Cost leadership and differentiation strategies are popular research topics within the field of strategy and have been widely discussed‚ in particular since Michael Porter presented his model of generic strategies in 1980. Some rearchers‚ in fact‚ refer to this model as being among the most significant contributions to the strategic management literature. Whether cost leadership and differentiation strategies are mutually exclusive is a far less discussed issue however‚ as evidenced by the relatively
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I. Cost Leadership & Differentiation strategies A/ My perspective on the issue As far as I’m concerned‚ cost leadership and differentiation are the most popular strategies applied in business battlefield. Each has its own pros & cons‚ aims and sticks firmly to companies’ different long-term goals. And here are my brief comparison tables between them : Cost leadership Differentiation Staples Provide customers with standardized products at the lowest prices Provide customers with products having
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Cost leadership Cost leadership strategy has been highly adopted by Apple Inc in its endeavors of ensuring competitiveness and success in the technology industry. The company’s management has been able to draw policies and strategies that are aimed at ensuring that the company is the lowest cost producer and distributor (Roth 2001: 24). By strategizing on cost efficiency‚ the success and sustainability of the company is enhanced. By lowering the cost of production and management‚ Apple Inc has
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aircrafts; hence the switch to AirAsia is low. Furthermore‚ AirAsia places a bulky amount of order from Airbus in order to expand its routes internationally. Therefore‚ the authority of suppliers may weaken as Airbus’s profit may be influenced by Air Asia. Bargaining power of customer-High- Customers are the main factor which influences the industry to either make a loss or profit. Nowadays‚ customers are much more knowledgeable and comparative compared to previous. Thus‚ they are very sensitive
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role of leadership in strategizing: Clegg mentions the difference between the two distinct behaviors for transformational and transactional in leadership. Transformational leadership is charismatic‚ inspirational‚ intellectually stimulating and individually considerate (pg. 223). Transactional leadership‚ on the other hand‚ motives individuals through “contingent-reward exchanges” and active management-by-exception (pg. 223). Transformational Leadership Transformational leadership is a
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Corporate Profile Air Asia X Berhad is a leading long-haul‚ low-cost airline‚ operating primarily in the Asia Pacific region. Based upon our breakthrough business model‚ we believe that we have the lowest unit cost base of any long-haul airline in the world‚ with Cost per Available-Seat Kilometer (CASK) of US¢3.51 and CASK (excluding fuel) of US¢2.40 for the year ended 2015. This enables us to offer fares that are targeted‚ on average‚ to be 30% to 50% lower than Full Service Carriers and to stimulate
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Low-cost Leadership Program The best way for an organization to implement a low cost leadership-training program is to use a variety of approaches; this will maximize organizations efforts to have well trained employees with a focus on long-term development. In the case of a non-profit organization‚ the best way to set up a low-cost-leadership-training program would be to set-up a training committee. The committee would be composed of entry-level managers‚ upper management‚ and executives. This
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Low cost strategy is one of the three generic marketing strategies. Companies use this strategy to offer low price in its products/services by focusing on various points in its value chain activities. In order to be a successful low-cost competitor in a competitive environment‚ companies focus on several issues; which all pass from the ways of margin improvement (in terms of increasing revenue and reducing cost) and asset effectiveness (in the sense of minimizing working capital and maximizing
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Exam cases: Kodak Virgin Australia Post Pre-seen exam information Semester 2 2012 Global Strategy and Leadership © CPA Australia Ltd 2012 Case Scenario 1 Kodak case facts Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) was founded in the late 19th century by amateur photographer George Eastman in Rochester‚ New York. With the slogan ‘you press the button‚ we do the rest‚’ Kodak gave consumers the first simple camera in 1888‚ making a cumbersome and complicated process easy to use and readily
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market Dr agonair operates in Hong Kong is a gateway and hub for travelling among Asia n Countries. People travel on business an d for pleasure. Through government’s suppo rt‚ the sophisticated Hong Ko ng International Airport allows airlines to provide efficient avi ation services for satisfying th e huge volume of passengers and cargos. Hong Kong International Ai rport Description of the market Dragon air operates in The traveling service market in Hong Ko ng is matured and the competition
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