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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151597003321

Autore

Barney Jay B.

Titolo

Gaining and sustaining competitive advantage / / Jay Barney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, Essex : , : Pearson Education Limited, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

9781292034683

1292034688

Edizione

[Fourth edition ; Pearson new international edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (508 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Pearson custom library

Disciplina

658

Soggetti

Industrial management

Strategic planning

Competition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Pearsonal New International Edition."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction: What is Strategy? -- 2. Firm Performance and Competitive Advantage -- 3. Evaluating Environmental Threats -- 4. Evaluating Environmental Opportunities -- 5. Evaluating Firm Strengths and Weaknesses: The Resource-Based View -- 6. Product Differentiation -- 7. Cost Leadership -- 8. Flexibility: Real Options Analysis Under Risk and Uncertainty -- 9. Tacit Collusion: Cooperation to Reduce Competition -- 10. Vertical Integration Strategies -- 11. Diversification Strategies -- 12. Implementing Corporate Diversification -- 13. Merger and Acquisition Strategies -- 14. Strategic Alliances -- 15. International Strategies -- 16. Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

For courses in Graduate Strategic Management.  Explore the most up-to-date research in the field of strategic management.   Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage provides students and practitioners with the most up-to-date research in a way that helps them see how the concepts can be applied to the real business world. Barney explores the impact of the recent global business changes in relation to the competitive context of firms and their ability to generate and sustain competitive advantages.  The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to include the latest research in the field.