Authors:Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, S. Michael Camp, D
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: strategic, management, society, mindset, new, entrepreneurship, creating
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2002-05-24
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0631234101
ISBN-13: 9780631234104

This volume introduces a new concept - strategic entrepreneurship - which integrates the insights of entrepreneurship and strategic management.This volume describes a new concept – strategic entrepreneurship – which fuses the insights of entrepreneurship and strategic management. The editors have invited the world’s finest entrepreneurship and strategic management scholars to contribute chapters on key issues that are influencing research in both fields, and to integrate findings across the two. Investigates the overlap between entrepreneurship and strategic management in the

Authors:Ken G. Smith, Michael A. Hitt,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: development, theory, process, management, minds
Number of Pages: 616
Published: 2005-10-20
List price: $74.50
ISBN-10: 0199276811
ISBN-13: 9780199276813

In Great Minds in Management, Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt have brought together some of the most influential and original thinkers in management. Their contributions to this volume not only outline their landmark contributions to management theory, but also reflect on the process of theory development, presenting their own personal accounts of the gestation of these theories. The result is not only an ambitious and original panorama of the key ideas in management theory presented by their originators, but also a unique collection of reflections on the process of theory development, an

Authors:Ken G. Smith, Michael A. Hitt,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: development, theory, process, management, minds
Number of Pages: 616
Published: 2007-07-31
List price: $55.95
ISBN-10: 019927682X
ISBN-13: 9780199276820

In Great Minds In Management Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt have brought together some of the most influential and original thinkers in management. Their contributions to this volume not only outline their landmark contributions to management theory, but also reflect on the process of theory development, presenting their own personal accounts of the gestation of these theories.The result is not only an ambitious and original panorama of the key ideas in management theory presented by their originators, but also a unique collection of reflections on the process of theory development, an area

Authors:Robert E. Hoskisson, Michael A. Hitt,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: firm, diversified, tame, downscoping
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1994-09-01
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0195078438
ISBN-13: 9780195078435

Large, diversified firms face unique challenges as they compete worldwide, and corporate restructuring is one way multinationals strive for competitive advantage. Weighing the pros and cons of a variety of approaches to restructuring, Downscoping offers executives a clear, strategic path through the maze.The authors show that when a multinational conglomerate fails to compete effectively, too much diversification may be the culprit. Whether the result of weak corporate governance or poor corporate strategy, over-diversification can make managers, unfamiliar with some of the markets in which

Authors:Michael A. Hitt, Jeffrey S. Harrison, R. Duane Ire
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: stake, holders, value, creating, acquisitions, guide, mergers
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2001-03-15
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0195112857
ISBN-13: 9780195112856

In 1999, MCI WorldComm and Sprint agreed to merge. Valued at $129 billion, this expected transaction was the largest in history. However, it fell victim to regulators in Europe concerned with the potential monopoly power of the merged firm. This M&A action was merely the latest in a growing trend of "blockbuster" mergers over the past several years. Once a phenomenon seen primarily in the United States, mergers and acquisitions are increasingly being pursued across national boundaries. In short, acquisition strategies are among the most important corporate-level strategies in the new millenniu

Authors:Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, Robert E. Hoski
Publisher: South-Western College Pu
Keywords: cases, globalization, competitiveness, management, strategic
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2008-01-22
List price: $113.95
ISBN-10: 0324581130
ISBN-13: 9780324581133

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBALIZATION, CASES, Eighth Edition, is a comprehensive Strategic Management case text that combines proven scholarship; cutting-edge research; a practical global focus; and the most thorough, up-to-date, and relevant business examples and cases available. Now, this trusted business text is enhanced by the addition of powerful new media and technology resources, including an updated video program, CengageNOW? online learning tools, and the Business and Company Resource Center (BCRC)--a complete electronic business library that makes in-depth research

Authors:Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, Robert E. Hoski
Publisher: South-Western College Pu
Keywords: concepts, cases, globalization, competitiveness, management, strategic
Number of Pages: 848
Published: 2008-01-18
List price: $220.95
ISBN-10: 0324655592
ISBN-13: 9780324655599

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBALIZATION, CONCEPTS AND CASES Eighth Edition, is a comprehensive Strategic Management text that combines impeccable scholarship; cutting-edge research; a sophisticated and practical global focus; and the most thorough, up-to-date, and relevant business examples and cases available. Now, this seminal business text is enhanced by the addition of powerful new media and technology resources, including an updated video program, CengageNOW online teaching tools, and the Business and Company Resource Center (BCRC)--a complete electronic business library.