Hitt SM6e Supplements

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Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, 6e
by Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, Robert E. Hoskisson

Instructor Resources

Case Notes
ISBN: 0-324-20381-0
Prepared by Charles M. Byles, Virginia Commonwealth University, Timothy R. Mayes, Metropolitian State College of Denver, Jude Rathburn, University of Wisconsin, Craig Van Sandt, Augustina College; Timothy R. Mayes, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Jude Rathburn, University of Wisconsin; Craig VanSandt, Augustina College
All new case notes provide details about the cases found in the last part of the text following the framework supported by Hitt/Ireland/Hoskisson for preparing an effective case analysis. The case notes for the 6th edition have been written in even greater detail compared to previous editions and have been compiled by four respected case notes writers who have followed specific guidelines to ensure consistency. Questions and answers have been added throughout the case notes to facilitate their usefulness in the classroom. An additional improvement includes adding complete financial analysis for approximately 20 of the 35 cases. Spreadsheets for those financial analysis are available for instructors on our product support website and are packaged with the text for use by students.

IRCD
ISBN: 0-324-20387-X
Key ancillaries (Instructor's Resource Manual, Instructor's Case Notes, Test Bank, ExamView, PowerPoint®, Case Analysis Spreadsheets and Video Guide (integrates cases, text content, and videos) are provided on CD-ROM, giving instructors the ultimate tool for customizing lectures and presentations.

Instructor's Manual with Video Guide and Transparency Masters
ISBN: 0-324-20382-9
Prepared by Leslie E. Palich, Baylor University
The Instructor's Resource Manual, organized around each chapter's knowledge objectives, includes ideas about how to approach each chapter and how to reinforce essential principles with extra examples. The support product includes lecture outlines, detailed answers to end-of-chapter review questions, instructions for using each chapter's experiential exercise, guides to all available videos, and additional assignments.

Test Bank
ISBN: 0-324-20383-7
Prepared by Janelle Dozier
Thoroughly revised and enhanced, test bank questions are linked to each chapter's knowledge objectives and are ranked by difficulty and question type. We have increased the number of application questions throughout and we have also retained scenario-based questions as a means of adding in-depth problem solving questions to exams (these were new to the last edition). The test bank material is also available in computerized ExamView™ format for creating custom tests in both Windows and Macintosh formats.

ExamView^(tm)
ISBN: 0-324-23621-2
Computerized testing software contains all of the questions in the printed test bank. This program is an easy-to-use test creation software compatible with Microsoft Windows. Instructors can add or edit questions, instructions, and answers, and select questions by previewing them on the screen, selecting them randomly, or selecting them by number. Instructors can also create and administer quizzes online, whether over the Internet, a local area network (LAN), or a wide area network (WAN).

Transparency Acetates
ISBN: 0-324-20384-5
Key figures from the main text have been re-created as colorful and attractive overhead transparencies for classroom use.

PowerPoint Lecture Slides
Prepared by Dennis Middlemist, Colorado State University
An all-new PowerPoint presentation, created for this edition, provides configurations both for lecture-based teaching formats and for discussion-based teaching formats. These slides are for Instructors only, and available for downloads on the product support web site.

PowerPoint Discussion Slides
Prepared by Dennis Middlemist, Colorado State University
An all-new PowerPoint presentation, created for this edition, provides configurations both for lecture-based teaching formats and for discussion-based teaching formats. These slides are for Instructors only, and available for downloads on the product support web site.

WebTutor on WebCT
ISBN: 0-324-15093-8
WebTutor is an interactive, web-based, student supplement on WebCT and/or BlackBoard that harnesses the power of the Internet to deliver innovative learning aids that actively engage students. The instructor can incorporate Web Tutor as an integral part of the course, or the students can use it on their own as a study guide. Benefits to students include automatic and immediate feedback from quizzes and exams; interactive, multimedia rich explanation of concepts; on-line exercises that reinforce what they've learned; flashcards that include audio support; and greater interaction and involvement through on-line discussion forums.

WebTutor on Blackboard
ISBN: 0-324-15094-6
WebTutor is an interactive, web-based, student supplement on WebCT and/or BlackBoard that harnesses the power of the Internet to deliver innovative learning aids that actively engage students. The instructor can incorporate Web Tutor as an integral part of the course, or the students can use it on their own as a study guide. Benefits to students include automatic and immediate feedback from quizzes and exams; interactive, multimedia rich explanation of concepts; on-line exercises that reinforce what they've learned; flashcards that include audio support; and greater interaction and involvement through on-line discussion forums.

CNN Video, Management and Strategy
ISBN: 0-324-20389-6
"Management and Strategy" is a 45-minute video of short, video news clips from CNN, capitalizing on the resources of the world's first 24-hour all-news network. The sixth edition features videos that are closely linked with current case and text content, for a truly integrative approach, assuring particular relevance to students of strategic management and a fresh perspective on text content. A resource guide accompanies the video, and further support is offered in the instructor's manual.

Entrpreneurship and Strategy Video
ISBN: 0-324-26131-4
Entrpreneurship and Strategy Video is a 45-minute video based on the remarkable resources of "Small Business School," the series on PBS stations, Worldnet and the Web. The video features seven firms that capitalized on their beginnings and used strategic management to grow market share and create competitive advantage. A resource guide within the instructor's manual describes each segment and provides discussion questions.

