Accounting

, 11, 75–76

Acropolis

, 35

Administrative unit

, 74–75

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

, 109

Agricultural society

, 33

Algorithmic trading

, 105

Alienation

, 202

Amazon

, 59, 86, 138

American Bar Association

, 82

Apple Corporation

, 19, 157

Art Castings of Colorado

, 136–137

Augmented reality (AR)

, 116

Automobiles

, 113–114

Autonomous cars

, 114

Bartell Theater

, 127–128

Benchmarking

, 161–163

Bhagavad Gita

, 26

Big data

, 85

Bluegrass Community Hospital

, 132–134

Boomers

, 106

Brainstorming

, 152, 153–154

Brand loyalty

, 87

Breakeven analysis

, 167

Bruce Company

, 144–145

Buddha

, 26

Bureaucracies

, 177–178

Business financial transactions

, 18–19

Business Roundtable

, 196

Business strategy

, 5–6, 18–21, 45–46

Careers

, 161

Cheramy Story Arts and Marketing

, 127

Christian God

, 26

Christianity

, 26

Clasen’s European Bakery

, 145–146

Clayton Act

, 82

Clouds

, 21

Collaboration

, 62–63

Competition

, 16

Competitor Encounter Tracking Device

, 159

Competitor profiling

, 158–161

Concept testing

, 199

Conflicted organizations

, 178–179

Constitution

, 28, 81, 83

Consumer buying power

, 87

Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

, 113

Consumer reaction

, 199

Content analysis

, 152

Continuous learning

, 161

Corporate purposes

, 196–199

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

, 19

Corporate strategies

, 58, 59

Corporate wellness programs

, 107

Cost–benefit analysis

, 168–169

Cost-effectiveness analysis

, 168–169

Countering resistance

, 200–202

Crazy Lenny’s E-Bikes

, 137–138

Decision-making

, 17, 50, 54, 67

Decision tree analysis

, 169–172

Defense Department

, 39

Demographics

, 53, 106, 164

Descendants

, 32

Different businesses

automobiles

, 113–114

data processing

, 118

durable manufacturing

, 112–113

federal government

, 117–118

health and social care

, 107–109

information

, 118

law

, 118

learning

, 97–98

leasing

, 98–101

media and entertainment

, 118–120

finance and insurance

, 104–107

nondurable goods

, 114–115

product vs. process

, 96

real estate

, 98–101

renting

, 98–101

retail trade

, 115–117

services vs. products

, 95–96

social care issues

, 110–111

social issues

, 111–112

state and local government

, 103–104

telephone

, 118

wholesale trade

, 115

The Divine Comedy

, 30

Durable manufacturing

, 112–113

E-bikes

, 137–138

Economic Espionage Act of 1996

, 82

Educational planning

, 77

Electric cars

, 114

Equifax Corporation

, 82

Esker Inc.

, 134–135

Ethical issues

, 194–196

Expert panel/consulting firms

, 152–153

Facebook

, 68, 152

Federal government

, 117–118

Finance

, 104–107

Financial compensation

, 206

Financial management

, 75–76

Freedman customers

, 125

Gambling

, 7

General Motors (GM)

, 37

Generational theory

, 77

Gialamas Company

, 146–147

Gilson Inc.

, 128–130

Globalism

, 75

Google

, 59, 68, 119

Government factors

, 16

Government policy

, 52

The Grapes of Wrath

, 31

The Great Wall of China

, 35

Greek architecture

, 29

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

, 97, 104, 115

Harness, Freedman

, 124–125

Harness technology

, 110

Health and social care

, 107–109

Health insurance

, 107

Hewlett-Packard (HP)

, 56

Hindus

, 26

Household income

, 110

Human evolution

, 34–35

Human resource management

, 76–78

Income inequity

, 105

Individual strategizing

, 57–58, 60–61

Industrial Revolution

, 35

Industrial society

, 33

Industry convergence

, 87

Industry opportunity assessment

, 163–164

Information and technology

, 78–79

Insurance companies

, 105

International operations

, 79–80

Invention

, 28

Investor Relations

, 160

Investors

, 160

Invisible force majeure

, 183–184

Isthmus Engineering and Manufacturing Cooperative

, 130–131

Jaguar Land Rover

, 19

Jewish religion

, 26

Job Opportunities

, 161

Journaling

, 154–156

Knowledge-based power

, 184–185

LaFleur Stables

, 142–143

Leadership

, 156

Leasing

, 98–102

Legal and government relations

, 80–84

Long-range business planning

, 36–41

Madison Riding Academy

, 142–143

Managing strategizing

, 193–210

Marketing

brand loyalty

, 87

consumer buying power

, 87

consumer participation and resistance

, 87

deregulation

, 86–87

function

, 84

industry convergence

, 87

new product development

, 87

privatization

, 87

research

, 84

traditional segmentation

, 85

Market liquidity

, 105

McKinsey & Company

, 106

Medium-term planning

, 36

Merit pay

, 206

Microfinance

, 105

Microsoft

, 61

Miller’s grocery

, 138–139

Mobility

, 15

Moore’s Law

, 79

Morey Airplane Company

, 126

New product development process

, 199–200

Nondurable goods

, 114–115

Northern industrialism

, 81

Office Centre Plus

, 143–144

Organic light emitting diode (OLED)

