{"product_id":"the-competitve-mind-9781405185622","title":"The Competitve Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is about competition between businesses; it is a guide to principles of competitive business strategy which offers helpful ideas for devising ways to prevail in confrontation with business competitors. Based on the author''s course in strategy which has been enthusiastically received over more than ten years by executives and students, comprising a diverse international audience, the book is a thought-provoking complement to standard textbooks on corporate strategy.  \u003cp\u003eTaking a fresh approach, it concentrates on the idea that maintaining a business over a period of time depends to an important degree on executives being able to compete successfully with others operating their businesses in the same commercial arena. Since strategy is a mind game, its principles are revealed wherever humans compete. This book draws, chapter by chapter, on illustrative instances and examples involving vigorous competition between determined rivals in business and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author argu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeritage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDelineation of strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrimary concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLevels of direction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrinciples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Competition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic threshold.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDynamics of harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDynamics of confrontation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThreshold of confrontation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompetition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompetition and games.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurpose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompetitive context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompetitive intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: The practice of competitive intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Assessment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic appraisal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative courses of action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary criteria.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic criteria.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3: The look of a Strategic Assessment..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Integrity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInitiative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating momentum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlexibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdapting to circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBalance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaintaining stability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Security.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpressions of time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpressions of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpressions of dependence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Feasibility.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapability proposition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource-based view.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaintenance of wherewithal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCore competencies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapacity to transform.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlliances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic satellites.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Morality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Conclusion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlexander's strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolicy objectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic thresholds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrinciples of strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinally . . . .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529337741655,"sku":"9781405185622","price":40.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405185622.jpg?v=1731875228","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-competitve-mind-9781405185622","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}