* External and Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage In this lecture‚ we focus * Company’s present strategy * Internal strength and weakness and external opportunity and threat * Five generic competitive strategy * Competitive advantage and strategy for Diversification * External and Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage Considerations for Present Strategy: * Cost (low cost?) * Quality (superior quality?) * Customer based (broad or narrow segment) * Product-distribution
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into the animal pharmaceutical market that has augmented sales and profitability to existing product offerings as well as allowing them to utilize excess capacity and leverage their extensive human capital to similar product offerings. Internal Analysis: Two internal strengths have been identified as key to Pfizer success; strong marketing and sales infrastructure and a massive war chest funded through successful product sales. In terms of marketing and sales infrastructure‚ Pfizer is able to reach
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Strategic Audit Project Part II: External and Internal Analysis Paper Medtronic Inc. can easily be compared to le Concorde‚ a turbojet supersonic passenger airliner first flown in 1976. This jet was more than twice as fast as any other airliner ever created‚ flying at speeds of up to 1‚350 mph. The capability to fly at more than twice the speed of a regular airliner equates to twice the flights and premium prices for this astonishing service. The resulting profitability of le Concorde is what
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Internal Analysis RIM‚ one of world leaders in mobile communications market‚ stepped into the telecommunication industry with its pioneered BlackBerry products. The BlackBerry’s wireless platform and line of handhelds provides remarkable functions with fully integrated e-mail‚ browser and organizer applications which today made one of the leaders in wireless mobile communication. RIM’s Successful Strategies With worldwide demand for wireless handheld’s‚ RIM quickly identified the market potentials
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Internal Analysis Tesla motors is able to differentiate itself from its rivals by offering a product that has yet to be matched. No other automotive company has been able to produce a car that is all electric and can travel 250 miles on a single charge. In addition‚ no other company has a network of charge stations allowing Tesla owners to drive across the country if desired. Finally‚ Tesla motors has created a brand of elite cars‚ it has been said that Tesla owners may be more of a cult than that
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SUMMARY Organizations have to face more and more complex and rapidly changing external and internal environmental factors nowadays. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a potential source of innovation today‚ because it implements a number of technical innovations‚ which can not only affect our everyday lives‚ transportation and environment‚ but it can also change manufacturing processes‚ educational systems and market structures. The changing attitude and the new generation being brought up by the
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External and Internal Environments The survival of a corporation requires two elements: the strategic management of both its external and internal environments. The absence of either environment results in limited profitability. Whether a corporation is dealing with the growing concerns of technological changes or Internet privacy‚ external and internal factors will have a significant impact on day-to-day operations. Savvy corporations understand that focusing on creating and implementing a sound
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External and Internal Environmental Analysis Strategic Planning and Implementation STR/581 External and Internal Environmental Analysis Apple Inc. is a computer product company that was launched into the market through the collaborative efforts of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the year of 1976 and is aimed at reaching the diverse global community. The changes in the external environment of the company determine the decisions that the corporation will make. Apple Inc. has reputable
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Internal and External Factors Paper XXXXXXXXXXXX MGT/230 xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx Internal and External Factors Paper The purpose of this paper is to explain how internal and external factors affect the four functions of management in the Wal-Mart Corporation. For any organization to survive‚ irrespective of its size‚ it must develop and implement its own management concept. Management is the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals (Bateman & Snell
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textbooks in use. While superficially appealing‚ their theories lack empirical evidence‚ are riddled with internal inconsistencies‚ and are based upon tenuous assumptions. Specifically‚ their models are built on downward sloping demand curves‚ upward sloping supply curves‚ perfect competition‚ rational consumers‚ benevolent dictators‚ and general equilibrium; there is no dynamic analysis‚ no consideration of disequilibrium‚ and no role of private sector debt” (Kaiser‚ 2011). The policy cross
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