Formulation, Implementation, and Control of Competitive Strategy

by John A. Pearce II

Contemporary research in strategic management, with an emphasis on conceptual tools and skills created by scholars and practitioners in the field are evident throughout this 12-chapter text-only book. "Formulation, Implementation, and Control of Competitive Strategy" is the softcover, text-only version of Pearce and Robinson's "Strategic Management". Pearce and Robinson present a pedagogical model for instructors who desire quantitative analysis. The financial data available here should appeal to instructors and the strong coverage of "Business Week" material provides a currency to the text.

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Tommy Powell · Rating 3 out of 5]

An excellent read for getting one's thought-juices flowing. Pearce & Robinson put forward a very comprehensive model and theories to back it up. There are also the ubiquitous case studies, which of course prove that the model is accurate.

However... for a book with a very good index, as well as a name index, where are the citations? Yes, they cite a few articles for their case studies and occasionally provide a cite for another book, there are no real footnotes and no citation index at the back of the book. For a "venerated 10th edition" textbook this omission is quite telling.

What is that old snark... "The French follow no one, and no one follows the French!"