GE Matrix The business portfolio is the collection of businesses and products that make up the company. The best business portfolio is one that fits the company's strengths and helps exploit the most attractive opportunities. The company must: (1) Analyse its current business portfolio and decide which businesses should receive more or less investment, and (2) Develop growth strategies for adding new products and businesses to the portfolio, whilst at the same time deciding when products
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the SWOT Analysis, the PEST Analysis, the Value Chain Analysis, Porter’ Five Model, Four Corner’s Analysis, Boston Consulting Group Growth-Share Matrix, General Electric Matrix, and the Strategic Early Warning Systems. Hopefully, after the completion of this review the readers will have a clear understanding of how each of the analysis operate and can be applied to any organization or group. SWOT Analysis The SWOT Analysis is a technique that was developed by Albert Humphrey
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BCG Matrix Model BCG Matrix Model The BCG matrix or also called BCG model relates to marketing. The BCG model is a well-known portfolio management tool used in product life cycle theory. BCG matrix is often used to prioritize which products within company product mix get more funding and attention. The BCG matrix model is a portfolio planning model developed by Bruce Henderson of the Boston Consulting Group in the early 1970's. The BCG model is based on classification of products (and implicitly
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share. However, a high market penetration and a recent increase of Coffee-Mate’s competitors’ market share have led to a questioning on the brand’s future. Several tools are used to describe and precise the competitive environment of the brand. The BCG analysis of the brand’s product portfolio highlights two issues: • the uncertain future position of the current Star product: Coffee-Mate, and • an interesting opportunity for the Coffee-Mate Lite product. This Question Mark product is present in
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Page 1 of 6 ANZMAC 2009 Adjusting the BCG Matrix for the Recession Avichai Shuv-Ami, The College of Management aviami@colman.ac.il Abstract The idea of the BCG matrix is that managers are able to evaluate their businesses using objective criteria and to develop strategies suitable to the business' particular situation. The BCG matrix can be used for portfolio analysis in times of economic crisis, but adjustments must be made. The first adjustment involves adding two more criteria – profit
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Chapter – 4 (SMM-4) 1. Porter’s Generic Strategy (SMM) 2. Mission Statement (SMM) 3. Defining the Business 4. Bowman’s Strategy Clock (SMM) 5. Strategies for Hypercompetitive Markets 6. Portfolio Management / BCG Matrix (3, 4) (SMM) 1. Porter’s Generic Strategy Porter suggested three alternative generic strategies: “Cost Leadership”, “Differentiation” and “Focus”. He suggested that these three generic strategies are mutually exclusive and that a company
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1. Learning Objective: The purpose of the course assignment is to provide an opportunity for you to apply and use the course material in the analysis of an actual strategic management situation. This assignment will be completed throughout the term and the final assignment will be a compilation and refinement of the sub-assignments. 2. Assignment Topic: Write an expanded strategic plan for an organisation This assignment requires you to apply the entire strategic-management process to a particular
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the tourism industry, which they built from scratch. Position the target markets, countries with the BCG model An amalgamation of American, Chamorro, Japanese and Filipino cultures in one. Case Abstract: The general manager of the Guam Visitors' Bureau, a destination marketing organization, faces the challenge of running the island's tourism industry. There are strong interest groups, who have structured the competitive field in Guam, and the island's mature industry faces ever-increasing
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in an organizational strategy: a. Six 5. The three important steps in SWOT analysis are: b. Opportunities, Threats, Strengths 6. GE matrix consists of how many cells? a. Nine cells 7. Which of these is the type of Games: d. All of the above 8. SBU stands for c. Strategic Business Unit 9. The BCG matrix is known as: a. Growth share matrix 10. ______________ specifies sales revenues and selling distribution and marketing costs. b. Sales budget ________________________________________
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Term Paper Title : Strategic Planning and the Marketing Process (Chapter: 2) Prepared For : Syed Abul Kalam Azad Professor Department of Marketing Faculty of Business Studies University of Dhaka Members Profile : (i) Md. Ershadul Islam
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