Indicate internal links within the activities‚ if any. Show how the activities of the value chain are linked to company strategy and structure and how these links enhance competitive advantage.(or show the lack of these links and divergence of activities-scope for improvement in value chain.).Explore external links (eg. alignment of activities with vendors that enhances differentiation.) * Conclude-Reflect on overall shift in value chain over time OR difference with competitor’s value chain and how
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COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY EQUITY BANK LIMITED By Chege Bernard K. K. A Management Research Project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA)‚ School of Business‚ University of Nairobi October 2008 ii DECLARATION This project is my original work and has not been submitted for a degree in any other university. Signed: ____________________________________ Chege Bernard K. K. Regn No: D61/P/8500/04 Date: _______________________________________
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Different between Conventional bank and Islamic bank GENERAL DIFFERENCES There are many differences between conventional and Islamic bank. In conventional bank‚ money is a product besides medium of exchange and store value. The design of conventional bank is based on interest. They are charging higher interest rate on capital. The functions and operating modes of conventional banks are based on fully manmade principles. In conventional bank‚ they thought that interest rate give biggest profit
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Strategy Strategy sets the organizations direction and provides the framework that management will use to achieve to goals through strategic‚ tactical and operational planning. When developing a strategy‚ managers answer such questions as "What products should we make?" "What markets should we serve?" What operations should we use?" "How should we compete?" To effectively answer these questions‚ managers consider four elements when they create organizational strategies. STRATEGY LEVELS
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Business Strategy Yeo’s compete directly with one another at what is called the business level of strategic management. Competitors may be individual business units of a larger corporation or they may be stand- alone businesses. Because competition takes place at the business level‚ strategic management here is crucial to the overall success for Yeo’s . Accordingly‚ the concept of competitive advantage is both the focus of the three subsequent on strategy formulation. There is three parts that
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Objectives and Capabilities in Understanding the Relationship between Porter’s Generic Strategies and Business Performance ´ ´ ´ Javier Gonzalez-Benito and Isabel Suarez-Gonzalez ´ Dpto. Administracion y Economı´ a de la Empresa‚ Universidad de Salamanca‚ Campus Miguel de Unamuno‚ Edificio FES‚ 37007 Salamanca‚ Spain Corresponding author email: javiergb@usal.es An appropriate alignment between business strategy‚ manufacturing strategic objectives and manufacturing capabilities reportedly influences
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capital. Chao’s strategy was unlike most others specializing in producing genetic equivalents of hard-to-copy medicines. Chao chose to go after market segments where sales rarely exceeded $10 million and where little drug name recognition existed. His strategy paid off. Watson Pharmaceuticals now has 47 different products available in nearly 100 different dosage strengths on the market. And many of them have no direct competition. Questions: 1. What type of grand strategy(ies) have Chao pursued
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‚‚4(y STRATEGY CLOCK Whereas Michael Porter’s generic approach to competitive advantage gives substantial prominence to low cost‚ Cliff Bowman’s’ Strategy Clock’ looks at generic competitive advantage from a purely market-based perspective (MBV). He argues that competitive advantage is of no value unless it is of value to the customer and that a customer will always have a preference for such products or services over those of competitors. This may seem obvious but managers do sometimes fail to
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Introduction: Thompson ‚ Strickland and Gamble (2005) have differentiated between two strategies based on the type of competition ; Multicountry Strategy ‚ and Global Strategy They disused the suitability of each strategy as stated below: "A multicountry strategy is appropriate for industries where multicountry competition dominates and local responsiveness is essential. A global strategy works best in markets that are globally competitive or beginning to globalize." So‚ for any successful
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international markets. In recent years‚ economic‚ political and social changes have made the global environment more uncertain‚ forcing Coke to reevaluate its strategy‚ structure and culture to maintain a competitive advantage. The following is a dynamic analysis that tracks the evolution of Coke’s strategy from global standardization to a multi-domestic strategy that emphasizes national responsiveness. During Goizueta’s management term‚ Coke is already a large‚ mature company in the formalization stage of
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