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Strategic Management Creating Competitive Advantages 11Th Edition Dess All Chapter
Strategic Management Creating Competitive Advantages 11Th Edition Dess All Chapter
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Creating Competitive Advantages
GREGORY DESS
University of Texas at Dallas
GERRY McNAMARA
Michigan State University
ALAN EISNER
Clark University
STEVE SAUERWALD
University of Illinois at Chicago
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dedication
To my family—Margie; Taylor; Alex, our new son-in-law; and my parents, the late Bill and
Mary Dess
To my first two academic mentors—Charles Burden and Les Rue (of Georgia State
University)
–Greg
We thank Seung-Hyun Lee for his contributions to previous editions and wish him the best
as he refocuses his time toward his academic research in strategic management and
international business.
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Gregory G. Dess
Gregory G. Dess
is the Andrew R. Cecil Endowed Chair in Management at the University of Texas at Dallas.
His primary research interests are in strategic management, organization environment
relationships, and knowledge management. He has published numerous articles on these
subjects in both academic and practitioner-oriented journals. He also serves on the editorial
boards of a wide range of practitioner-oriented and academic journals. In August 2000, he
was inducted into the Academy of Management Journal Hall of Fame as one of its charter
members. Professor Dess has conducted executive programs in the United States, Europe,
Africa, Hong Kong, and Australia. During 1994 he was a Fulbright Scholar in Oporto,
Portugal. In 2009, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern
(Switzerland). He received his PhD in business administration from the University of
Washington (Seattle) and a BIE degree from Georgia Tech.
©He Gao
Gerry McNamara
is the McConnell Broad Professor of Management at Michigan State University. His
research draws on cognitive and behavioral theories to explain strategic phenomena,
including strategic decision making, mergers and acquisitions, and environmental
assessments. His research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, the
Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human
Decision Processes, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, the Journal of
Management, and the Journal of International Business Studies. Gerry’s research has also
been abstracted in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, New York Times,
Bloomberg BusinessWeek, the Economist, and Financial Week. He has served as an associate
editor for the Strategic Management Journal and the Academy of Management Journal. He
received his PhD from the University of Minnesota.
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Alan B. Eisner
Alan B. Eisner
is Dean of the School of Management and Professor of Management at Clark University. He
received his PhD in management from the Stern School of Business, New York University.
His primary research interests are in strategic management, technology management,
organizational learning, and managerial decision making. He has published research articles
and cases in journals such as Advances in Strategic Management, International Journal of
Electronic Commerce, International Journal of Technology Management, American Business
Review, Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, and Global Journal of Business
Pedagogy. He is the former associate editor of the Case Association’s peer-reviewed journal,
The CASE Journal.
Steve Sauerwald
Steve Sauerwald
is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management in the College of Business at the
University of Illinois at Chicago. His research interests focus on corporate governance,
strategic leadership, and stakeholder strategy. He pursues this research program in a global
setting by examining how institutions surrounding domestic and international firms shape
organizational outcomes. His scholarship has been published in journals such as Strategic
Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal
of Management, and Journal of Management Studies. His research has been covered by
Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and BBC. He received his MBA and PhD from the
University of Texas at Dallas. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Texas at
Dallas and a visiting scholar at Free University Berlin.
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preface
I have found this text, after several years of using it, to be comprehensive and extremely well
structured. The many, varied real-world examples resonate with students. I see no reason to
change from an excellent text.
The textbook by Dess et al. comprehensively integrates research to explicate the strategic
management process, delivers a variety of high-quality case studies, and provides interesting
insights from executives on strategy.
We find the Dess text to be an exceptionally well-suited companion for business simulations
used in the course. I use all the chapters as the fit is logical and portrays a realistic
examination of how business functions are interdependent.
I am biased towards this text as I’ve found it invaluable for me as a student-centered teacher
who focuses on bringing as much value to my students as possible. I want each class meeting
to be as full as possible with insightful, relevant, and meaningful content that students can
immediately apply to their business comprehension. This text helps me facilitate this!
I have used the Dess strategic management textbook for six years and I plan to continue
using the Dess textbook. I think it is the best strategy textbook on the market today.
