Test Bank for Essentials of Strategic Management: The Quest for Competitive Advantage 8/E Gamble

Test Bank for Essentials of Strategic Management: The Quest for Competitive Advantage 8/E Gamble

Test Bank for Essentials of Strategic Management: The Quest for Competitive Advantage, 8th Edition, John Gamble, Arthur Thompson, Margaret Peteraf, ISBN10: 1264124333, ISBN13: 9781264124336

Table of Contents

PART ONE: CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES FOR CRAFTING AND EXECUTING STRATEGY

Section A: Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1: Strategy, Business Models, and Competitive Advantage
Chapter 2: Strategy Formulation, Execution, and Governance

Section B: Core Concepts and Analytical Tools
Chapter 3: Evaluating a Company’s External Environment
Chapter 4: Evaluating a Company’s Resources, Capabilities, and Competitiveness

Section C: Crafting a Strategy
Chapter 5: The Five Generic Competitive Strategies
Chapter 6: Strengthening a Company’s Competitive Position: Strategic Moves, Timing, and Scope of Operations
Chapter 7: Strategies for Competing in International Markets
Chapter 8: Corporate Strategy: Diversification and the Multi-business Company
Chapter 9: Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability, and Strategy

Section D: Executing the Strategy
Chapter 10: Superior Strategy Execution—Another Path to Competitive Advantage
Appendix: Key Financial Ratios: How to Calculate Them and What They Mean