Competitive Strategy
Competitive
Strategy
Professor Neil Kay
CS-A3-engb 1/2011 (1008)
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Competitive Strategy
Neil Kay, BA, PhD, FRSA is Professor of Business Economics at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. He is the author of the elective Competitive Strategy as well as numerous articles and five books on corporate strategy and industrial economics. The books have sold worldwide,
Strategy
Professor Neil Kay
CS-A3-engb 1/2011 (1008)
This course text is part of the learning content for this Edinburgh Business School course.
In addition to this printed course text, you should also have access to the course website in this subject, which will provide you with more learning content, the Profiler software and past examination questions and answers.
The content of this course text is updated from time to time, and all changes are reflected in the version of the text that appears on the accompanying website at http://coursewebsites.ebsglobal.net/.
Most updates are minor, and examination questions will avoid any new or significantly altered material for two years following publication of the relevant material on the website.
You can check the version of the course text via the version release number to be found on the front page of the text, and compare this to the version number of the latest PDF version of the text on the website.
If you are studying this course as part of a tutored programme, you should contact your Centre for further information on any changes. Full terms and conditions that apply to students on any of the Edinburgh Business School courses are available on the website www.ebsglobal.net, and should have been notified to you either by Edinburgh Business School or by the centre or regional partner through whom you purchased your course. If this is not the case, please contact Edinburgh Business School at the address below:
Edinburgh Business School
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh
EH14 4AS
United Kingdom
Tel + 44 (0) 131 451 3090
Fax + 44 (0) 131 451 3002
Email enquiries@ebs.hw.ac.uk
Website www.ebsglobal.net
Competitive Strategy
Neil Kay, BA, PhD, FRSA is Professor of Business Economics at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. He is the author of the elective Competitive Strategy as well as numerous articles and five books on corporate strategy and industrial economics. The books have sold worldwide,
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