E-Book weekly essential reading

Dear students,
The essential e-book reading for each week is provided below. Kindly note that there is more
than one core book for this module, as this is a module based on three interrelated but
distinguished areas: strategy, operations and partnerships.

For Weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4

There are two core e-books:
1) Jeyarathmm, M. (2007) Strategic Management. Mumbai: Global Media.

Week 1: Chapters 1, 9, 10 and 17

Week 2: Chapters 4, 8 and 15
Week 3: Chapters 4, 5 and 6
Week 4: Chapter 12
2) Rothauer, D. (2018) Vision & strategy: Strategic thinking for creative and social
entrepreneurs. Basel: Birkhäuser.
Week 1: Chapter 1
Week 2: Chapter 1 and 4
Week 3: Chapter 3

For Week 2 please also read the below journal article:

Investopedia stock analysis - valueclick: Understanding porter's 5 forces vs. PESTLE

analysis (2019). Chatham: Newstex. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/blogs,-
podcasts,-websites/investopedia-stock-analysis-valueclick/docview/2187712205/se 2?
accountid=188730

For Week 3 please also read the below journal article:

Echchakoui, S. (2018). An analytical model that links customer-perceived value and
competitive strategies. Journal of Marketing Analytics, 6(4), 138-149.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41270-018-0043-9
For Week 4 please also read the below journal article:

Wurthmann, K. (2019). The essential mix: Six tools for strategy-making in the next
decade. The Journal of Business Strategy, 40(2), 22-33. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JBS-
09-2018-0147

For Weeks 5 and 7

Please read the below book:

Blanchard, David. Supply Chain Management Best Practices: Best Practices, John Wiley &
Sons, Incorporated, 2010. ProQuest Ebook Central,
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/UNICAF/detail.action?docID=514332.

For Week 8
Please read the below book:

Sahay, A. (2017). Managing and Improving Quality: Integrating Quality, Statistical Methods
and Process Control. Business Expert Press: New York. Available from: ProQuest Ebook
Central

For Weeks 9 and 10

Please read the below book:

Gaughan, P.A. (2015), Mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings. New Jersey:
John Wiley & Sons

All the above core books and journal papers are available through ProQuest.