Cases in Strategic Management: Total Quality and Global Competition / Edition 1

by David W. Grigsby, Michael J. Stahl

Overview

Cases in Strategic Management is designed to provide students with the best means for developing their decision-making skills. It contains 25 comprehensive, up-to-date cases featuring a wide range of organizations that are undergoing, or have undergone, strategic change. All the cases feature actual organizations, ranging in size from small businesses to Fortune "Global 500" industry giants. The emphasis of this casebook is on strategic decisions, particularly those involving quality issues and global competition. It may be used with the companion text, Strategic Management by Michael J. Stahl and David W. Grigsby, or with other texts or books of readings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557866516
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/04/1997
Pages:	468
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

Michael J. Stahl is Associate Dean and Professor of Management in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

David W. Grigsby is Chair of the Department of Management at Clemson University, South Carolina where he teaches strategic management and international business.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Introduction: Preparing and Presenting Effective Case Analyses.

1. Harley-Davidson, Inc. (Sexton Adams and Adelaide Griffin).

2. The Swatch in 1993 (Arieh A. Ullman).

3. Hoechst-Roussel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: RU 486 (Jan Willem Boi and David Rosenthal).

4. The Rise and Fall of Yugo America, Inc. (Carolyn Silliman and Jeffrey S. Harrison).

5. GM Allison Japan Ltd (Richard T. Dailey).

6. Kenhar Products, Inc. (Kenneth F. Harling).

7. Calox machinery Corporation (Lester A. Neidell).

8. American Airlines International Strategy (Steve Bogner and Lester A. Neidell).

9. Korean Air: Challenges and Opportunities in the Growth (Chung Young-Chul).

10. The Metamorphosis of Whirlpool Corporation (Arieh A. Ullman).

11. Cosmetic and Activism: Anita Roddick and The Body Shop (David W. Grigsby, Alison M. Flynn, and Tanya Craig).

12. IKEA (Canada) Ltd (Paul W. Beamish and Peter Killing).

13. Toys ‘R’ Us, 1993 (Caron H. St John).

14. Wal-Mart, 1992 (Walter E. Greene).

15. Cadbury Schweppes plc (Franz Lohrke, James Combs, and Gary J. Castrogiovanni).

16. Kentucky Fried Chicken in China (Allen J. Morrison and Paul Beamish).

17. Labatt Breweries of Europe (with industry note: Italy and Its Beer Industry) (Arthur Sharplin).

18. Dibrell Brothers, Inc. (David W. Grigsby and Lester A. Hudson).

19. Liz Claiborne, Inc., 1994 (David W. Grisby, Linda O. Smith and Jane Crews).

20. Nike, Inc. (David W. Grisby, Susan Gaertner, and Karen Roach).

21. Lee Jing Textile Company Ltd (Sue Greenfield and Shun-Ching Horng).

22. Amtrak: Is This Any way to Run a Railroad (David W. Grigsby, Steven Horshbarger, and Jeffrey West).

23. UNICRESA and the Credit Card Industry in Portugal (David W. Grigsby and Vitor F. C. Gonçalves).

24. Transvit of Novgorod, Russia (Joseph Wolfe).

Index