Overall, a solid textbook that organizes the strategic material clearly and concisely (and)
provides great examples of cases inside and at the end. I have been happily using the book
for the last 11 years.
I have used the previous edition of the text in my course and found it very useful. I consider
it to be the most comprehensive yet concise text on strategic management. I will continue to
use the text in the future.
This title brings to life core parts of the strategic process, helping students to get a better
understanding of the untidy process of strategizing. I will definitely continue to use Dess!
We always strive to improve our work and we are most appreciative of the thorough Page ix
feedback that many strategy professionals have graciously given us. The author team
has worked hard to incorporate many of their ideas into the eleventh edition.
We believe we have made valuable improvements throughout our many revised editions of
Strategic Management. At the same time, we strive to be consistent and true to our original
overriding objective: a book that satisfies three Rs—rigor, relevance, and readability. And we
are pleased that we have received feedback (such as the previously noted comments) that is
consistent with what we are trying to accomplish.
What are some of the features in Strategic Management that reinforce the three Rs? First, we
build in rigor by drawing on the latest research by management scholars and insights from
management consultants to offer a current and comprehensive view of strategic issues. We
reinforce this rigor with our Issues for Debate and Reflecting on Career Implications that
require students to develop insights on how to address complex issues and understand how
strategy concepts can enhance their career success. Second, to enhance relevance, we
provide numerous examples from management practice in the text and Strategy Spotlights
(sidebars). We also increase relevance by relating course topics and examples to current
business and societal themes, including environmental sustainability, ethics, globalization,
entrepreneurship, and data analytics. Third, we stress readability through an engaging
writing style with minimal jargon to ensure an effective learning experience. This is clearly
evident throughout the text, but in particular, in the conversational presentations of chapter
opening Learning from Mistakes and chapter ending Issues for Debate.
Unlike other strategy texts, we provide three separate chapters that address timely topics
about which business students should have a solid understanding. These are the role of
intellectual assets in value creation (Chapter 4), entrepreneurial strategy and competitive
dynamics (Chapter 8), and fostering entrepreneurship in established organizations (Chapter
12). We also provide an excellent and thorough chapter on how to analyze strategic
management cases.
Let’s now address some of the key substantive changes in the Eleventh Edition. Then we will
cover some of the major features that we have had in previous editions.
WHAT’S NEW? HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ELEVENTH
EDITION
We are happy to welcome Steve Sauerwald to the author team. Steve has developed an
extensive publication record in the areas of strategic management and corporate
governance. He pursues his research program in a global setting by examining how CEOs
and boards of directors address important corporate challenges. His addition to the author
team provides a global perspective, especially in the areas of strategic control and corporate
governance.
We have endeavored to add new material to the chapters that reflects the feedback we Page x
received from our reviewers as well as the challenges today’s managers face. Thus, we all
invested an extensive amount of time carefully reviewing a wide variety of books, academic
and practitioner journals, and the business press.
We also worked hard to develop concise chapters. Based on feedback from some of the
reviewers, we have tightened our writing style, tried to eliminate redundant examples, and
focused more directly on what we feel is the most important content in each chapter for our
audience. The overall result is that we were able to update our material, add valuable new
content, and—at the same time—shorten the length of the chapters.
