BUSINESS LEVEL STRATEGY Any given organization may comprise a number of different businesses. Each operating in distinct markets and serving different customers. A market is defined by demand conditions and based on an organization’s customers and potential customers. Industry is determined by supply conditions and based on production technology. Business level strategy is a means of separating out and formulating a competitive strategy at the level of individual business unit. This is sometimes
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Business strategy We focus on business strategy because we consider our organisation as a strategic business unit (SBU) which is any business that supplies goods or services to a distinct domain of activity. Porter’s generic competitive strategies A competitive strategy is concerned with how a SBU achieves competitive advantage in its domain of activity. Porter defines 3 possible generic strategies to use as a business. The cost-leadership strategy has for aim to become the lowest-cost organisation
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Competition is at core of success or failure of firm Competitive strategy is "the search for a favorable competitive position in an industry" Competitive strategy aims to establish profitable and sustainable position against forces that determine industry competition 2 central questions underlie choice of competitive strategy: 1. Attractiveness of industry for long-term profitability and factors that determine it 2. Determinants of relative competitive position within an industry Industry attractiveness
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The Strategy of International Business Chapter 12 © McGraw Hill Companies‚ Inc.‚ © McGraw Hill Companies‚ Inc.‚ 12-1 The Firm as a Value Chain Primary Activities: Those activities having to do with creating‚ marketing and delivering the product to customers and providing support and after-sales service. Support Activities: Provide inputs that allow primary activities to occur. An Efficient Infrastructure: helps create value and reduce the cost of creating
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The Strategy of International Business Chapter Outline OPENING CASE: The Evolving Strategy of Coca-Cola INTRODUCTION STRATEGY AND THE FIRM Value Creation Strategic Positioning Operations: The Firm as a Value Chain Organization: The Implementation of Strategy In Sum: Strategic Fit GLOBAL EXPANSION‚ PROFITABILITY‚ AND PROFIT GROWTH Expanding the Market: Leveraging Products and Competencies Location Economies Experience
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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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difference which it can preserve (Porter 1996). It must achieve the lowest costs relative to its competitors or create a unique or superior product for which customers are willing to pay a premium price (Porter‚ 1980) [See Appendix 1.1]. Porter theorized that there are 3 generic strategies; costleadership1‚ differentiation2 and market segmentation3; defined along two dimensions: strategic scope and strategic strength (Porter‚ 1980) [See Appendix 1.2]. A company only be (Porter‚ 1980) and rendered unviable
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Pure‚ hybrid or "stuck-in-the-middle" strategies? A revision and analysis of their effects on firm performance. PERTUSA-ORTEGA‚ E.; CLAVER-CORTÉS‚ E.; MOLINA-AZORÍN‚ J. F EURAM‚ Paris (France)‚ may 2007. Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the viability of hybrid competitive strategies‚ which combine differentiation and cost elements‚ and their impact on organisational performance in comparison to pure strategies and “stuck-in-the-middle” combinations. The analysis carried out
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select and evaluate any three from the following: Yip’s Drivers of Internationalisation‚ Johnson’s Culture Web‚ Porter’s Diamond‚ Bowman’s Strategy Clock‚ Porter’s Generic Strategies and McKinsey’s 7-S Framework. Understanding and using theories that analyse the internal and external environment can prove pivotal for managers. This can dictate their corporate strategy and where they position themselves in the market. The telecommunications market has expanded rapidly over the past decade which has meant
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