COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY EQUITY BANK LIMITED By Chege Bernard K. K. A Management Research Project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA)‚ School of Business‚ University of Nairobi October 2008 ii DECLARATION This project is my original work and has not been submitted for a degree in any other university. Signed: ____________________________________ Chege Bernard K. K. Regn No: D61/P/8500/04 Date: _______________________________________
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Chap1_abstract_John * Marketing Strategy A comprehensive marketing strategy specifies the who‚ what‚ where‚ why‚ and how of the business: 1. Who the firm will serve—the customers and segments the business will serve; 2. When the firm will serve those customers and those needs—that is‚ what “occasions” the firm will target; 3. Where the firm will do business—the geographic markets the firm will serve; 4. What needs the firm will meet; 5. How the firm will serve those customers
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Study B: Southwest Airlines Strategy (Captain Marvel) The Success of the Southwest Airlines Strategy Whiteboard • “How successful has Southwest’s strategy been?” o Southwest market cap > total of all other airlines § By being UNIQUE! Notes • • Southwest has been the only consistently profitable airline since deregulation‚ and it has implemented none of the standard tactics. If the answer to its success is not the industry‚ it must be the strategy. Industry Analysis Case B
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Strategy Strategy sets the organizations direction and provides the framework that management will use to achieve to goals through strategic‚ tactical and operational planning. When developing a strategy‚ managers answer such questions as "What products should we make?" "What markets should we serve?" What operations should we use?" "How should we compete?" To effectively answer these questions‚ managers consider four elements when they create organizational strategies. STRATEGY LEVELS
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Name_________________________________ Northeastern University MGT 4750 Winter2011 Test 2 A. Multiple choice (Each correct answer is worth 2 points.) First read what the question is asking . . .then mark the single best answer for each. 1. While there are many routes to sustainable competitive advantage‚ they all involve A) building a brand name image that buyers trust. B) delivering superior value to buyers and building competencies and resource strengths in performing
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Strategy and the Internet |Published: |April 16‚ 2001 | |Author: |Michael E. Porter | Executive Summary: Don’t throw the strategy baby out with the Internet bath water. In this Harvard Business Review article‚ HBS professor Michael E. Porter urges business planners not to lose focus on strategic development and If average profitability is under pressure in many industries influenced by the Internet‚ it becomes all the more important for individual companies to set themselves
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Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific Citigroup is an American multinational financial services company based in New York City. Citigroup was formed from one of the world ’s largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group. Nowadays is one of the world’s largest banks. In 2010 was in 22nd position worldwide‚ ranked on its total assets. Finally‚ it has the world ’s largest financial services network‚ spanning 140 countries
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Guzman‚ 2012) However‚ with advantages come disadvantage with this type of matrix organizational structure. This structure increases complexity within the organization by leading to confusion among both workers and managers. The managers may not know what a certain employee has on their plate. In reverse‚ the employee will obtain an overload of work because they are receiving work from two different types of managers. Another disadvantage is an increase in overhead cost for the company due to the need
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of such competitive strategies. In the event that the firm is unable to remain competitive in the business world (with rising costs and losses) discuss the options available to the firm. In today’s tumultuous economy‚ companies are aggressively seeking to remain competitive. The strategies been used by firms to be able to remain competitive is called competitive strategies. Competitive strategy is therefore concerned with how management formulate and implement strategies to maximize the firm’s
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study and use some of the models or frameworks from these chapters to complete this assignment. Chapter 5: Purchasing and Supply Strategy Chapter 7: Improvement Strategy Chapter 8: Product and service development and Organization Chapter 9: The process of operations strategy-formulation and implementation Chapter 10: The process of operations strategy-monitoring and control Analysis and Report Guidelines Your answer should be in a technical report format with page numbers
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