Advanced Strategic Management offers a distinctive evolutionary perspective, unveiling consistent processes that shape competitive dynamics. It goes beyond traditional boundaries, exploring evolutionary trends across industry life cycles, commodity cycles, and the business cycle. Seamlessly integrating analyses of environmental trends and the transformative impact of the digital revolution, the book underscores the crucial role of regulations and taxes in influencing firm-level performance.
A key strength lies in its holistic coverage, encompassing core elements of competitive and corporate strategy while delving deeper into advanced models and tools for strategic evaluation, formulation, and implementation. This depth equips readers, including future business leaders, with a profound understanding of competitive dynamics.
The book's unique approach integrates strategic management with adaptive leadership, offering readers a comprehensive and practical perspectiverooted in extensive research and international case examples. This approach ensures global relevance.
Instructors will find the book's wealth of examples, tables, figures, and references invaluable for class preparation. The abundance of statistical data facilitates students' comprehension of evolutionary forces and their impact on competition and performance. The structured pedagogy streamlines teaching, and the addition of PowerPoint slides further enhances its educational utility.
In summary, Advanced Strategic Management is a comprehensive, globally aware, and practically oriented resource that bridges the gap between theory and application. Its innovative approach and rich content make it an indispensable tool for students, educators, and practitioners navigating the complexities of modern strategic management.
Roberto Vassolo is a Full Professor in Strategic Management in the IAE Business School at Universidad Austral, Argentina.
Natalia Weisz is a Full Professor of Organizational Behavior in the IAE Business School at Universidad Austral, Argentina.
Benjamin Laker is a Full Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School at the University of Reading, UK.
