Provides a treatment of traditional topics in strategic management as well as contemporary topics such as entrepreneurship, knowledge management, and e-commerce and internet strategies. This work features many applications from business practice and sidebars (approximately six per chapter) that highlight key concepts.

"Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages, 3/e", by Dess, Lumpkin, and Eisner, responds to the demands of today's rapidly changing and unpredictable global marketplace that students will face when they enter the business world. The concepts-only text provides students with a timely, rigorous, and relevant book written in an engaging manner to spur their interest and excitement. This book provides a solid treatment of traditional topics in strategic management as well as contemporary topics such as entrepreneurship, knowledge management, and e-commerce and internet strategies. Numerous applications from business practice plus sidebars (approximately six per chapter) bring key concepts to life. Instructors can create their own case volumes for use with "Strategic Management 3rd Edition" from a variety of source - pre-selected case packets, customizing from a recommended set which have been carefully mapped to the chapter concepts, or from the entire Primis database which features cases from Harvard, Darden, INSEAD, Ivey, and other reputable sources.

• Part One: Strategic Analysis

  Chapter 1 Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages

  Chapter 2 Analyzing the External Environment of the Firm

  Chapter 3 Assessing the Internal Environment of the Firm

  Chapter 4 Recognizing a Firm's Intellectual Assets: Moving beyond a Firm's Tangible Resources

  Part Two: Strategic Formulation

  Chapter 5 Business-Level Strategy: Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantages

  Chapter 6 Corporate-Level Strategy: Creating Value through Diversification

  Chapter 7 International Strategy: Creating Value in Global Markets

  Chapter 8 Digital Business Strategy: Leveraging Capabilities in a Disruptive Environment

  Part Three: Strategic Implementation

  Chapter 9 Strategic Control and Corporate Governance

  Chapter 10 Creating Effective Organizational Designs

  Chapter 11 Strategic Leadership: Creating a Learning Organization and an Ethical Organization

  Chapter 12 Managing Innovation and Fostering Corporate Entrepreneurship

  Chapter 13 Recognizing Opportunities and Creating New Ventures

  Part Four: Case Analysis

  Chapter 14 Analyzing Strategic Management Cases