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What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important?: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important?: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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WHY DO STRATEGY ?
A firm does strategy:
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1.1
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Follow-up
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Low-cost
provider
Differentiation
on features
Focus on
market niche
Best-cost
provider
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STRATEGIC APPROACHES
Building a competitive advantage by:
1.
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3.
4.
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1.2
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Business
Model
Competitive
Initiatives
Value
Proposition
Business
Approaches
Profit Formula
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The Strategic
Fit Test
The Competitive
Advantage Test
Winning
Strategy
The Performance
Test
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THINKING STRATEGICALLY
Googles web browser-based Chrome operating
system and its online applications suite are now
challenging Microsofts long-term dominance of
those marketplace sectors.
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