Strategy and Strategic Analysis GEST-S-468 Pr Manuel Hensmans MonUniversitéVirtuelle • Please check regularly! – http://strategy.skynetblogs.be/ – http://uv.ulb.ac.be • Syllabus‚ slides‚ case info‚ e-clip info • Exam info! 2 Overview Course • Introductory Class 1: What is Strategy? (19/09/2011) • Part I: The Strategic Position What is our current strategic context? – Class 2: The Environment (3/10/2011) – Class 3: Strategic Capabilities (10/10/2011) – Class 4: Strategic
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Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 21: 1105–1121 (2000) DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES: WHAT ARE THEY? KATHLEEN M. EISENHARDT* and JEFFREY A. MARTIN Department of Management Science and Engineering‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ California‚ U.S.A. This paper focuses on dynamic capabilities and‚ more generally‚ the resource-based view of the firm. We argue that dynamic capabilities are a set of specific and identifiable processes such as product development‚ strategic decision making‚ and
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INTRODUCTION It is important for every business to clearly understand how resources and capabilities affect firm performance. As Grant (2005) defined‚ resources are the productive assets owned by the firm and capabilities are what the firm can do. In fact‚ companies that have sustainable competitive advances have been developed and exploited based on their internal resources and capabilities. Furthermore‚ they have successfully exploited external environment. In this essay‚ I will explore the
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t ;{ IJJ q U ASSTGNMENT QUESTTONS L What are the chief elements ofApple’s overall competitive strategy? How well do the pieces fit together? Is the strategy evolving? 2. What are the key elements ofApple’s strategy in computers‚ personal media players‚ tablet computers‚ and smartphones? Have its strategies in its core businesses yielded success? Explain. 3. What does a competitive strength assessment reveal about Apple’s computer business‚ as compared to the leaders in the computer industry
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BUSINESS AND M AN AG E MENT ASSIGNMENT FRONT SHEET – MUST BE COMPLETED IN FULL Student Name: Certification: I certify that the whole of this work is the result of my individual effort and that all quotations from books‚ periodicals etc. have been acknowledged. Student Signature: Date: Student Registration Number: Student email address : Programme : BA Business Undergraduate Year/Level : 3/6 Academic Year : 2014/15 Trimester : 1 Module title : Strategic and Operations Management Assignment no. :
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MARKET SITUATION AND SEGMENTATION In the 1980s‚ the mature German beer market experienced declining sales due to the emergence of trendy‚ lifestyle-softdrinks and alcoholic mixed drinks. Especially the small breweries were suffering from this development‚ such as the Bavarian Peter Brauerei. Thus the company had to come up with a new idea in order to keep the business running. In 1985‚ the master brewer Dieter Leipold (see attachment A2) started research on an organically brewed non-alcoholic drink
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Strategic Capabilities 2011 Introduction Strategy is all about planning the next moves‚ making decisions - how and where to move forward from the current position. In the past‚ strategy was associated mainly with the military sector‚ the top chiefs of command were making tactical choices in order to defeat their rivals and achieve victory. In the business sector the purpose of strategy is in principle the same‚ planning and building a road or path that will lead us to where ever it is
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Corp. Soc. Responsib. Environ. Mgmt. 18‚ 285–293 (2011) Published online 6 October 2010 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/csr.251 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: A ‘Dynamic Capabilities’ Perspective Venugopal Ramachandran* Insitute for Financial Management and Research‚ Chennai‚ India ABSTRACT In this paper‚ strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) is defined on the basis of Porter’s theory
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Heineken Case Study MBA650 Business Policy John F. Abstract Heineken is a major competitor in the mass production beer industry. The firm is facing internal and external environment challenges which are affecting its sales and profitability. The corporation is involved in a competitive‚ concentrated‚ and differentiated industry that has allowed major rivals to achieve growth through mergers and acquisitions. The case study addresses the issues that the organization is encountering. The company is
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