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The Cores of Strategic Management provides students with a concise introduction to the fundamentals of strategic management, including business-level and corporate-level strategy, leadership, decision-making, and strategy implementation.Designed to guide students to master the core concepts and learn how to apply these basics through case studies, students will be better equipped to approach and resolve even the most complex problems within the field. This second edition has been fully revised throughout to incorporate an international perspective, including examples and case studies from across borders that reflect the current state of the field.This text is core reading for undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive students of Strategic Management and will equip any student with the strategic management fundamentals and strategic thinking skills needed to succeed in continuously changing environments. This book will also be accompanied by online resources for the use of instructors, including PowerPoint slides.

Most strategic management textbooks seem to stem from the old belief that ‘more is always better'. But in this age of data deluge, many are calling for a return to the basics. If students can master the core concepts and learn how to apply these basics, they are bound to be better equipped to approach and resolve even the most complex problems. This book, unlike most textbooks, focuses on the core concepts of strategic management, aiming to help students understand the basic ideas of the field more clearly, rather than overloading them with new, peripherally-related information. With cases designed to help students apply their deeper understanding of the core concepts, this book will equip any student with the solid grounding in strategic management fundamentals needed to succeed in the academic and professional arena.