Astute competition : the economics of strategic diversity /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, and competitive strategy series
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=185815 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: Concepts
- Chapter 1. The Economics of Strategic Diversity
- Strategy as a Solution to the Problems of Economics
- Key Elements in ESD
- The Impact of a Successful ESD on Economics
- Lasting Distinct Features of ESD
- ESD as a Fourth Leg
- Summary
- Questions
- Chapter 2. Strategic Ecology
- Strategic Ecology
- Examples of Strategic Ecology
- Other Notions of Strategic Ecology
- Ecosystem Characteristics
- Ecosystem Dynamics
- Summary
- Questions
- Chapter 3. Business Models
- How to Formalise the Intuitive Account
- Formal Interpretation of Coherence and Consistency
- An Example of the Business Model Matrices
- Application to Wireless Data Services
- Further Development of the External Attributes of the Business Model
- Internal Attributes of the Business Model
- The Application of Metrics
- Business Genomics
- Summary
- Questions
- Addendum: Strategometrics
- Chapter 4. Routes to Competitive Advantage
- Business Models
- Multiple Routes to Advantage
- Personal Career Analogy Revisited
- Modes, Themes and Contexts
- Competitive Control of Resources
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Questions
- Chapter 5. Economic Rents
- Summary
- Questions
- Chapter 6. The Return on Resources
- Traditional Measures of Performance
- Resource Margins
- Investor Requirements
- Resource Margins and Economic Value Added (EVA)
- Testing of the Value Relevance of RMs
- Link to Strategic Ecology and to Business Strategy
- Summary
- Questions
- Part II: Techniques
- Chapter 7. Business Development
- Putting Adjacency to Work
- Synergies or Strategic Revision
- Strategic Revision
- Summary
- Questions
- Chapter 8. Corporate Strategy: Purpose
- Market Failures
- The Performance Enhancement of Businesses
- Synergies
- Coordination
- Business Model Engineering
- Reinforcement
- Investment and Major Initiatives
- Corporate and Business Model IP
- Recapitulation
- Summary
- Questions
- Chapter 9. Corporate Strategy: Techniques
- Portfolio Analysis
- Scenario-Based Retrospective Valuation
- Traditional Performance Measures
- Real Options
- Infinite Projections
- Retrospective Horizons
- M & A Business Logic
- M & A Screening
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Questions
- Chapter 10. Start-up Strategy
- The Entrepreneurial Concept
- The Strategy to Build the Business
- The Strategy of the Business Once Built
- A Mnemonic: the Six T's
- Summary
- Questions
- Chapter 11. Summary, Observations and Conclusion
- Executive Summary
- Major Insights
- Constraints and Practice
- Future Research.