%0 Journal Article %T A Comparative Analysis of Global Strategic Management Approaches in Scope of ¡°Biggest Companies List¡±: ¡¯s Position in Global Business %J Management %@ 2162-8416 %D 2012 %I %R 10.5923/j.mm.20120201.02 %X The ¡°Biggest Companies List-BCL¡±, is announced every year as an indicator of multiple dynamics for global commercial organizations. BCL is used to be consented as an important reference for researchers as it reflects company¡¯s point of view of global strategic management and environment analysis activities. ¡°Strategic environment analysis¡± with an important role in strategy development, evaluates organization¡¯s general and specific environment¡¯s effects but can¡¯t provide enough support to top management for seeing the big picture in global managerial and organizational trends. In this study, the biggest organizations¡¯ strategic management trends are analysed not only with BCL, but also within three new strategic environment concepts, newly originated from navigation literature with a metaphoric approach as ¡°flag¡±, ¡°slot¡± and ¡°scarsa countries/regions¡±. In that respect, it was tried to obtain implications on positioning of Turkish firms acting on the global scale in the global business. %K Strategic Management %K International Management %K Strategic Environment Analysis %K Business %K Big Companies List %K Flag Country %K Slot Country %U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.mm.20120201.02.html