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438 Part 3: Strategic Actions: Strategy Implementation T. Felin, S. Kauffman, R. Koppl, & G. Longo, 2014, Economic opportun ...

Chapter 13: Strategic Entrepreneurship 439 C. Schlaegel & M. Koenig, 2014, Determinants of entrepreneurial intent: A meta-a ...

440 Part 3: Strategic Actions: Strategy Implementation the technological absorption hypothesis for the Portuguese economy, 1960– ...

Chapter 13: Strategic Entrepreneurship 441 P. T. Gianidodis, J. E. Ettlie, & J. J. Urbana, 2014, Open service innovation in ...

442 Part 3: Strategic Actions: Strategy Implementation 28: 241–260; D. Li, L. Eden, M. A. Hitt, & R. D. Ireland, 2008, Frien ...

CASE STUDIES CASE 1 Kindle Fire: Amazon’s Heated Battle for the Tablet Market CASE 2 American Express: Bank 2.0 CASE 3 BP in Rus ...

C-2 Part 4: Case Studies Case Title Manu­ facturing Service Consumer Goods Food/ Retail High Technology Internet Transportation/ ...

Part 4: Case Studies C-3 Case Title Chapters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Amazon: Kindle Fire • • • American Express • • • • BP ...

C-4 Part 4: Case Studies Preparing an Effective Case Analysis What to Expect from In­Class Case Discussions As you will learn, c ...

Part 4: Case Studies C-5 As noted in Exhibit 1, you must then change the focus from analysis to synthesis. Specifically, you mus ...

C-6 Part 4: Case Studies to have the most significant influence on your focal firm over the next several years (say three to fiv ...

Part 4: Case Studies C-7 Competitor Analysis. Firms also need to analyze each of their primary competitors. This analysis should ...

C-8 Part 4: Case Studies Internal Analysis. Assessing a firm’s strengths and weaknesses through a value chain analysis facilitat ...

Part 4: Case Studies C-9 of implementation actions may show the strategy to be less favorable than you thought originally. A str ...

C-10 Part 4: Case Studies Appendix I (Continued) Sources for Industry and Competitor Analyses Abstracts and Indexes Directory of ...

Part 4: Case Studies C-11 Appendix II Financial Analysis in Case Studies Table A­ 1 Profitability Ratios Ratio Formula What It S ...

C-12 Part 4: Case Studies Table A­ 5 Shareholders’ Return Ratios Ratio Formula What It Shows Dividend yield on common stock An ...

Case 1: Kindle Fire: Amazon’s Heated Battle for the Tablet Market C-13 CASE 1 Kindle Fire: Amazon’s Heated Battle for the Tablet ...

C-14 Part 4: Case Studies Exhibit 1 Amazon Financials Year Ended December 31 2011 2010 2009 NET SALES ($ in millions) North Amer ...

Case 1: Kindle Fire: Amazon’s Heated Battle for the Tablet Market C-15 almost triple in the following three years. Amazon called ...