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Selecting the best strategy is important if a firm is to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage, but many strategies fail not because they are improperly formulated but because they are poorly implemented. Strategy implementation is among the most important and most challenging issues with...

Preface / Mansour Javidan, Richard M. Steers, Michael A. Hitt -- The global mindset: an introduction / Michael A. Hitt, Mansour Javidan, Richard M. Steers -- Global mindset: a review and proposed extensions / Orly Levy, Sully Taylor, Nakiye A. Boyacigiller, Schon Beechler -- The chess master and...