Research in Motion’s Blackberry Storm Case Study #1 Presented by Simona Antolak‚ Lianne Hung‚ Adrian Ver‚ Michelle Noble‚ Meghan Hardy and Dexter Holmes. SLAMM’D Inc. Set D 10/22/2009 Problem: What product strategies should Research in Motion use to differentiate the Blackberry Storm from the competition to increase sales? Facts relating to the case: Who: Research in motion‚ the developers of Blackberry. Mike Lazaridis‚ Doug Fregin and Mike Barnstijn. When: Sales
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Generic Competitive Strategies By Jennifer Williams There are five generic business strategies that companies choose from when trying to successfully compete within their respective industries. This is the first choice a company must make‚ even before deciding an overall strategy. These generic business strategies include low-cost provider strategy‚ broad differentiation strategy‚ best-cost provider strategy; focused strategy based on low costs‚ and focused strategy based on differentiation
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generic strategies framework constitutes a major contribution to the development of the strategic management literature. Generic strategies were first presented in two books by Professor Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School (Porter‚ 1980‚ 1985). Porter (1980‚ 1985) suggested that some of the most basic choices faced by companies are essentially the scope of the markets that the company would serve and how the company would compete in the selected markets. Competitive strategies focus on
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Michael Porter has described a category scheme consisting of three general types of strategies that are commonly used by businesses to achieve and maintain competitive advantage. These three generic strategies are defined along two dimensions: strategic scope and strategic strength. Strategic scope is a demand-side dimension (Michael E. Porter was originally an engineer‚ then an economist before he specialized in strategy) and looks at the size and composition of the market you intend to target. Strategic
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3 2 MODELS OF STRATEGY 4 1. Porter’s Generic Strategies 4 2. Mintzberg’s 5 P’s of Strategy 5 3 OVERVIEW OF STRATEGIC DECISIONS 7 4 CONCLUSION 8 INTRODUCTION “Decisions‚ whether explicitly or implicitly arrived at‚ precede every action.” Ansoff 1965 Our choices or decisions precedes everything‚ from day to day operations to the direction we steer our organisations in. According to Mintzberg and Walters strategy is “a pattern in a stream
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Section 6 Lecture Notes for Chapter 5 369 Chapter Chapter Summary 5 The Five Generic Competitive Strategies Chapter Five describes the five basic competitive strategy options – which of the five to employ is a company’s first and foremost choice in crafting overall strategy and beginning its quest for competitive advantage. Lecture Outline I. Introduction 1. There are several basic approaches to competing successfully and gaining a competitive advantage‚ but they all involve giving buyers what
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Porter’s Generic Strategies Explained Michael Porter is considered the genius of competitive strategies application. Starting in the early 1980s‚ he published three books that developed and outlined successful strategies and how to apply them. His most popular books cover his three theories of generic strategy‚ cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ and focus‚ theories that have remained popular and applicable throughout the decades. Generic‚ as defined by Webster’s dictionary‚ means having no
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to Michael Porter‚ management must select a competitive strategy that will give it a distinct advantage by capitalizing on the strengths of the organization and the industry it is in. He has argued that a firm’s strengths ultimately falls into either cost advantage or differentiation‚ which applied either broadly or narrowly results in three generic strategies: cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ and focus. They are called generic strategies because they are not firm or industry dependent and are applied
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Product‚ Pricing‚ and Channels Paper MKT/421 - Marketing Blue Ocean Strategy Description of Blue Ocean strategy and its Importance The Blue Ocean Strategy is derived from the book “Blue Ocean Strategy” by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. The book is based on a study of 150 strategic moves made by companies in 30 industries over 100 plus years. Per the book‚ the term blue ocean means untouched market space that makes competition none existent in a known industry. The term describes how ideal
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but also do not give an insightful explanation either‚ as a good theory should be. 3. The thought that industry conditions can be shaped is not new either. are based on the Schumpeterian view that business strategies should be entrepreneurial and creative and should follow a strategy that breaks the market and industry rules. And because this assumption is not new‚ it creates little insights to the development in this research area. The Blue Ocean theory therefore does not
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