Pitts, Robert A. <br/><br/>
Strategic management :  building and sustaining competitive advantage / 
Robert A. Pitts, David Lei. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - Mason, OH :  Thomson/South-Western,  c2006. 
 - xviii, 538 p. :  col. ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Ch. 1. The strategic management process -- Ch. 2. Assessing industry attractiveness and the competitive environment -- Ch. 3. Matching firm capabilities with opportunities -- Ch. 4. Building competitive advantage through distinction -- Ch. 5. Responding to shifts in competitive advantage -- Ch. 6. Corporate strategy : leveraging resources -- Ch. 7. Global strategy : harnessing new markets -- Ch. 8. Strategic alliances : partnering for advantage -- Ch. 9. Designing organizations for advantage -- Ch. 10. Organizing and learning to sustain advantage -- Ch. 11. Corporate governance : instilling long-term value. 
<br/><br/> Explores how firms build, extend, organise and sustain a competitive advantage, focusing on five key themes: distinctive competence, quality, globalisation, change and ethics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0324226217 (pbk.) 9780324226218 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Strategic planning--United States--Case studies.<br/>Industrial management--United States--Case studies.<br/>Competition--United States--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.4012  / PIT