November 2007 | hbr.org Ian Whadcock hbr.org | November 2007 | Harvard Business Review 111 Mapping Your Competitive Position the competitive dynamics of the market in ways they hadn’t foreseen. Had the iPhone created a new niche or would it take the Razr2 head-on? How much extra could they charge for the Razr2’s new features? Should Motorola play up the Razr2’s noise-filtering technology‚ which it had patented? The executives couldn’t wait for the results of focus group sessions
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getting their product/idea to “mass produce”‚ controlling debt‚ and handle situations where things in the market began to age out. A “niche” product is a product that is manufactured and marketed for specialized uses and different from other products. Three examples of “niche” products are used cloths‚ bohemian knickknack‚ and found objects. The advantages of a niche company are you have the opportunity to make your work more enjoyable and price. By targeting a specific group you don’t have to have
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Executive Summary Silicon and silicon-based materials can be formulated to deliver unlimited range of uses. Silicon is durable enough for long lasting uses in the construction industry‚ yet can be gentle enough for uses in the healthcare and medical devices. Dow Corning has been pioneers in the development of silicones for commercial uses for the last 80 years‚ founded as a joint venture between Dow Chemical Company and Corning Glass. They became a global leader in manufacturers of silicon-based
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Niche Market Defined According to Phillip Kotler‚ a niche is a narrowly defined customer group. Niche markets primarily consist of market segments within the larger market place who have similar demographic‚ psychographic‚ buying behavior and/or lifestyle characterics. The Fenix Group started with two entrepreneurs‚ Anthony Keung (Chinese) and Masaaki Ogino (Japanese) who shared the same business philosophy‚ which is aiming at niche markets‚ that most times are left untouched or under-served.
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1. Do you think Bharti should enter the outsourcing agreements outlined by Gupta? What do you see as advantages and disadvantages of such agreements? Bharti is proposing outsourcing that would hand over responsibility for the buildup‚ maintenance‚ and servicing their telecom network to Nokia‚ Siemens‚ and Ericsson. They would also outsource the buildup‚ maintenance‚ and servicing of their core IT infrastructure to IBM. I definitely believe Bharti should enter the outsourcing agreements outlined
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Magic Quadrant for Integrated Document Archive and Retrieval Systems‚ 2006 Gartner RAS Core Research Note G00140780‚ Kenneth Chin‚ Toby Bell‚ 27 June 2006‚ R1997 06262007 E nterprises are continuing to consolidate their IDARS platforms as a cost-cutting measure that will limit market growth. IDARS vendors with only report management capabilities will struggle and must develop strategies and products to expand into adjacent archiving and content management markets. process. For companies
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Particularly‚ the fields of HR and Business Strategy can take away a lot from it. Some of the areas are – Strategic Planning: Although it is essential part of every organization‚ the hands-on approach of the team coordinators came about to be a major differentiator between teams. Especially in situations where the matches were close ones‚ where the goal-directed approach ensured flexibility in execution of strategies that led to the team with such execution victorious. Cultural Impact: IPL achieved what
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vision and goals that provide high value products to its customers; and above anything else‚ when someone hears about Starbucks‚ it only means high quality gourmet coffee business. One more important thing about the company‚ it has the unique differentiator strategy‚ which means that the company has individualized each outlet based on its location and environment. The company always
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products potential. To accomplish this objective‚ Colgate must determine what segment Precision should target‚ the super premium niche or the broader professional brush market‚ and the marketing mix that would be most effective for that position. Colgate can position Precision as a niche product. Colgate does not have a tooth brush currently positioned in the super premium niche. Oral B‚ Johnson & Johnson‚ Procter & Gamble and Smithkline Beecham currently compete in this product segment. Due to the
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extinction. Ecological niche is one of the most important concepts to understand. An animal or plant lives in a certain place is active at a particular times‚ and eats certain things; all these factors describe its ecological niche. Our environment is parted into millions of ecological niches‚ each that represents a probable home for life. Taking advantage of new opportunities are what animals and plants will always try to do‚ so they will always try to make a home in an empty niche. To specify‚ only
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