Crafting & Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage - Concepts and Cases, 18th Edition

by Arthur A. Thompson Jr., A.J. Strickland III, Margaret A. Peteraf

Overview: The 18th edition of "Crafting and Executing Strategy" represents one of our most important and thoroughgoing revisions ever. The newest member of the author team, Margie Peteraf, led a thorough re-examination of every paragraph on every page of the 17th edition chapters. The overriding objectives were to inject new perspectives and the best academic thinking, strengthen linkages to the latest research findings, modify the coverage and exposition as needed to ensure squarely on-target content, and give every chapter a major facelift. While this 18th edition retains the same 12-chapter structure of the prior edition, every chapter has been totally refreshed. And the chapter content continues to be solidly mainstream and balanced, mirroring both the best academic thinking and the pragmatism of real-world strategic management.
Known for its cases and teaching notes, this edition provides an "unparalleled case line up" of 28 cases. (1) 25 of the 28 cases are brand new or extensively updated for this edition, (2) The selection of cases is diverse, timely, and thoughtfully-crafted and complements the text presentation pushing students to apply the concepts and analytical tools they have read about. (3) Many cases involve high-profile companies. (4) And there's a comprehensive package of support materials that are a breeze to use, highly effective, and flexible enough to fit most any course design.
Thompson 18e, your best case scenario!

Genres: Business, Textbooks, Management, Reference, Nonfiction, Leadership, School

944 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2004

Reviews

[Rachel Aranda · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are 3 main sections on this book: the 12 chapters, case studies, and guide on how to use the case studies. This had been one of the better textbooks I have used. The chapters were full of easy to understand information. The only changed I would make would be a change in its layout. The case study section is bigger than the chapter section. I'm also not sure why the guide to use the case studies is behind the case studies. All in all this is a very nice textbook.

[Cristel]

School is interfering with my pleasure reading time, so I’m logging this to get reading credit! 😂 I read most of it for my Strategic Thinking grad school class.

[Cuong Khong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good job, Max.
I wish you all the best wherever your future endeavours take you. It was a pleasure and privilege to have you as a student.

Professor James Denis Riley

[Zarmeen Lakhani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Course: Managerial Policy!
Wouldn't recommend it to anyone who is planning to learn. As it really coins the terminology for very generic terms, however, examples and cases are very relevant and interesting!

[William Egan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid textbook with case studies included to emphasize the material

[Cristina Jimenez · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful textbook. Minimally educational and extremely repetitive.

[soda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely helpful and informative to those getting a degree in BSBA or MBA

[Renita · Rating 4 out of 5]

The material is written in s very straight-forward manner that doesn't require much interpretation or instructor explanation. Unfortunately the major downfall of this book is that the cases are fairly outdated, many having not been updated since early 2010. The cases themselves are excellent in that they allow the student to use the theoretical knowledge from the front half of the book and apply it to the case analysis.

[Renee · Rating 3 out of 5]

An adequate book. The beginning chapters are quite useful, with general information on the business process, strategy, etc. The later chapters are geared more towards large corporate businesses, and for someone like me, these parts are fairly useless. However, I do see the merit in this book being used for a capstone class.

A very expensive textbook, as one would expect.

[Zeb Frye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally loved it!!!

[Lilymadness · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read for class

[mpfrom · Rating 1 out of 5]

Required for my class. Feel my pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lisa]

This is what I'm reading now for my Strategic Management class for the next six weeks.