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Handbook of Business Strategy Contents PART I ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE STRATEGY 1. Planning and Implementation for Effective Strategy ......................... 1-1 2. Avoiding SPOTS: Creating Strategic Unity........................................ 2-1 3. Management for Shareholder Value .................................................. 3-1 PART II TOOLS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING 4. The Role of Science in Business Strategy .......................................... 4-1 5. Using Computer-Based Simulations for Better Management Decisions.......................................................................................... 5-1 6. The Team Approach to Making Strategic Decisions .......................... 6-1 7. Financial Tools for Strategy Evaluation ............................................. 7-1 8. A Step-By-Step Model for Strategic Planning ................................... 8-1 9. Multinational Strategic Planning Systems........................................... 9-1 10. Surveys and Data Bases for Information-Based Organizations ..... 10-1 11. Forecasts in Strategic Planning ....................................................... 11-1 PART III CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 12. Acquisition and Divestiture Strategy .............................................. 12-1 13. Creating Merger Value: Acquisition Motives and Their Implications ................................................................................... 13-1 14. Making Mergers Work: A Strategic and Cultural Challenge ......... 14-1 15. Managers Under Siege: Corporate Control Contests and Management Turnover .................................................................. 15-1 PART IV FORMULATING BUSINESS UNIT AND CORPORATE STRATEGY 16. Market Research and Business Strategy ........................................... 16-1 17. Market Segmentation ........................................................................ 17-1 18. Strategies for the Knowledge-Based Business .................................. 18-1 19. Turnaround Strategies ....................................................................... 19-1 20. Business Strategy for the Political Environment............................... 20-1 21. The Strategy of Market Entry: To Pioneer or Follow? ..................... 21-1 22. Logistics and Operations for a Global Strategy................................. 22-1 PART V STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION 23. Organizational Structure and Management Process ......................... 24. Organizing to Make Business Unit Strategies Work ........................ 25. Compensation Strategy: Matching Rewards to Risks ....................... 26. Employee Involvement in Implementing Strategy ........................... 23-1 24-1 25-1 26-1 27. Growth Strategy in a Mature Industry: A Banking Model ............... 27-1 28. Job Competency Assessment ............................................................ 28-1 29. Management Culture ......................................................................... 29-1 INDEX ....................................................................................................... I-1