, 113

Organizational communication

, 74

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

, 111

Organization structure

, 208–210

Organized society

, 51–54

Personality-based power

, 184

PEST analysis

, 78

Pied Piper

, 27

Planning programming budgeting systems (PPBSs)

, 46

PlayStar Inc.

, 139–140

Political-based power

, 186

Political-based systems

, 190

Political factors

, 16

Porsche

, 19

Post-collegiate professional training

, 77

Post-secondary vocational education

, 77

Power

consequences

, 188–189

dimension

, 189–191

frequency

, 188–189

positive/negative effects

, 188–189

types

, 187–188

Preparedness

, 53, 54

Pricing

, 76

Privatization

, 87

Process-based power

, 185

Process-based systems

, 190

Production and operations management

, 88–91

Product/market matrix

, 156–157

Profitability

, 134

Prototyping

, 199

Public pensions

, 104

QR codes

, 116

Quantified Communications

, 126–127

Quantitative tools

breakeven analysis

, 167

cost–benefit

, 168–169

cost-effectiveness analysis

, 168–169

decision tree analysis

, 169–172

return on investment (ROI)

, 166

sensitivity analysis

, 167–168

Rail transportation

, 35

Real estate

, 98–101

strategy considerations

, 101–102

Recession

, 104

Religion

, 7, 27

Renting

, 98–102

Research and development (R&D)

, 60, 66

Resource-based power

, 185

Retail trade

, 115–117

Return on investment (ROI)

, 166

Reward power

, 183

Risk

, 49, 50, 176

Roman Colosseum

, 35

Roman sculpture

, 29

Rural electrification

, 33

Saddlery

, 124–125

Scanlon Plan

, 207

Scenario building

, 81, 164–166

Schools

, 45–46

Securities and Exchange Commission

, 82

Self-driving cars

, 113

Senior Core of Retired Executives

, 153

Seniority-based power

, 186–187

Seniority-based systems

, 190

Sensitivity analysis

, 167–168

Sherman Anti-Trust Law

, 82

Shoe Box

, 131–132

Short-term planning

, 36

Skills-based power

, 185–186

Skills-based systems

, 190

Social care issues

, 110–111

Social issues

, 111–112

Social power

, 184–187

Southern agriculturalism

, 81

Stakeholders

, 16

State and local government

, 103–104

Strategic benchmarking

, 161–163

Strategic management

, 42–43

Strategic planning

, 41–43

Strategic thinking

, 8–9

Strategizing

, 1

academic definitions

, 3

characteristics

, 17–18

collaboration

, 62–63

definitions

, 2–3

different businesses

, 95–120

framework

, 14–16

framing feasibility

, 61–62

human evolution

, 34–35

importance

, 9–10

impulse

, 36

islands

, 62

limits

, 173–191

management and psychological aspects

, 31–32

opportunities

, 173–191

organizing

, 202–208

origin

, 25–30

other fields

, 7–8

perspectives

, 12–14

power

, 173–191

preconditions

, 56–57

problems

, 65–69

process

, 55

questions

, 18

roots and persistence

, 33

sources

, 58–60

special issues

, 91

vs. tactics

, 10–11

theorists

, 34

tools

, 151–172

Structured interviews

, 157–158

Summit Credit Union

, 140–142

Supreme Court

, 83

SWOT analysis

, 13, 135, 159, 174

Tactics

, 10–11

TDS Telecom

, 102

Technology

, 79

Tesla

, 19

Test marketing

, 199

Tools

, 43–46

brainstorming

, 153–154

competitor profiling

, 158–161

content analysis

, 152

expert panel/consulting firms

, 152–153

industry opportunity assessment

, 163–164

journaling

, 154–156

product/market matrix

, 156–157

scenario building

, 164–166

strategic benchmarking

, 161–163

structured interviews

, 157–158

Transitioning

, 16–17

Transportation

, 35

Valuable, Innovative, Rare and Organized (VIRO)

, 47

Value Chain analysis

, 13

Vehicle manufacturers

, 19

Vision-based power

, 186

Vision-based system

, 190

Wholesale trade

, 115

World Economic Forum

, 105

World War II

, 36, 37

Zone of acceptance

, 195