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Strategic Thinking for Turbulent Times

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  1. M. S. S. Namaki
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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • M. S. S. el Namaki
      Pages 1-9

  3. The Driving Forces of Strategic Thinking Today

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Fundamental Shifts in the Foundations of Strategic Behavior

      1. The Forces
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        Pages 15-25

    3. Capital Markets

      1. How Capital Markets Have Changed Competitive Behavior
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        Pages 29-34
      2. Structured Finance Debacle and Corporate Finance
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        Pages 35-41
      3. The Damage to Investment Capital Markets Today
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        Pages 42-51
      4. Credit Rating and Corporate Finance
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        Pages 52-59
      5. The Cultural Roots of the Credit Crisis
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        Pages 60-64

    4. The Corporation

      1. Shifting Foundations
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        Pages 67-71
      2. Technology and Disruptive Innovations
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        Pages 72-76
      3. Concentrative Dominance
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        Pages 77-80
      4. Competitive Distrust
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        Pages 81-85

    5. The China Factor

      1. China’s Economic Growth: Past and Future
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        Pages 89-93
      2. China’s Approach to Economic Policies
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        Pages 94-98
      3. China’s Capital Market Dilemma
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        Pages 99-105

  4. How Will Companies Strategize Tomorrow?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. How do Companies Strategize Today?

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      Pages 109-117

    3. In Search of a New Paradigm for Strategic Thinking

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      Pages 118-137

    4. Concentration: The Dominant Strategic Behavior of the Coming Decade

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      Pages 138-150
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Strategic Thinking for Turbulent Times is a conceptual and operational guide to the process of business strategy formulation within a turbulence driven economic and business environment. This book features pioneering work on the process of strategic thinking after the dramatic shift in the fundamental premises of strategic management.

About the author

Professor Dr M.S.S. El Namaki is Dean of the Victoria University of Switzerland. He has developed and introduced management degree programs (MBA, EMBA, DBA and PhD) at institutions in the Netherlands, China, Egypt, Brazil, Poland, Canada, Kazakhstan, Syria and Indonesia. Professor El Namaki has taught globally at such institutions as MSM (Maastricht), Kellog (Chicago), Jiao Tong University (Shanghai), Beijing University (Beijing), AIT (Bangkok), Helsinki School of Economics, Sheffield University (UK) and several others. He assumed executive positions within Philips (Eindhoven), McKinsey (London and Dar es Salaam) and Time Inc. (Amsterdam). He has consulted and delivered executive seminars on a wide scale and his clients included Fortune 500 companies such as DuPont, Philips and Pepsi as well as landmark national corporations such as China Pacific Insurance Corporation CPIC (Shanghai), Eastern Tobacco (Egypt) and Abraaj (United Arab Emirates). He has published 6 books and more than 100 articles. He teaches and consults on strategic thinking, entrepreneurship and international business.

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