Here are some of the major changes and improvements in the Eleventh Edition:
Connected Strategies. We address how firms have successfully implemented new forms of
connectivity with their customers, which involve low-friction, frequent, and customized
interactions. This enables companies to be more proactive; that is, respond to customer
needs as they arise—or even anticipate them. Thus, a win-win is created: Customers
receive a superior experience, and companies enhance their operational efficiency. A few
examples include:
Nike’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) business model, which enables the firm to create
closer relationships with its customers by, for instance, providing them with running
advice through their fitness app as well as finding out more useful information about
customer habits and preferences. (Chapter 2)
Rolls-Royce, a leading producer of jet engines, leveraging the power of its technology to
better serve its customers. Sensors generate gigabytes of data that give customers real-
time data on the many components in their engines. Compared to the old fixed-
maintenance schedule, Rolls-Royce is able to create significant cost savings by avoiding
service that is too late or too early. Further, the sensor technologies benefit the firm’s
ongoing engineering efforts by providing information on how operational data can
impact design and production. (Chapter 3)
Wearable X, a Sydney-based startup, which helps yoga enthusiasts improve their yoga
poses without the assistance of an expensive yoga instructor. How? Its Nandi pants
feature woven-in wearable sensors that continuously measure body positions and
provide feedback. Bluetooth technology connected to users’ smartphone helps people
attain correct yoga positions through gentle vibrations. (Chapter 12)
Integrative Themes. As with our previous editions, we include multiple integrative themes
in this edition. These include the digital economy, environmental sustainability, and
ethics. Many new content issues—as well as Strategy Spotlights (our sidebars)—are used
throughout the text and cases to illustrate these important and timely topics central to the
study of strategic management. Given the salient relevance of diversity in today’s business
environment, we devote additional content to it in text material as well as in strategy
spotlights.
Insights from Executives: We received very positive feedback for our initial interview with
Usman Ghani, an internationally recognized consultant who is Chairman of Conflucore,
LLP, in our 10th edition. We are happy to include his interview in this edition. We have
also conducted interviews with three other individuals who have graciously provided us
with valuable insights. Kelly Pfiel, former vice president of PepsiCo, shares her views on
the timely topic of women in management (Chapter 4); Jasmine Crowe, social
entrepreneur, provides tips learned through her experience creating Goodr Inc., a
sustainable food-waste management company based in Atlanta, Georgia (Chapter 8); and
Jim Mapes, a former executive with several companies, including Perot Systems, shares
his views on strategic leadership. Of particular interest is his valuable learning experience
working directly with H. Ross Perot (Chapter 11).
Half of the 12 opening Learning from Mistakes vignettes that lead off each chapter Page xi
are new. Unique to this text, they are examples of what can go wrong, and they
serve as an excellent vehicle for clarifying and reinforcing strategy concepts.
Over half of our Strategy Spotlights (sidebar examples) are brand new, and many others
have been significantly updated. We offer a total of 54 Spotlights that are designed to focus
on bringing the most important strategy concepts to life in a concise and highly readable
manner. And we work hard to eliminate unnecessary detail that detracts from the main
point we are trying to make. Many Spotlights focus on hot issues that are critical in
leading today’s organizations—ethics, environmental sustainability, the digital economy,
and connected strategies.
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Given the centrality of online systems to business today, each chapter contains at least one
exercise that allows students to explore the use of the internet in implementing a firm’s
strategy.
Key terms. Approximately a dozen key terms per chapter are identified in the margins of
the pages. This addition was made in response to reviewer feedback and improves
students’ understanding of core strategy concepts.
Clear articulation and illustration of key concepts. Key strategy concepts are introduced
clearly and concisely and are followed by timely and interesting examples from business
practice. Concepts include value-chain analysis, the resource-based view of the firm,
Porter’s five forces model, competitive advantage, boundaryless organizational designs,
digital strategies, corporate governance, ethics, data analytics, and entrepreneurship.
Extensive use of sidebars. We include 54 sidebars (about four per chapter) called Page xv
Strategy Spotlights. The Strategy Spotlights not only illustrate key points but also
increase the readability and appeal of new strategy concepts.
Integrative themes. The text provides a solid grounding in ethics, globalization,
environmental sustainability, and technology. These topics are central themes throughout
the book and form the basis for many of the Strategy Spotlights.
Implications of concepts for small businesses. Many of the key concepts are applied to
startup firms and smaller businesses, which is particularly important since many students
have professional plans to work in such firms.
Not just a product, but an entire package. Strategic Management features the best chapter
teaching notes available today. Rather than merely summarizing the key points in each
chapter, we focus on value-added material to enhance the teaching (and learning)
experience. Each chapter includes dozens of questions to spur discussion, teaching tips,
in-class group exercises, and about a dozen detailed boxed examples from business
practice to provide further illustrations of key concepts.
