Strategy and Performance
Published on 14. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
446 pages
978-1-63651-626-4 (ISBN)
Description
Strategy and Performance by Rajan Vardarajan provides a comprehensive exploration of how strategic decisions directly impact organizational performance. In this insightful work, Vardarajan outlines the critical connection between strategic planning and the achievement of business goals, offering a systematic approach for aligning strategies with desired performance outcomes. The book examines how companies can effectively assess and adjust their strategies to optimize performance in competitive and ever-changing markets. By integrating theory with practical examples, Vardarajan emphasizes the importance of a performance-driven strategy and presents frameworks for measuring and improving organizational effectiveness. This book is an essential resource for professionals, academics, and students seeking to understand how to manage strategic initiatives that yield measurable results. Whether you are leading a company, managing a team, or pursuing advanced studies in business, Strategy and Performance provides the insights necessary to drive sustainable growth, enhance business performance, and refine strategic decision-making. This work is a must-read for anyone focused on optimizing business strategy to meet performance targets.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
642 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63651-626-4 (9781636516264)
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Rajan Varadarajan is University Distinguished Professor and Distinguished Professor ofMarketing at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Varadarajan's primary teaching and research interests are in the areas of marketing strategy, innovation, international marketing and environmental sustainability. He has published over 100 - 125 journal articles and book chapters, and has made close to 200 - 250 presentations at major national and international conferences, doctoral and faculty consortia, universities, and other forums on topics such as competitive advantage, corporate diversification and divestitures, e-commerce, global competitive strategy, innovation, market pioneering, multi-market competition, outsourcing, strategic alliances, strategic marketing, strategy typologies and taxonomies, sustainability and inter-dependencies between corporate, business and marketing strategy. He served as editor of the Journal of Marketing from 1993 to 1996 and of the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science from 2000 to 2003. He is a recipient of several honors and awards including the American Marketing Association Paul D. Converse Award for contributions to the field of marketing.