3.
How can Porter’s generic strategies approach help
to explain Google’s U.S. strategy?
4.
Identify situations in which Google might use tac-
tical, operational, and contingency planning.
ENDNOTES
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Max D. Richards, Setting Strategic Goals and Objectives, 2nd ed.
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Jim Collins, “Turning Goals into Results: The Power of Catalytic
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pp. 71–81.
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“IBM Execs Tout Success of Roadmap, Reiterate 2015 Targets,”
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Kenneth R. Thompson, Wayne A. Hochwarter, and Nicholas J.
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“A Methodical Man,” Forbes, August 11, 1997, pp. 70–72.
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John A. Pearce II and Fred David, “Corporate Mission
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11
For early discussions of strategic management, see Kenneth
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15
Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy (New York: Free Press,
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16
Ian C. MacMillan and Rita Gunther McGrath, “Discovering New
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“Abercrombie Fights Discount Tide,” Wall Street Journal,
December 8, 2008, p. B1.
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“When Service Means Survival,” BusinessWeek, March 2, 2009,
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“Recession Puts Hershey in Sweet Spot,” Wall Street Journal,
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“P&G, Colgate Hit by Consumer Thrift,” Wall Street Journal,
May 1, 2009, pp. B1, B8.
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“It Ain’t the Bellagio …” BusinessWeek, June 20–26, 2011,
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23
Alfred Chandler, Strategy and Structure: Chapters in the History of the
American Industrial Enterprise (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1962);
Richard Rumelt, Strategy, Structure, and Economic Performance
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24
“Mars’s Takeover of Wrigley Creates a Global Powerhouse,” Wall
Street Journal, April 29, 2009, p. 1A.
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