TEACHING RESOURCES
Instructor’s Manual (IM)
Prepared by the textbook authors with valued input from our strategy colleagues, the
accompanying IM contains summary/objectives, lecture/discussion outlines, discussion
questions, extra examples not included in the text, teaching tips, reflecting on career
implications, experiential exercises, and more.
Test Bank
Revised by Christine Pence of the University of California, Riverside, the test bank contains
more than 1,000 true/false, multiple-choice, and essay questions. It is tagged with learning
objectives as well as Bloom’s Taxonomy and AACSB criteria.
Assurance of Learning. Assurance of Learning is an important element of many
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Assurance of Learning initiatives. Each chapter in the book begins with a numbered list
of the learning objectives that appear throughout the chapter. Every test bank question is
also linked to one of these objectives, in addition to level of difficulty, topic area, Bloom’s
Taxonomy level, and AACSB skill area. Test Builder, an easy-to-use, cloud-based test bank
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AACSB leaves content coverage and assessment in the purview of individual schools, the
mission of the school, and the faculty. While this new edition and the teaching package
make no claim of any specific AACSB qualification or evaluation, we have labeled
selected questions according to the six general knowledge and skills areas.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Strategic Management represents far more than just the joint efforts of the four co-authors.
Rather, it is the product of the collaborative input of many people. Some of these individuals
are academic colleagues, others are the outstanding team of professionals at McGraw Hill,
and still others are those who are closest to us—our families. It is time to express our sincere
gratitude.
First, we’d like to acknowledge the dedicated instructors who have graciously provided their
insights since the inception of the text. Their input has been very helpful in both pointing
out errors in the manuscript and suggesting areas that needed further development as
additional topics. We sincerely believe the incorporation of their ideas has been critical to
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—A groove must be plowed the full length of a piece to work it to
advantage. Where a mortise-and-tenon joint is to be made in which
the grooved surface is to become a part, the tenon must be so cut as
to allow its filling the groove. The mortise should be cut before the
groove is plowed. The tenon, after being worked the full width, is
gaged from the face edge to a width equal to the length of the
mortise and worked to that size. Fig. 183.
Fig. 183.
Since the parts of the frame are rabbeted the full length for
convenience, a special joint is necessary at the corners. The
mortises are cut before the rabbets are worked. The tenons are laid
out so that the shoulder on one side shall extend as far beyond the
shoulder on the opposite side as the rabbet is deep. Fig. 185.
Where rabbeting must be worked with a chisel alone, Fig. 186
illustrates the manner of loosening up the wood preparatory to
removing it, when the rabbet extends along the grain of the wood.
Fig. 186.
(1) Mark with a trysquare and saw off the lugs, the parts of the
stiles which project beyond the rails. (2) Plane an edge of the door
until it fits a side of the frame against which it is to be hung. If the
frame is straight, this edge may be planed straight. It is not wise to
take for granted the squareness or straightness of a frame. A test or
series of tests may first be made with square and straight-edge. A
mechanic, however, usually planes an edge until it fits the frame,
testing by holding the door against the frame as near to its position
as its size will allow. (3) Plane the bottom or top edge of the door
until it fits the frame properly when the first planed edge is in
position. (4) Measure the width of the frame at its top and bottom,
Fig. 189, and transfer these dimensions to the top and bottom of the
door, connecting them with a straight edge. When approaching the
line, in planing, place the door against the frame often enough to see
where the allowances must be made for irregularities in the frame.
(5) The length of the frame may next be measured on each side and
these dimensions transferred to the door. Connect them with a
straight edge and plane and fit as was directed in the third step.
A door to work well must not be fitted perfectly tight; it must have a
little “play,” the amount depending upon the size of the door.
The edge of the door which is to swing free is usually planed
slightly lower at the back arris than at the front. An examination of
the movement of an ordinary house door will show the reason for
this.
111. Hinging a Door.—The hinges most commonly used in
cabinet making and carpentry are the kind
known as butts. Where the door stands in a vertical position, hinges
in which the two parts are joined by a loose pin are generally used.
By removing the pins the door may be removed without taking the
screws out of the hinge. Such hinges are more easily applied than
those with the fixed pin.
