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What is Strategy
and the Strategic
Management
Process?
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Definition of Strategy
Strategy: A firms theory about how to gain
competitive advantages
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External
Analysis
Mission
Strategic
Choice
Objectives
Strategy
Implementation
Competitive
Advantage
Internal
Analysis
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Strategic
Choice
Objectives
Strategy
Implementation
Competitive
Advantage
Internal
Analysis
Mission
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Internal Analysis
human resources
(knowledge)
social trends
manufacturing
abilities
technology
technology
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External
Analysis
Strategic
Choice
Corporate
Level
Business
Level
which
businesses?
positioning
a business
Example: Black & Decker
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Strategic
Choice
Objectives
Strategy
Implementation
Competitive
Advantage
Internal
Analysis
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Competitive Advantage
The Ability to Create More Economic
Value Than Competitors
there must be something different about a firms
offering vis--vis competitors offerings
if all firms strategies were the same, no firm
would have a competitive advantage
competitive advantage is the result of doing
something different and/or better than competitors
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Competitive Advantage
Two Types of Difference
1) Preference for the firms output
people choose the firms output over others
people are willing to pay a premium
Example: Nordstrom
2) Cost advantage vis--vis competitors
lower costs of production/distribution
Example: Wal-Mart
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Competitive Advantage
The Strategic Management Process
External
Analysis
Internal
Analysis
Strategic
Choice
Strategy
Competitive
Implementation Advantage
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Competitive Advantage
Temporary & Sustainable
competitive advantage typically results in high profits
profits attract competition
competition limits the duration of competitive
advantage in most cases
Therefore,
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Competitive Advantage
Temporary & Sustainable
Some competitive advantages are sustainable if:
competitors are unable to imitate the source
of advantage
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Competitive Advantage
Competitive Parity
the firms offerings are average
people do not have a preference for the firms offering
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Competitive Advantage
Competitive Disadvantage
people may have an aversion to the firms offering
the firm may have a cost disadvantage
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Competitive Advantage
Measuring Competitive Advantage
Superior Economic Performance Is Viewed as
Evidence of Competitive Advantage
it is rather easy to see the evidence of
competitive advantage
measuring the source of the advantage per se
is typically impossible
its difficult to measure technology
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Competitive Advantage
Measuring Competitive Advantage
Two Classes of Measures:
1) Accounting Measures
ROA, ROS, ROE, etc. that exceed industry
averages
2) Economic Measures
earning a return in excess of the cost
of capital
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Competitive Advantage
Competitive Advantage
Advantage
Economic Returns
Above Normal
exceeding expectations
Parity
Normal
meeting expectations
Disadvantage
Below Normal
failing expectations
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Competitive Advantage
Economic Models
Imperfect Competition
Perfect Competition
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Competitive Advantage
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ATC
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Thriving!
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Surviving
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