Understanding Business Strategies: Concepts (with InfoTrac®)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
• Published by: South-Western College Pub
• Edition: 1st Edition July 27, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0324317735
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0324317732
• Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Book Description
UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS STRATEGY encourages a hands-on approach to learning with applications and features such as: experiential exercises, BizFlix video clips, and brief end of chapter cases. Further, features such as the Strategy Tool Box and Your Career provide practical tools as students embark on their own careers. After reading Understanding Business Strategy, students will not only have an understanding of modern strategic management; they will also grasp the application of these tools in their own careers.

About The Author
R. Duane Ireland holds the Foreman R. and Ruby S. Bennett Chair in Business in the Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. He teaches courses at undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and executive levels. He has won multiple teaching awards during his career. His research, which focuses on diversification, innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, and strategic entrepreneurship, has been published in numerous journals. Dr. Ireland has served on the editorial review board for journals such as ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW, and ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE. He received awards for the best article published in ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE (1999) and ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (2000). In 2001, he co-authored an article in ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE that was recognized with the Best Journal Article in Corporate Entrepreneurship Award from the U.S. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (USASBE). Dr. Ireland is a research fellow in the National Entrepreneurship Consortium. He received the 1999 Award for Outstanding Intellectual Contributions to Competitiveness Research from the American Society for Competitiveness and the USASBE Scholar in Corporate Entrepreneurship Award (2004). Currently, he is an associate editor for ACADEMY MANAGEMENT JOURNAL. Previously, he served as a representative-at-large on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management. Robert E. Hoskisson is a Professor of Strategic Management and holds the W. P. Carey Chair in the Department of Management at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He formerly was on the faculty at the University of Oklahoma as well as Texas A&M University. He also has a special appointment at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. His interest in Strategic Management topics has allowed him to teach overview as well topical courses in strategic management at undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. He has taught international strategy and strategic alliances. His teaching and research expertise in these areas has been recognized with awards such as the 1998 award for Outstanding Academic Contributions to Competitiveness, American Society for Competitiveness, and the William G. Dyer Distinguished Alumni Award from the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University. Dr. Hoskisson's articles have been published in journals such as the ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, ORGANIZATION SCIENCE, JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, and JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES. He is a fellow of the Academy of Management and a charter member of the Academy of Management Journals Hall of Fame. Dr. Hoskisson has completed three years of service as a representative at large on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Strategic Management Society. Distinguished Professor Michael A. Hitt holds Chairs in Business Leadership and New Ventures at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. His recent publications include DOWNSCOPING: HOW TO TAME THE DIVERSIFIED FIRM (Oxford University Press), STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBALIZATION (Thomson South-Western), and CREATING VALUE THROUGH MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Oxford University Press). His writings have appeared in such journals as the ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES, JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, and JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT. He has served on the editorial review boards of several journals, including ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, JOURNAL OF WORLD BUSINESS, and JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. He has also served as consulting editor (1988-1990) and editor (1991-1993) of ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL. He was co-editor of a 1995 special issue for STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL on Technological Transformation and the New Competitive Landscape. He has been or is currently a co-editor for special issues of STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW, JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, and ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE. He is a past president of the Academy of Management. In 1996 he received the Award for Outstanding Academic Contributions to Competitiveness, and in 1999 he received the Award for Outstanding Intellectual Contributions to Competitiveness Research from the American Society for Competitiveness. He is a member of the Academy of Management Journal's Hall of Fame and a fellow in the Academy of Management.