Strategic expertise

Author: Jointly edited by the University of Chicago Business School and others
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Publication Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Jointly edited by the University of Chicago Business School, European Business School, University of Michigan Business School, and Sa?d Business School, Oxford! The essence of new thoughts from world-class strategic experts like Henry Mintzberg, offering multi-dimensional perspectives and insightful interpretations on strategy! This book brings you new thoughts from top business schools worldwide. These cutting-edge and rich new thoughts cover all important strategic issues from mergers and acquisitions, risk, technology, and alliances to knowledge, corporate governance, globalization, and leadership. The contributors are all world-class strategic experts, including Henry Mintzberg, C.K. Prahalad, John Kay, Noel Tichy, and Jin Can, who fully integrate new thinking on strategy with the strategic practices of leading companies. It provides a multi-dimensional perspective and detailed explanations of the most important principles in strategic management and its new directions for development in the 21st century. The 16 units in this book reflect the topic arrangements used by top business schools in their teaching. Each unit begins with a brief introduction summarizing the theme of that section, and the summaries after each article help readers quickly identify the content of interest. The suggested reading materials will be helpful for those who want to further study or consult references.