Situational Analysis:
Process of finding a strategic fit between external opportunities and internal strengths while working around external threats and internal weaknesses.
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Resource-Based Approach
Resource:
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Industry Structure:
Fragmented Industry
Many small and medium-sized local companies compete for small shares of total market
Focus strategies predominate
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Industry Structure:
Consolidated industry
Mature industry dominated by a few large companies
Cost Leadership or Differentiation predominate
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Dimensions of Quality
Performance Features Reliability Conformance Durability Serviceability Aesthetics Perceived Quality
Dimensions Quality
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Strategic rollup:
Quickly consolidate fragmented industry Money from venture capital Entrepreneur acquires hundreds of owner-operated firms Creates large firm with economies of scale
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Strategic rollup:
Differ from Conventional M&As
Large number of firms Owner-operated firms Goal to reinvent entire industry
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Competitive Tactics
Tactic:
Specific operating plan detailing how a strategy is to be implemented in terms of when and where it is to be put into action.
Timing tactics Market location tactics
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Timing Tactics:
First mover (pioneer)
Reputation as industry leader High profits Sets standards for subsequent products in the industry
Late mover
Able to imitate technological advances of others
Keeps R&D costs down Keeps risks down
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Competitive Tactics
Market Location Tactics:
Offensive Tactics
Frontal assault Flanking maneuver Bypass attack Encirclement Guerrilla warfare
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Market Location Tactics:
Defensive Tactics
Raise structural barriers Increase expected retaliation Lower the inducement for attack
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Cooperative Strategies
Cooperative Strategies:
Collusion
Active cooperation of firms to reduce output and raise prices
Explicit Tacit
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Cooperative Strategies
Cooperative Strategies:
Strategic Alliance:
Partnership of two or more corporations or business units to achieve strategically significant objectives that are mutually beneficial.
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Cooperative Strategies
Obtain technology
Access to markets
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