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Strategic Management and Business Policy
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Thomas L. Wheelen • J. David Hunger Alan N. Hoffman • Charles E. Bamford
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FIFTEENTH EDITION GLOBAL EDITION
Alan N. Hoffman Bentley University
Strategic Management
and Business Policy
GLOBALIZATION, INNOVATION, AND SUSTAINABILITY
Thomas L. Wheelen Formerly with University of Virginia, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Charles E. Bamford University of Notre Dame
J. David Hunger Formerly with Iowa State University, St. John’s University
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