Chapter 1- What is strategy? Strategy- how to do better than your rivals What is the present situation? Where do we want to go? How will we get there? Strategy- doing things differently from rivals- competitive advantage Effectiveness & Efficiency Doing things differently than others either differently providing value Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Efficiently- “don’t care about value- but do it more efficiently Google focusing more on efficiency Sustainable Competitive advantage
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Hedging Strategies using Futures Introduction to Hedging Hedging refers to reducing risk. Let us take a simple example to understand hedging. A farmer expects to produce ‘X’ quantity of a commodity by the end of the cropping season say‚ October. He has to invest a certain amount of money today from his savings or maybe take a loan in expectation of returns he will get in October. But‚ he cannot accurately predict the prices he will get for his produce. A dip in prices could result in a loss. To deal
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1) Explain why strategic management has become crucial in today’s dynamic health care environment. Changes – “Only constant is change” Technological – internet and online banking Social/Cultural – “On Demand” consumer preferences‚ desire for 24 hr service Demographic – Preferences/needs of Baby Boomers vs Generation “Y” Political/Regulatory – Security‚ privacy of financial data Economic – Housing boom‚ housing bust‚ mortgage debacle Competitive – Online-only banks‚ consolidation Customer
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NINTENDO Target Consumer Groups and Unique Sellin Proposition Abstract The paper gives some information about positioning that one of the main elements of Marketing Mix and SWOT analysis of Nintendo Wii and it’s main competitors Sony’ Play Station 3 and Macintosh’s Xbox 360. The paper describes Nintendo Wii’s three main personas‚ represents them on a positioning map and adds competitors on it. The paper discusses how being the first to launch a radically different console gave the company its competitive
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The Strategy Concept I: Five Ps for Strategy* Human nature insists on a definition for every concept. The field of strategic management cannot afford to rely on a single definition of strategy‚ indeed the word has long been used implicitly in different ways even if it has traditionally been defined formally in only one. Explicit recognition of multiple definitions can help practitioners and researchers alike to maneuver through this difficult field. Accordingly‚ this article presents five definitions
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Corporate-level strategy is focused mainly on the decisions over the scope of the firm ’s activities‚ mainly: product scope‚ geographical scope‚ and vertical scope. One of the myths of corporate-level strategy is that strategy formulation can be separated from implementationthat strategy is constructed first‚ then the appropriate management and organizational structure is selected afterwards. Unfortunately‚ this will result in a poorly designed strategy since it does not take into account the
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Assignment 1 - Last date for submission November 7th 2010 Any two should be completed and submitted individually. MGM 713 C A S E 2 ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 1. What is Costco’s business model? Is the company’s business model appealing? Why or why not? 2. What are the chief elements of Costco’s strategy? How good is the strategy? 3. Do you think Jim Sinegal is an effective CEO? What grades would you give him in leading the process of crafting and executing Costco’s strategy? What support can
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3 STRATEGY In this section‚ we separate strategy into two components: the content of the strategy and the process of developing the strategy. The content describes how an organization will achieve its vision or strategic intent‚ i.e. it is a blueprint for winning. As such there is no one best strategy. A firm’s strategy ties together the different functional areas of the organization (e.g. marketing and finance) so that there is a consistency in action over time. It also drives implementation
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In chapter 6 you learned about the 5 core operational strategies (preventive patrol‚ routine incident response‚ emergency response‚ criminal investigation‚ problem solving) and 1 ancillary operational strategy (support services) that are employed by law enforcement agencies to fight and reduce crime. This week you are required to create a PowerPoint presentation that meets the following criteria: 1. Summarize the five core operational strategies and the one ancillary operational strategy of
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PORTER’S GENERIC COMPETITIVE STRATEGY Automobile Sector MARUTHI: Low Cost Product – Differentiated service Product Pricing: Maruthi build high walls of safety against competition by its very competitive pricing i.e. pricing as low as possible for the particular product. Maruthi has also been a company that has strived for sustainable development with their “three R” framework standing for “reduce‚ recycle‚ reuse” in its plants‚ so that there is a minimal stress on resources emphasizing on low
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