overview of Strategic Management Chapter 1 T he Nature of Strategic Management Part 2 Strategy Formulation Chapter 2 The Business Vision and Mission Chapter 3 The External Assessment Chapter 4 The Internal Assessment Chapter 5 Strategies in Action Chapter 6 Strategy Analysis and Choice Part 3 Strategy Implementation Chapter 7 Implementing Strategies: Management, Operations, and Human Resource Issues Chapter 8 Implementing Strategies: Marketing, Finance/Accounting, R&D, and MIS Issues Part 4 Strategy Evaluation Chapter 9 Strategy Review, Evaluation, and Control Part 5 Key Strategic-Management Topics Chapter 10 Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability Chapter 11 Global and International Issues Part 6 Strategic-Management Case Analysis N2 - Strategic Management Concepts: A Competitive Advantage Approach, 16e, is a practical, skills-oriented strategic-management textbook designed to enable students to learn "how to do strategic planning," rather than simply memorize seminal theories in strategy. This book will provide managers the latest skills and concepts needed to effectively formulate and efficiently implement a strategic plan that can lead to sustainable competitive advantages for any type of business. Learners using this text follow an integrative model that appears in every chapter as they progress with the book. They learn how to construct strategic-planning matrices, such as the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrices. Readers will also learn how to perform strategic-planning analyses, such as earnings-per-share/earnings-before-interest-and-taxes (EPS/EBIT) and Corporate Valuation. The focus throughout this text is on "learning by doing ER -