Economics of Strategy ^{2nd Ed.}

Sound strategic management is dependent on a set of business principles that apply to all sectors of the economy. Besanko, Dranove, and Shanley's highly acclaimed Economics of Strategy,, gives you grounding in those fundamental strategic concepts that will serve you throughout your career, in any economic circumstance.

This book focuses on the economic principles that form the building blocks of strategy and details the tools you'll need to perform comprehensive analysis of a firm's economic strategy.

• Introduction: Strategy and Economy
• Primer: Economic Concepts for Strategy
• Part One: Firm Boundaries
1. The Evolution of the Modern Firm
2. The Horizontal Boundaries of the Firm: Economics of Scale and Scope
3. The Vertical Boundaries of the Firm
4. The Transactions Costs of Market Exchange
5. Organizing Vertical Boundaries; Vertical Integration and Its Alternatives
6. Diversification
• Part Two: Market and Competitive Analysis
7. Competitors and Competition
8. Strategic Commitment
9. The Dynamics of Pricing Rivalry
10. Entry and Exit
11. Industry Analysis
• Part Three; Strategic Position and Dynamics
12. Strategic Positioning for Competitive Advantage
13. Sustaining Competitive Advantage
14. The Origins of Competitive Advantage: Innovation, Evolution, and Environment
• Part Four: Internal Organization
15. Incentives and Agency
16. Strategy and Structure
17. Power and Culture
18. Strategy and the General Manager

The first book I found that really joins strategy with finance. Interesting, but hard to digest.