Corporate Strategy Video
ISBN: 0-324-20390-X
Corporate Strategy Video is a 45-minute video featuring corporate strategy situations for classroom viewing. An up-and-coming company, Caribou Coffee, is examined from corporate strategy and strategic planning perspectives, strategy and leadership is examined at CVS and organizational structure is studied through Student Advantage. A resource guide within the Instructor's Resource Manual describes each segment and provides discussion questions.

e-Coursepack
e-Coursepack provides current, interesting, and relevant articles are available to supplement each chapter of Strategic Management in an e-Coursepack - the result of a joint effort between the Gale Group, a world leader in e-information publishing for libraries, schools, and businesses, and South-Western. Full-length articles to complement Strategic Management are available 24-hours a day, over the Web, from sources such as Fortune, Across the Board, Management Today, and the Sloan Management Review. Students can also access up-to-date information of key individuals, companies, and textbook cases through predefined searches of Gale databases. For more information, contact your South-Western/Thomson Learning Sales Representative or call Thomson Custom Publishing at 1-800-355-9983.

Infotrac College Edition
The Infotrac College Edition gives students access-anytime, anywhere to an online database of full-text articles from hundreds of scholarly and popular periodicals, including Newsweek and Fortune. Fast and easy search tools help you find just what you're looking for from tens of thousands of articles, updated daily, all at a single site. For more information on InfoTrac, log on to http://www.infotrac-college.com.

Global Corporate Management in the Marketplace: An Online Simulation in Business Strategy
ISBN: 0-324-168-67-5
A team-based simulation in which students craft key market and business decisions in the first year of business and then reassess their strategy into an explicit business plan, culminating in a corporate report. The team's performance evaluated by their venture's profitability, market share in target markets, customer satisfaction in target segments, investments in the future, manufacturing productivity, asset management and the creation of wealth. Students can track their performance against the rest of the teams, fostering a competitive spirit and high standards of performance. Strategic Management in the Marketplace: An Online Simulation in Business Built to accompany Strategic Management, this simulation allows students to determine how to best leverage resources for building a factory, opening sales offices, developing an e-commerce business, and designing brands to be able to sustain a competitive advantage for a start-up business. Their success is determined by the firm's total business performance: financial, market effectiveness, marketing, investment in the future, human capital, asset management, manufacturing productivity, and creation of wealth.

The Global Business Game: A Simulation in Strategic Management and International Business
ISBN: 0-324-16183-2
The CD-ROM based game crosses over all areas of business, with dedicated chapters on marketing, operations management, and accounting/finance. Players must make decisions that affect product quality, shareholder value, profitability, and much more. Its international focus also provides students the option to open new markets in the major economic zones. The game also allows instructors to tailor the complexity and length of the simulation by controlling the number of products, markets, and critical incidents for students. The new edition has enhanced capabilities and up-to-date real business events and is closely integrated with this text.

Management News
Management News provides summaries of the latest management-related news stories, indexed by topic for your convenience. Each Management News summary contains a headline, subject category, key words, three to five paragraph summary of a news article, article source line, and questions to spur further thought.

Student Resources

Student CD-ROM
Prepared by Timothy R. Mayes, Metropolitan State College of Denver
New to this Edition! The Student CD-ROM, prepared by Timothy R. Mayes, packaged with every text, features financial case analysis to accompany over 20 of the total 35 cases presented in the sixth edition. Each case analysis includes interactive spreadsheets so that students are tutored for a better understanding the importance and creation of financial analysis.

Infotrac College Edition
The Infotrac College Edition gives students access-anytime, anywhere to an online database of full-text articles from hundreds of scholarly and popular periodicals, including Newsweek and Fortune. Fast and easy search tools help you find just what you're looking for from tens of thousands of articles, updated daily, all at a single site. For more information on InfoTrac, log on to http://www.infotrac-college.com.

Global Corporate Management in the Marketplace: An Online Simulation in Business Strategy
ISBN: 0-324-16867-5
A team-based simulation in which students craft key market and business decisions in the first year of business and then reassess their strategy into an explicit business plan, culminating in a corporate report. The team's performance evaluated by their venture's profitability, market share in target markets, customer satisfaction in target segments, investments in the future, manufacturing productivity, asset management and the creation of wealth. Students can track their performance against the rest of the teams, fostering a competitive spirit and high standards of performance. Strategic Management in the Marketplace: An Online Simulation in Business Built to accompany Strategic Management, this simulation allows students to determine how to best leverage resources for building a factory, opening sales offices, developing an e-commerce business, and designing brands to be able to sustain a competitive advantage for a start-up business. Their success is determined by the firm's total business performance: financial, market effectiveness, marketing, investment in the future, human capital, asset management, manufacturing productivity, and creation of wealth.

The Global Business Game: A Simulation in Strategic Management and International Business
ISBN: 0-324-16183-2
The CD-ROM based game crosses over all areas of business, with dedicated chapters on marketing, operations management, and accounting/finance. Players must make decisions that affect product quality, shareholder value, profitability, and much more. Its international focus also provides students the option to open new markets in the major economic zones. The game also allows instructors to tailor the complexity and length of the simulation by controlling the number of products, markets, and critical incidents for students. The new edition has enhanced capabilities and up-to-date real business events and is closely integrated with this text.