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Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases: Competitiveness and Globalization with MindTap

Author(s): Michael A. Hitt | R. Duane Ireland | Robert E. Hoskisson | Jeffrey S. Harrison

ISBN: 9789366608297

14th Edition

India Release: 2026

₹1095

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 688

Trim Size: 279 x 216 mm

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Examine strategic management with the market-leading book that sets the standard as today's most intellectually rich, but practical analysis of strategic management. Written by award-winning instructors and prominent management scholars, Hitt/Ireland/Hoskisson/Harrison's STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBALIZATION, 14E incorporates cutting-edge research and examples from more than 600 companies. This edition combines a classic industrial organization model with a resource-based view of the firm and a stakeholder perspective to demonstrate how businesses establish competitive advantages in the global market. You study how firms govern themselves, formulate and implement strategies that create value for stakeholders, use strategic alliances to enhance global competitiveness and meld strategic management and entrepreneurial behaviors for winning growth strategies. MindTap is available to help you excel as a strategic leader.

Extensively Updated Content & Cases: Most opening cases and Strategic Focus segments are new, with refreshed company examples ensuring relevance and global perspective. 22 New Comprehensive Cases: Includes contemporary, real‑world cases from global organizations, many with financial data, enabling application of strategic management concepts.
Chapter-End Mini Cases encourage quick analysis, discussion, and classroom engagement.
Coverage of Emerging Strategic Themes: Integrates cutting‑edge topics such as ESG, digitalization, AI, blockchain, platform strategies, deglobalization, and global supply chains across chapters.
Strong Focus on Real-World Application: Combines rigorous research with numerous global examples to help students understand and apply strategic decision‑making effectively.
MindTap Digital Learning Integration: Interactive platform with diagnostics, case analysis, activities, and real‑time feedback to build problem‑solving and leadership skills.
Case-Based and Collaborative Learning: Guided case activities and group case analysis projects promote critical thinking and teamwork.

Part I: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT INPUTS

1. Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness

2. The External Environment: Opportunities, Threats, Industry Competition, and Competitor Analysis

3. The Internal Organization: Resources, Capabilities, Core Competencies, and Competitive Advantages

Part II: STRATEGIC ACTIONS: STRATEGY FORMULATION

4. Business-Level Strategy

5. Competitive Rivalry and Competitive Dynamics

6. Corporate-Level Strategy

7. Merger and Acquisition Strategies and Restructuring

8. International Strategy

9. Cooperative Strategy

Part III: STRATEGIC ACTIONS: STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION

10. Corporate Governance

11. Organizational Structure and Control

12. Strategic Leadership

13. Strategic Entrepreneurship

Part IV: CASE STUDIES

C1 - Preparing an Effective Case Analysis

Michael A. Hitt

Michael A. Hitt is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University. Dr. Hitt received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado.

R. Duane Ireland

R. Duane Ireland is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, where he held the Benton Cocanougher Chair in Business.

Robert E. Hoskisson

Robert E. Hoskisson is the George R. Brown Emeritus Chair of Strategic Management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University.

Jeffrey S. Harrison

Jeffrey S. Harrison is a University Distinguished Educator, University Distinguished Scholar and the W. David Robbins Chair of Strategic Management at the Robins School of Business, University of Richmond.