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Sample List of Course References Books and Case Study Materials: 

Business Strategy Management Course .

Course Reference Book

• Saloner, G., A. Shepard and J. Podolny. Strategic Management. John Wiley, 2001.

Selective Readings: Books, Articles and Case Studies

• Grant, Robert H. The Resource-Based Theory of Competitive Advantage: Implications for Strategy Formulation. California Management Review 33, No. 3, 1991.
• Porter, Michael E. Towards a Dynamic Theory of Strategy. Strategic Management Journal 12, 1991, pp 95-117.
• America's Best and Worst Wealth Creators. Fortune. 10 Dec 2001.
• Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. Having Trouble with Your Strategy? Then Map It. Harvard Business Review. September-October 2000, pp 167-176.
• Bartlett, Christopher A., and Sumantra Ghoshal. Building Competitive Advantage Through People. Sloan Management Review 43, No. 2, Winter 2002, pp 34-41.
• Ghoshal, Sumantra, Christopher Bartlett and Peter Moran. A New Manifesto for Management. Sloan Management Review. Spring 1999.
• Mintzberg, Henry and Joseph Lampel. Reflecting on the Strategy Process. Sloan Management Review. Spring 1999
• Case: Ghemawat, Pankaj and Bret Baird. Leadership Online: Barnes and Noble vs. Amazon.com (A). Harvard Business Case No. 9-798-063. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2000.
• Case: Collis, David J., Gary P. Pisano and Peter Botticelli. Intel Corporation: 1968-1997. Harvard Business Case No. 9-797-137. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2002.
• Porter, Michael E. Strategy and the Internet. Harvard Business Review, March 2001, pp 63-78.
• Gulati, Ranjay and Jason Garino. Get the Right Mix of Bricks and Clicks. Harvard Business Review, May-June 2000, pp 107-114.
• Case: Yoffie, David B. and Yusi Wang. Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century. Harvard Business Case No. 9-702-442. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2002.
• Competitive Positioning Case: Bradley, Stephen P., Pankaj Ghemawat and Sharon Foley. Wal*Mart Stores, Inc. Harvard Business Case No. 9-794-024. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2002.
• Ghemawat, Pankaj and Gregg Friedman. Wal*Mart in 1999. Harvard Business Case No. 9-799-118. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1999.
• "Coping with success -Creating and upholding values in the post-modern age." Guest lecture by Jürgen Weber. Chairman and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Luxembourg Finance Market Forum 2001. (10 Oct. 2001).
• "Employee Motivation Essential in Tough Economy." PR Newswire, (8 April 2003).
• "War and Iraq The economic risks." The Economist . New York. (20 Feb 2003).
• "Wishy-washy." Finance and Economics. The Economist, U.S. Edition (1 Feb 2003).
• "World economy Look if you dare." The Economist . New York. (30 Jan 2003).
• Robert J. Samuelson. "Will Globalization Survive War?" The Wall Street Journal. (19 Feb 2003).
• Shiller, Robert J. "Current economic downturn and the long-term implications of the Internet on the business world and on society at large. " Irrational Exuberance (April 2000)
• Top 20 Euro market pioneers EuroWeek Celebration of Excellence, 2002.

Other Strategy Management Books

• Hax, and Majluf. The Strategy Concept and Process: A Pragmatic Approach. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1996
• Porter, Michael E., Competitive Strategy, Macmillan, 1980.
• Porter, M. Competitive Advantage. Free Press, 1985.
• Kaplan, R. S. and D. P. Norton. The Strategy-Focused Organization. Harvard Business School Press, 2001.
• Hamel, G. Leading the Revolution. Harvard Business School Press, 2000.
• Porter, Michael E. The Competitive Advantage of Nations. Harvard Business Review, March-April 1990.
• Collis, D. and C. Montgomery. Corporate Strategy: Resources And The Scope Of The Firm. Irwin, 1997.
• Galbraith, J. Designing the Global Corporation. Jossey Bass, 2000.
• Designing Organizations: An Executive Briefing on Strategy, Structure, and Process. Jossey Bass, 1995.
• Ghemawat, P., D. Collis, G. Pisano and J. Rivkin. Strategy and the Business Landscape. Prentice Hall, 2001.
• Ghoshal, S. and C. A. Bartlett. The Individualized Corporation. Harper Business, 1997.
• Goold, M., A. Campbell and M. Alexander. Corporate-Level Strategy: Creating Value in a Multibusiness Company. Wiley, 1994.
• Kotter, J. P. Leading Change. Harvard Business School Press, 1996.
• McTaggart, J., P. Kontes and M. Mankins. The Value Imperative: Managing For Superior Shareholder Returns. The Free Press, 1994.

International Business Strategy and Management Books

• Ohmae, Kenichi, The Borderless World, Collins, 1990; Triad Power, Collier Macmillan, 1985.
• Brooke, Michael Z. and Remmers, H.Lee, The Strategy of Multinational Enterprise: Organization and Finance, Longman, 1970.
• Kolde, Endel J., International Business Enterprise, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 1973.
• Young, Stephen, Hamill, James, Wheeler, Colin and Davis, J. Richard, International Market Entry and Development, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1989.
• Masson, R. Hall, Miller, Robert R. and Weigel, Dale R., The Economics of International Business, John Wiley and Sons, 1975.
• Sharman, G.H., Thinking Managerially - About Exports, Institute of Export, 1971.

New Economy Business Strategy and Management Books

• Cusumano, M., and D. Yoffie. Competing On Internet Time. Touchstone, 2000.
• Cusumano, M. A. and C.C. Mardikes, eds. Strategic Thinking For The New Economy. Jossey Bass, 2001.
• Hamel, G. and C. K. Prahalad. Competing For the Future. Harvard Business School Press, 1996.
• Evans, P., and T. Wurster. Blown To Bits. Harvard Business School Press, 2000.
• Kelly, K. New Rules For The New Economy. Viking, 1998.
• Foster, R. and S. Kaplan. Creative Destruction. Currency Doubleday, 2000.
• Utterback, J. Mastering The Dynamics of Innovation: How Companies Can Seize Opportunities in the Face of Technological Change. Harvard Business School Press, 1994.
• Bovet, D., and J. Martha. Value Nets. Wiley, 2000.

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