The Art of Developing, Evaluating, and Implementing Successful Strategies! Successful market management depends on the manager's ability to think strategically, and to translate that thinking into results-getting plans. This best-selling text has been revised with new concepts and illustrative examples to show how to develop a complete management system. Using case studies illustrating conceptual models, this compact best-seller shows: * How to conduct a structured external and internal analysis of a business with confidence * How to develop sustainable competitive advantages by developing assets, competencies, and synergies * How to make strategic investment decisions to generate growth * How to organize to support strategies * How to compete strategically in hostile, growth and global contexts