Strategic Management focuses on understanding how organizations might achieve advantage relative to competitors. Ultimately, it is concerned with firm decisions that cut across functional, product, and geographic boundaries. It views firms as competing for resources with rivals across an economic landscape. Key issues include the firm's pursuit of competitive advantage through analysis of its capabilities and the competitive environment in which it operates, as well as through the effective development and implementation of strategy. Our research, course development and teaching draws on multiple disciplines, including economics, sociology, and political science. Our goal is to generate findings and develop concepts that help managers or entrepreneurs improve strategic decisions and to convey these findings to students and practitioners.