Underlines that when decisions are strategic, they normally involve the commitment of large‐scale resources, have long‐term implications and are often difficult to reverse once taken and further points to other reasons for the importance of strategic decision‐making processes. Looks at the...

Discusses General Electric (GE) and the way it has adapted and implemented strategy to changing market‐place conditions. Elaborates on GE's origination from the Edison Electric Light Company set up by Thomas Edison in 1878. Shows how entrepreneurial leadership has helped the company to...

Contends organizations need some possibilities to enable change to survive or exploit shifts and terms of their environments. Highlights, in a panel, the flexibility main points for organizations and uses a Table and Figures for extra explanatory information. States there are three basic...

Submits that many organizations adopt, unwittingly, the rationalist approach to strategy formulation. Reckons that scenarios provide business planners with means of bringing together apparently unconnected fragments of information into views of the future. Posits organizations that develop...

Points out that strategic managers already face enormous pressures to get everything right in terms of cost, quality, and customer satisfaction and supply chain issues. Suggests three steps for achieving a successful e‐business design: self‐diagnosis; reversing the value chain; and choosing...

Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction……. -- Chapter 1: Rejection -- Chapter 2: Pride -- Chapter 3: Unteachable Leadership -- Chapter 4: Entitlement -- Chapter 5: Endorsement -- Chapter 6: Self-Preservation -- Chapter 7: Self-Deception -- Chapter 8:...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface: Systematizing Success -- Part I Nail A Niche -- Chapter 1 "Niche" Doesn't Mean Small -- Are You Sure You're Ready to Grow Faster? -- How to Know If You've Nailed A Niche -- Achieve World Domination One Niche at a Time -- The Arc of...

The Executive's Guide to 21st Century Corporate Citizenshipprovides a major update on how to 'do' corporate citizenship, showing senior managers how they can win the reputation battle and deliver value to society while creating the most successful business possible in today's competitive landscape.

Vorwort -- Inhalt -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- Abbildungsverzeichnis -- Tabellenverzeichnis -- 1. Strategien des Supply Chain Management -- 2. Informationssysteme in Logistiknetzwerken -- 3. Logistiksysteme der Materialwirtschaft -- 4. Speditionen als Integratoren der Logistikkette -- 5. Der...

The 'Resource-Based View of the Firm' has emerged as one of the dominant perspectives used in strategic management. It addresses the fundamental research question of strategic management: Why it is that some firms persistently outperform others? Resource-Based Theory provides a considered...