Written for business executives and MBA students, Kellogg on Strategy is a practical guide to choosing the right strategy for your business and applying it correctly. Rather than covering the basics of strategy, this expert guide shows you how to use strategy effectively so your business can succeed. You'll learn to analyze your current competitive position, develop the perfect strategy to match your goals, and apply that strategy thoughtfully and effectively. Inside, you'll find expert guidance on: * Measuring your firm's competitive advantage * Analyzing opportunities and threats in your industry * Responding to a competitor's strategy and pricing * Coping with entry into new markets * Positioning your firm against the competition * Developing a sustainable, long-term competitive advantage * And much more

Written for business executives and MBA students, Kellogg on Strategy is a practical guide to choosing the right strategy for your business and applying it correctly. Rather than covering the basics of strategy, this expert guide shows you how to use strategy effectively so your business can succeed. You'll learn to analyze your current competitive position, develop the perfect strategy to match your goals, and apply that strategy thoughtfully and effectively.· Getting Ready to Do Strategy· B Minus C: Positioning Your Firm against the Competition· Affirming Your Competitive Advantage: The Resources and Capabilities Audit· Measuring Your Competitive Advantage: A Toolkit· The Cancer of Competition: How to Diagnose It· The Cancer of Competition: How to Cure It· The Threat of Entry and How to Combat It· How to Sustain Your Competitive Advantage· Two Examples of Strategy in Action: Southwest Airlines and the Chicago Hospital Market

The Foreword by renowned marketing guru Philip Kotler sets the stage for a comprehensive review of the latest strategies for building, leveraging, and rejuvenating brands. Destined to become a marketing classic, Kellogg on Branding includes chapters written by respected Kellogg marketing professors and managers of successful companies. It includes: The latest thinking on key branding concepts, including brand positioning and design Strategies for launching new brands, leveraging existing brands, and managing a brand portfolio Techniques for building a brand-centered organization Insights from senior managers who have fought branding battles and won This is the first book on branding from the faculty of the Kellogg School, the respected resource for dynamic marketing information for today's ever-changing and challenging environment. Kellogg is the brand that executives and marketing managers trust for definitive information on proven approaches for solving marketing dilemmas and seizing marketing opportunities.

In Kellogg on Advertising and Media, members of the world's leading marketing faculty explain the revolutionized world of advertising. The star faculty of the Kellogg School of Management reveal the biggest challenges facing marketers today- including the loss of mass audiences, the decline of broadcast television advertising, and the role of online advertising- and show you how to advertise successfully in this new reality. Based on the latest research and case studies, this book shows you how to find and engage audiences in a chaotic media climate.

Praise for Kellogg on Marketing "The Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University has always been at the forefront of cutting-edge marketing. What a treasure to find such a complete anthology of today's best strategic marketers all in one place. Kellogg on Marketing provides a unique combination of new and proven marketing theories that the reader can translate into business success." —Betsy D. Holden, President and CEO, Kraft Foods "Kellogg on Marketing presents a comprehensive look at marketing today, combining well-founded theory with relevant, contemporary examples in the marketplace. This should be mandatory reading for all students of marketing." —Robert S. Morrison, Chairman, President and CEO, The Quaker Oats Company "The Who's Who write on the what's what of marketing. Now, these preeminent marketing doctors are making house calls. Enjoy." —Robert A. Eckert, Chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc. "This volume is a fascinating collection of perspectives on what it takes to dominate a marketspace in the New Economy. . . . A clear demonstration of why Kellogg is Kellogg-one of the thought leaders in the discipline of marketing." —Mel Bergstein, Chairman and CEO, Diamond Technology Partners "New economy cases make this text appeal to old economy strategists. We shouldn't be suprised with the quality of this work, given its origin in the Kellogg School." —Ronald W. Dollens, President, Guidant Corporation

How to close the gap between strategy and execution Two-thirds of executives say their organizations don’t have the capabilities to support their strategy. In Strategy That Works, Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi explain why. They identify conventional business practices that unintentionally create a gap between strategy and execution. And they show how some of the best companies in the world consistently leap ahead of their competitors. Based on new research, the authors reveal five practices for connecting strategy and execution used by highly successful enterprises such as IKEA, Natura, Danaher, Haier, and Lego. These companies: • Commit to what they do best instead of chasing multiple opportunities • Build their own unique winning capabilities instead of copying others • Put their culture to work instead of struggling to change it • Invest where it matters instead of going lean across the board • Shape the future instead of reacting to it Packed with tools you can use for building these five practices into your organization and supported by in-depth profiles of companies that are known for making their strategy work, this is your guide for reconnecting strategy to execution.