Competing for Advantage

Robert Hoskisson, Michael Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, Jeffrey Harrison

Cengage Learning, Aug 20, 2007 - Business & Economics - 448 pages

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About the author

Robert E. Hoskisson is the George R. Brown Emeritus Chair of Strategic Management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California-Irvine. Dr. Hoskisson's research focuses on corporate governance, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate and international diversification and cooperative strategy. He teaches courses in corporate and international strategic management, cooperative strategy and strategy consulting. He has co-authored 26 books, including recent books on business strategic and competitive advantage. Dr. Hoskisson has served on several editorial boards, including the Strategic Management Journal (Associate Editor), Academy of Management Journal (Consulting Editor), Journal of International Business Studies (Consulting Editor), Journal of Management (Associate Editor) and Organization Science. His research has appeared in more than 130 publications, including the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Perspective, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, California Management Review and the Journal of World Business. He is a fellow of the Academy of Management and charter member of the Academy of Management Journal's Hall of Fame. He is also a fellow of the Strategic Management Society and has received awards from the American Society for Competitiveness and the William G. Dyer Alumni Award from the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University. He completed three years of service as Representative-at-Large for the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management. He also served as president and served on the Executive Committee of Board of Directors of the Strategic Management Society.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Competing for Advantage
• Authors: Robert Hoskisson, Michael Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, Jeffrey Harrison
• Edition: 2, revised
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2007
• ISBN: 0324316666, 9780324316667
• Length: 448 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Management; Business & Economics / Strategic Planning; Political Science / Globalization