(1) Place the door in position; keep it tight against the top and the
hinge side of the frame. (2) Measure from top and bottom of the door
to locate the position for the top of the higher hinge and the bottom
of the lower hinge. Usually, the lower hinge is placed somewhat
farther from the bottom than the higher hinge is from the top. (3) With
the knife or chisel mark on both door and frame at the points just
located, Fig. 190. (4) Take out the door, place the hinge as in Fig.
191, and mark along the ends, with a knife. In a similar manner mark
the frame. Make certain that the openings on door and on frame are
laid off so as to correspond before proceeding further. (6) Set the
gage for the depth the hinge is to be sunk and gage both door and
frame. (7) Set another gage for width of openings and gage both
door and frame, keeping the head of the gage against the front of the
door. (8) Chisel out these gains on door and frame. (9) If loose-pin
butts are used, separate the parts and fasten them in place. Use a
brad awl to make openings for the screws. To insure the hinges’
pulling tight against the side of the gain make the holes just a little
nearer the back side of the screw hole of the hinge. Put the door in
place and insert the pins. It is a good mechanic who can make a
door hang properly the first time it is put up. It is better, therefore, to
insert but one or two screws in each part of a hinge until the door
has been tried. (10) If the door hangs away from the frame on the
hinge side, take it off; take off hinge on door or frame, or both if the
crack is large; chisel the gain deeper at its front. By chiseling at the
front only and feathering the cut towards the back, the gain needs to
be cut but about one-half as deep as if the whole hinge were sunk. If
the door should fail to shut because the hinge edge strikes the frame
too soon, the screws of the offending hinge must be loosened and a
piece of heavy paper or cardboard inserted along the entire edge of
the gain. Fasten the screws and cut off the surplus paper with a
knife. If plain butt hinges are used the operations are similar to those
just described except that the whole hinge must be fastened to the
door and the door held in place while fastening the hinges to the
frame.
112. Locks.—Locks which are fastened upon the surface of a
door are called rim locks. Those which are set into
mortises cut in the edge of the door are called mortise locks. Locks
are placed somewhat above the middle of the door for convenience
as well as appearance. Three styles of cabinet locks such as are
used on drawers and small boxes are shown in Fig. 192.
Fig. 192.
Chapter X.
Wood.
Fig. 193.
Fig. 194.
Fig. 195.
Upon examining these rings each will be found to be made up of
two layers; one a light, soft, open, rapid growth formed in the spring,
the other, a dark, hard, close, slow growth formed in the summer.
Fig. 196.
Frequently, the center of the annual rings is not in the center of the
log. Fig. 196. This is due to the action of the sun in attracting more
nourishment to one side than to the other.
Surrounding the sapwood is the bark. The inner part of the bark is
called bast and is of a stringy or fibrous nature. Bark is largely dead
matter formed from bast, Fig. 195. Its function is to protect the living
tissues.
Between the bast and the last ring of the woody tissue is a thin
layer called the cambium. This layer is the living and growing part of
the tree. Its cells multiply by division and form new wood cells on the
inside and new bast cells on the outside.
Heartwood is dead so far as any change in its cells is concerned.
Its purpose is merely to stiffen and support the weight of the tree.
Sapwood, on the other hand, has many active cells which assist in
the life processes of the tree, tho only in the outer layer of cells, the
cambium, does the actual growing or increasing process take place.
Again examining the end of the log, we shall find bright lines
radiating from the center. They are composed of the same substance
as the pith or medulla and are called pith or medullary rays. These
rays are present in all trees which grow by adding ring upon ring but
in some they are hardly visible. The purpose of these horizontal cells
is to bind the vertical cells together and to assist in distributing and
storing up plant food.
Fig. 197.
Since the cells of the pith or medullary rays extend at right angles
to the main body, Fig. 200, their smaller shrinkage along the radius
of the log opposes the shrinkage of the longitudinal fibers. This is
one reason why a log shrinks more circumferentially, that is along
the rings, than it does radially or along the radii. A second cause lies
in the fact that greatly shrinking bands of summer wood are
interrupted, along the radii, by as many bands of slower shrinking
spring wood, while they are continuous along the rings.
Fig. 201.