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Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, 5th edition provides the most modern, relevant, and complete presentation of strategic management today. Authors Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, and Robert E. Hoskisson thoroughly revise each chapter, incorporating cutting-edge along with current examples, research and findings to accurately portray today's global business environment demonstrating how the strategic management process is being applied by modern organizations. The authors integrate the traditional industrial organizational model of strategic management with the more modern resource-based view of the firm to explain how firms build a sustained competitive advantage.

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• About This Book(p. xxiii)
• Part 1 Strategic Management Inputs(p. 3)
• Chapter 1 Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness(p. 4)
• Chapter 2 The External Environment: Opportunities, Threats, Industry Competition, and Competitor Analysis(p. 38)
• Chapter 3 The Internal Environment: Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies(p. 72)
• Part 2 Strategic Actions: Strategy Formulation(p. 107)
• Chapter 4 Business-Level Strategy(p. 108)
• Chapter 5 Competitive Rivalry and Competitive Dynamics(p. 146)
• Chapter 6 Corporate-Level Strategy(p. 180)
• Chapter 7 Acquisition and Restructuring Strategies(p. 212)
• Chapter 8 International Strategy(p. 240)
• Chapter 9 Cooperative Strategy(p. 274)
• Part 3 Strategic Actions: Strategy Implementation(p. 305)
• Chapter 10 Corporate Governance(p. 306)
• Chapter 11 Organizational Structure and Controls(p. 342)
• Chapter 12 Strategic Leadership(p. 382)
• Chapter 13 Strategic Entrepreneurship(p. 414)
• Part 4 Cases
• Case Studies(p. 437)
• Introduction: Preparing an Effective Case Analysis(p. i)
• Case 1 Acer in Canada(p. 1)
• Case 2 Affymetrix: A Business of Mapping Genes(p. 16)
• Case 3 Air Power in Mexico(p. 26)
• Case 4 AmBev, the Dream Project(p. 31)
• Case 5 The Strategic Alliance of Bang & Olufsen and Philips N.V.(p. 43)
• Case 6 Beijing Jeep Co. and the WTO(p. 50)
• Case 7 Philip Condit and the Boeing 777: From Design and Development to Production and Sales(p. 63)
• Case 8 The British Broadcasting Corporation(p. 78)
• Case 9 The Comeback of Caterpillar, 1985-2001(p. 98)
• Case 10 The Chicagotribune.com: Creating a Newspaper for the New Economy (A)(p. 113)
• Case 11 Cisco Systems Inc.--Growth Through Acquisitions(p. 127)
• Case 12 Dell: Selling Directly, Globally(p. 153)
• Case 13 eBay.com--Profitably Managing Growth from Start-Up to 2000(p. 171)
• Case 14 Embraer 2000: Regional Jet Aircraft(p. 191)
• Case 15 FedEx Corp: Structural Transformation through e-Business(p. 205)
• Case 16 Halterm(p. 220)
• Case 17 www.Home_Improvement.com (A)(p. 237)
• Case 18 Hopewell Holdings Limited(p. 251)
• Case 19 InterPost Prague, s.r.o(p. 264)
• Case 20 Kacey Fine Furniture: Human Resources Management in the Face of Change(p. 275)
• Case 21 Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Global Fast-Food Industry(p. 286)
• Case 22 Luby's Cafeterias: Will Changing the Recipe Improve Performance?(p. 304)
• Case 23 Lufthansa 2000: Maintaining the Change Momentum(p. 311)
• Case 24 MetaSolv Software Inc.(p. 334)
• Case 25 Monsanto: Better Living through Genetic Engineering?(p. 344)
• Case 26 Newell Company: The Rubbermaid Opportunity(p. 359)
• Case 27 Nike's Dispute with the University of Oregon(p. 366)
• Case 28 Otis Elevator in Vietnam(p. 374)
• Case 29 Palm Economy(p. 382)
• Case 30 Paradise Farm Organics(p. 399)
• Case 31 Perdue Farms Inc.: Responding to 21st Century Challenges(p. 416)
• Case 32 Priceline.com(p. 434)
• Case 33 PricewaterhouseCoopers: Building a Global Network(p. 445)
• Case 34 Sony Playstation 2: Just Another Competitor(p. 459)
• Case 35 Stretching the Brand: A Review of the Virgin Group(p. 473)
• Name Index(p. 1)
• Company Index(p. 11)
• Subject Index(p. 15)