Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases

By Jay B. Barney, William Hesterly, William S. Hesterly

Book Overview

For courses in strategy and strategic management. Core strategic management concepts without the excess Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases strips out the unnecessary, by presenting material that answers the question: does this concept help students analyze real business situations? Each chapter has four short sections that cover specific issues in depth, to adapt the text to the students' particular needs. By utilizing this carefully crafted approach, the 6th Edition provides students with the tools they need for strategic analysis. Also available with MyLab Management By combining trusted authors' content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyLab personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Management does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab, ask your instructor to confirm the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab Management, search for: 0134890507 / 9780134890500 Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases Plus MyLab Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 6/e Package consists of: 0134741145 / 9780134741147 Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases 0134744497 / 9780134744490 MyLab Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134741145
• ISBN13: 9780134741147
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.1" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

An excellent introduction...

The "logic" of managing strategy to attain sustainable competitive advantage is offered here in a straightforward, well-organized, and accessible manner. The text is lighter on concepts than on cases, and I have used the book with much success as a crucial resource in the classroom where students are at the beginning stages of delving into the analytics of management. I give it 4 stars, as I am somewhat cautious that it may prove to be "hit or miss" depending on a reader's preparation and goals. In my view, however, it simply can not warrant a mere 1-star rating; it's core idea is a VRIO conception of the rationale for determining, in any business environment, whether conditions exist or could be brought about to establish and sustain competitive advantage. What could be more practical and helpful than such a simple "4-concept" framework? This text uses a helpful variety of cases to illuminate from differing angles and nuances; the managerial methods here provide a worldview of the successful enterprise that integrates itself from deliberate actions aimed at serving people, customers, resources--indeed all possible stakeholders--as a value-creating, rare, imitable, and organizing reality in our lives.