Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text Only (7th Edition)

J&S_Text&Cases_ppr 9/17/06 12:56 PM Page 1 Over 600,000 students worldwide have used this best-selling book to understand and explore strategic management through their academic and professional careers. SEVENTH EDITION The seventh edition builds on these strengths with the introduction of a new author, Richard Whittington. The enhanced coverage of international strategy and the resource-based view, as well as improved visual presentation, ensure that this book continues to lead the way in exploring strategic management. ‘Exploring Corporate Strategy is strong at integrating theory and practice … has an international perspective both in its theoretical coverage and its empirical illustrations and cases … is comprehensive and easy to combine with further theoretical readings.’ Professor Leif Melin, Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden Professor Andrew Pettigrew, School of Management, University of Bath, UK ‘The seventh edition of this textbook offers yet another step in improvement both in the area of student support and its overall coverage. In particular the website is easily accessible, user-friendly and provides a range of supplementary resources to engage and reinforce students’ understanding of this complex area of study.’ ‘Exploring Corporate Strategy strikes a balance because it provides sound methodology and analysis, cleverly combined with a well-reasoned introduction to more contemporary paradigms. Thoughtful use of figures and tables provides clarity for students; the detailed cases are ideal for teaching purposes.’ Gerard Betros, University of Southern Queensland, Australia John Toth, Leeds Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK An imprint of Additional student support at www.booksites.net/ecs www.pearson-books.com Exploring Corporate Strategy Text and Cases Text and Cases Exploring Corporate Strategy ‘Exploring Corporate Strategy is one of the outstanding texts in international management education. It combines clarity of structure and presentation with topical and enduring examples. It also has a depth of synthesis and critical reflection based on relevant research which is rare in textbooks.’ E D I T I O N Johnson Scholes Whittington Exploring Corporate Strategy has established a reputation as a pre-eminent textbook in its field, based upon the expertise of authorship, range of cases, depth of commentary and wealth of supporting resources. S E V E N T H Gerry Johnson Kevan Scholes Richard Whittington ECSC_A01.qxd 9/20/04 08:50 Page i Exploring Corporate Strategy Visit the Exploring Corporate Strategy, seventh edition Companion Websi