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Strategic Analysis
Simulated Company
What is Strategy?
External Analysis
Strategy
Hierarchy of Strategy
Corporate
In which businesses should we be? How should we manage the array of businesses? How should we compete in a given business?
How best can each function support the business level strategy?
Business
Functional
Assumptions:
The external environment imposes constraints that determine the strategies that can result in superior profitability. Competing firms control similar resources and pursue similar strategies Resources utilized by firms are highly mobile - - thus homogeneous
Prescriptions: Firms must look for attractive industries in which to compete Emphasis: External environment, especially the Industry - analyze it!
Assumptions:
Firms acquire different resources over time Resources heterogeneity within a particular industry Resources may not be highly mobile across firms Difference in resources and how they are used form the basis of competitive advantage
Prescriptions: Firms should look at their resources and then see how they can be used What about the resource makes it a source of competitive advantage?
Valuable Rare Imperfectly imitable Organized
External Analysis
Opportunities Threats
Internal Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
External Analysis
Opportunities Threats
Strategic Mission
Internal Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
The Five Ps
Plan: A consciously intended course of action Ploy: A maneuver intended to outwit a competitor Pattern: Consistency in a stream of actions Position: Niche or product-market domain place in the industry Perspective: An ingrained way of perceiving the world
Strategic Intentions
Intended Strategy
Deliberate Strategy
Realized Strategy
Unrealized Strategy
Emergent Strategy