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Machine generated contents note: 1.The Concept of Strategy -- Introduction and Objectives -- The Role of Strategy in Success -- The Basic Framework for Strategy Analysis -- A Brief History of Business Strategy -- Strategy Today -- How Is Strategy Made? The Strategy Process -- Strategic Management of...

Contents note continued: Defining Industries: Where to Draw the Boundaries -- From Industry Attractiveness to Competitive Advantage: Identifying Key Success Factors -- Summary -- Self-Study Questions -- Notes -- 4.Further Topics in Industry and Competitive Analysis -- Introduction and Objectives --...

Contents note continued: Organizational Design: The Fundamentals of Organizing -- Organizational Design: Choosing the Right Structure -- Summary -- Self-Study Questions -- Notes -- 7.The Sources and Dimensions of Competitive Advantage -- Introduction and Objectives -- How Competitive Advantage Emerg...

Contents note continued: Strategies to Exploit Innovation: How and When to Enter -- Competing for Standards -- Implementing Technology Strategies: Creating the Conditions for Innovation -- Summary -- Self-Study Questions -- Notes -- 10.Competitive Advantage in Mature Industries -- Introduction and O...

Contents note continued: Analyzing Competitive Advantage in an International Context -- Applying the Framework: International Location of Production -- Applying the Framework: Foreign Entry Strategies -- Multinational Strategies: Global Integration versus National Differentiation -- Strategy and Org...

Contents note continued: Managing Change in the Multibusiness Corporation -- Governance of Multibusiness Corporations -- Summary -- Self-Study Questions -- Notes -- 15.External Growth Strategies: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances -- Introduction and Objectives -- Mergers and Acquisitions: Causes...