Competing on resources: Strategy in the 1990’s‚ Collis & Montgomery (1995) Harvard Business Review Managers complain that strategic planning is too slow to keep up with changes in global competition and technology. Resource Based View (RBV) combines the internal analysis and external analysis of the industry and the competitive environment. Therefore‚ RBV builds on‚ but does not replace‚ the two approaches to strategy. RBV sees companies as very different collections of physical and intangible
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resources and capabilities that McDonalds has been relying upon for its recent turnaround? After longstanding growth within the fast food industry‚ McDonald’s began to experience a decline in their annual earnings in the late 90’s. Prior to the decline‚ McDonald’s was a segment leader within the fast food industry and was widely recognized for its outstanding service and quality. Once known as the benchmark company by industry insiders‚ McDonald’s began to lose sight of their strategic vision‚ which
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Contextual environment scenario dimensions As explained earlier the transactional and contextual environment can both have great influence on any company‚ so also on Compass Procurement. This chapter will focus to get a better view on scenario dimensions of the contextual environment. In the case of Compass Procurement these are primarily economical and demographic dimensions. It is highly recommended for Compass Procurement to dispatch these dimensions‚ to adjust or anticipate in time if any
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charge will by implied for the provision of the services. Furthermore the services must be of a satisfactory quality and fit for the purpose for which they were intended http://www.gillhams.com/articles/142.cfm 2 The Sale of Goods Act (Ont. s. 2; U. K. s. 62)
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International Journal of Operations & Production Management A service positioning matrix David A. Collier Susan M. Meyer Article information: To cite this document: David A. Collier Susan M. Meyer‚ (1998)‚"A service positioning matrix"‚ International Journal of Operations & Production Management‚ Vol. 18 Iss 12 pp. 1223 - 1244 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01443579810236647 Downloaded on: 09 February 2015‚ At: 04:39 (PT) References: this document contains references
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PMRS Imprints Archives Publishing Date: March 1999. © 1999. All rights reserved. Copyright rests with the author. No part of this article may be reproduced without written permission from the author. Brand awareness and brand image Chuck Chakrapani Building brand equity To build brand equity‚ we need to start with the building blocks of brand equity. They include brand awareness‚ and brand image or the associations that a brand evokes. Brand awareness Brand awareness has two components:
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The Differences of Strategic Positioning Between Southwest Airlines Corporation and Continental Airlines Nowadays‚ Porter’s 5 Rules of Strategic Positioning as a most common business theory plays a significant role in operating companies and planning business activities. Southwest Airlines Corporation (Southwest) proves that clearly by its success. And the year-end results of Southwest marked 29 consecutive years of making profit (Govindarajan and Lang‚ 2002). I will elaborate how the Porter’s 5
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In the last two decades‚ one of the most fundamental questions emerging in strategic management is how firms achieve and sustain competitive advantage. In a simplified world‚ understanding how firms achieve and maintain superior or abnormal returns means comprehending how firms position themselves in a certain market‚ what they produce and how they use resources at their disposal to do so. In this sense we may distinguish between the positional perspective‚ developed by Michael Porter‚ according
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2014)‚ AirAsia had no fatal crashes in its history for more than a decade of operations. However‚ after thirteen years the business had run‚ AirAsia QZ8501 carrying 162 passengers went missing as it lost contact with air traffic control on its way from Surabaya‚ Indonesia to Singapore on 28th December 2014 (Bruton‚ 2015). Since the bad weather was the cause of the missing flight‚ on 29th December 2014‚ Indonesian officials declared that the flight was likely at the bottom of the ocean (“AirAsia QZ8501:
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Denny’s Promotional Strategy Denny’s Restaurant is a run-of-the-mill diner chain that serves to a loyal following of families and other customers. One of the things that make Denny’s such a formidable company is its desire and execution to promote its product. Through advertising‚ sales promotions‚ and public relations‚ Denny’s can compete with other top diner chains in the world. Denny’s uses advertising to promote their product. If one has a television at home‚ they could simply turn it
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