Strategic management relies on an array of complex methods drawn from various allied disciplines to examine how managers attempt to lead their firms toward success. This book discusses about key methodology issues in the strategic management field.

This revised and extended third edition of the highly successful How to Get Published in the Best Management Journals draws on a wealth of knowledge from leading scholars and journal editors to showcase the latest advice in securing publication in the world’s top management journals.

Capturing a series of 5 adventures in the life of graduating college student Atlas Black, this graphic novel is the work of award-winning teachers Jeremy Short, Talya Bauer, Dave Ketchen and award-winning illustrator Len Simon. Both entertaining and educational, it illustrates key concepts from principles of management, organizational behavior, strategic management, and entrepreneurship, as Atlas struggles to navigate his college career and plan his new life after graduation.

Capturing 5 new adventures in the life of graduating college student Atlas Black, this graphic novel is the work of award-winning teachers Jeremy Short, Talya Bauer, Dave Ketchen and award-winning illustrator Len Simon. Both entertaining and educational, it illustrates key concepts from principles of management, organizational behavior, strategic management, and entrepreneurship, as Atlas struggles to navigate his college career and plan his new life after graduation. This book examines Atlas and his best friend and honor roll student, David Chan, as they transition from entrepreneurial dreamers to new venture managers.

"'Should our family firm expand, or should we be content with the success we enjoy now?' -- 'Which of my children should succeed me at the helm?' -- 'Is franchising a viable source or growth, and is it really a form of entrepreneurship?' -- 'How can I ensure that my family firm thrives in the future?' -- The founders of family firms wrestle with complex questions like these every day, and the answers are elusive. In Tales of Garcón: The Franchise Players, a charismatic entrepreneur named Garcón tries to direct the destiny of the family-owned hotel that he created. The family's plans take an unexpected turn when a mysterious investor offers to become the hotel's first franchisee. Garcón's carefree son Ramón readily embraces the opportunity, while his cynical daughter Isabel questions the investor's motives. Written in an engaging style, Tales of Garcón: The Franchise Players covers key concepts from family business management, small business management, and franchising. This graphic novel can serve as the main text for a college course, as a supplement to a traditional textbook, as a reading within an executive program, and as a primer for entrepreneurs who simply want to learn more about how to be successful. As Garcón would say, 'Disfruta de la aventura, amigos.' Enjoy the adventure, my friends."--Publisher description.

The answer to many strategic management research questions is often summarized as “It depends.” Faced with the marginal results of many main effect hypothesis tests of one variable on another variable, strategy researchers began developing contingency hypotheses that explored more nuanced relationships involving multiple variables. Herein, the authors examine the development of contingency thinking in strategic management via a review of all empirical articles published in Strategic Management Journal from its inception in 1980 through 2009. Using Venkatraman's framework, they identify all contingency studies within this sample. Their analysis reveals that, while contingency hypotheses are becoming more common, there is less diversity in the way the effects are tested. Additionally, while the framing of contingency hypotheses has become more sophisticated over time, there remain many opportunities for methodological improvements. Based on this content analysis, the authors offer both theoretical and methodological guidelines for future strategic management studies.

"Mastering Strategic Management is designed to enhance student engagement in three innovative ways. The first is through visual adaptations of the key content in the book. It is well documented that many of today's students are visual learners. To meet students' wants and needs (and thereby create a much better teaching experience for professors), Mastering Strategic Management contains multiple graphic concept pages in ever section of every chapter of the book. Think of graphic concept pages as almost like info-graphics for key concepts in each section. This feature sets Mastering Strategic Management apart from any strategic management book on the market today. The second way the authors capture student interest through their textbook is by using a real-world company as the running example in each chapter. For example, Chapter 1 in Mastering Strategic Management utilizes Blackberry to harness the conceptual coverage of the chapter in a running, corporate, application to which students will relate. The third inventive way Mastering Strategic Management holds the attention of strategic management students is through the zstrategy at the moviesy feature in each chapter that links course concepts with a popular motion picture. The 1st Canadian Edition is an adaptation of Mastering Strategic Managment. Adaptations include Canadian specific content, images, and references, removal of copyright images, and inclusion of ancillary reosurces in the Appendix (Chapter PowerPoints)."--BCcampus website.