The imperative for strategy implementation / Michael A. Hitt, Susan E. Jackson, Salvador Carmona, Leonard Bierman, Christina E. Shalley and Mike Wright -- Resources and governance -- Sourcing external knowledge : clusters, alliances, and acquisitions / Stephen Tallman and Anupama Phene -- A...

Foreword -- Introduction to value creating systems -- Why a socio-ecological, systems based on framing for strategy -- Reframing the idea of value -- Effective value creating system designs -- How offerings link co-producers in value creating systems -- Analysing the designs of existing value...

"In this book, the author predicts the form of next generation automobile manufacturing, presenting a "New Automobile Global Manufacturing System" (NAGMS) that contains the hardware system with five core elements - "TDS, TPS, TMS, TIS and TJS" (Total Development System, Total Production System,...

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...