GENERIC STRATEGIES: A firm positions itself by leveraging its strengths. Michael Porter has argued that a firm’s strength usually falls into one of two headings: • Cost advantage • Differentiation By applying these strengths in either a broad or narrow or narrow scope‚ three generic strategies result: • Cost leadership • Differentiation • Focus These strategies are applied at business unit level. They are called generic strategies because they are not firm or industry dependant. Cost Leadership:
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Topic: Competitive Advantage‚ Competitive Strategy Case: #10 Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (Korean) faces the prospect of large-scale Chinese entry into its DRAM chip business. Before deciding how to respond it should establish the sources of its competitive advantage. Does the company have a distinct dual advantage of being both low-cost and differentiated? This case provides detailed cost and pricing estimates across all significant DRAM product generations and product architectures
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Strategy and Structure The purpose of business-level strategies is to create differences between the firm’s position and those of its competitors. To position itself differently from competitors‚ a firm must decide whether it intends to “perform activities differently” or to “perform different activities”. Cost leadership strategy Tiger airways has chosen the former it exploiting a cott leadership strategy. It has an integrated set of actions taken to produce services with features
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was a general economic slowdown where increase in fuel prices did not lead to a commensurate increase in freight rates. Besides‚ equalisation of sales tax almost doubled the cost of acquisition of a truck. On the financial side‚ besides low earnings before interest‚ depreciation and tax‚ the company could not recover the cost of emission compliance by switching from Euro 0 to Euro I norms. Besides‚ there was negative extraordinary income as against Rs 134 crore earned out of sale of shares. Mr.
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Customer focused low cost leadership strategy Low cost strategy is centered on the capability of the company to produce and deliver products of competitive quality at lower costs. Cost leadership strategy is much more than cost reduction initiatives that get lot of prominence in strategic planning and review session of any company as a means to improve the bottom line of a company by improving its efficiency. Some companies use their efficient cost structures to protect their markets from the competitors
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Golan About Samsung: The Samsung Group is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town‚ Seoul‚ South Korea. It is the world’s largest conglomerate by revenue. The Samsung Group is composed of numerous international affiliated businesses‚ most of them united under the Samsung brand including Samsung Electronics‚ the world’s largest electronics company‚ Samsung Heavy Industries‚ the world’s second largest shipbuilder and Samsung C&T‚ a major
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Table of content 1.1 Explain Samsung Electronics strategic contexts and terminology – missions‚ visions‚ objectives‚ goals‚ core competencies.2-4 1.2 Review the issues involved in strategic planning for Samsung Electronics.4-7 1.3 Explain Samsung Electronics different planning techniques.7-10 2.1 Provide an organisational audit for Samsung Electronics.11-15 2.2 Carry out an environmental audit for Samsung Electronics.15-17 2.3 Explain the significance of stakeholder
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In this case of Ikea‚ they adopted the cost leadership strategy and product differentiation to their business model. In order to maintain cost leadership in the market‚ internal production efficiencies must be greater than that of competitors. Under Ikea’s strategy‚ suppliers are usually located in low-cost nations‚ with close proximity to raw-materials and reliable access to distribution channels. These suppliers produce highly standardized products intended for the global market‚ which size provides
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Developing a Leadership Strategy A Critical Ingredient for Organizational Success Global Organizational Leadership Development White Paper Series May‚ 2009 Contents 3 4 4 8 20 24 • CCL Contact Information • Introduction • What is a Leadership Strategy? • Creating the Leadership Strategy • Creating the Leadership Development Strategy • Implications for Talent Acquisition‚ Talent Sustainability and Leadership Practices 27 • Getting Results and Building the Talent your Organization
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Developing a Leadership Strategy A Critical Ingredient for Organizational Success By William Pasmore‚ Ph.D. Issued May 2009 / Rev. October 2011 CONTENTS 3 Introduction 4 What is a Leadership Strategy? 8 Creating the Leadership Strategy 19. Creating the Leadership Development Strategy 23. Implications for Talent Acquisition‚ Talent Sustainability and Leadership Practices
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