that of a strong challenger considering the many other ‘me too’ competitors that exist (e.g. NEC, Sanyo), but who fail to register in consumers’ minds. LG’s achievement can be seen to be mainly due to the success of their ‘Black’ series with popular models such as ‘Chocolate’ and ‘Shine’. Industry experts predict that if LG can replicate this success, they will eventually be able to surpass their main competitor Samsung (Screenshots, 2007). Considering the importance of technological innovation for
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Options 4/17/2008 Brown University Economics Department Ryan C. Larson 08’ 1 Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 4 Michael Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis (Past) .......................................................................... 7 Industry Rivalry ............................................................................................................................ 8 Potential
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Difference, Harvard Business Review, July-August, 2008, PP.98-107 | | |Collis, D.J. and Montgomery, C.A., Competing on Resource, Harvard Business Review, July-August, 1995 | | |Michael E. Porter, From competitive advantage to corporate strategy, Harvard Business Review, May-June, 1987, pp.43-59 | | |Markides, C.M., To diversify or not to diversify, Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec., 1987, pp.93-99.
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– Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Lecturer: Mr Alfred Tseng CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 QUESTION 1 4 Situation Analysis 4 1.0 Source Problem 4 2.0 Secondary Problems 4 2.1 Short Term 4 2.2 Long Term 5 3.0 Analysis 5 3.1 PESTEL 5 3.2 SWOT ANALYSIS 6 3.3 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 6 3.4 COMPETENCIES AND CAPABILITIES 7 3.5 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 7 4.0 strategic options 8 4.1 Short Term 8 4.2 LONG TERM 8 5.0 RECOMMENDED STRATEGY 8 5.1 SHORT TERM
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INDUSTRY AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS Crafting strategy is an analysis-driven exercise. Managers need to carry out an assessment of the environment in which the organisation operates. Managers cannot get by with opinions, good instincts and creative thinking. Three situational considerations are: 1. Macro-environmental analysis; 2. Industry and competitive conditions; 3. A company¹s own internal situation and competitive position. MACRO-ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS This includes
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necessary to overcome the original difficulty." William J. Bennett says it in one of his best-selling books. This is proven to be true by a significant number of successful individuals all over the world, but what about an organization or an entity? IPO model reveals that organisation characteristics which make enormous impacts on organisation results are the combination of individual employee’s characteristics. Eventually, the implications of the quote should be true for an organisation. Related to the
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| |5 |VICTOR MTHOMBENI |71914161 | |6 |SHAWN GORMAN |73026700 | |7 |JACO BIERMAN |73051764 | Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. ANALYSIS OF THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT USING PESTLE 2 2.1 Political 2 2.2 Economical 2 2.3 Social 3 2.4 Technological 4 2.5 Legal 5 2.6 Environmental
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FORUM # 2 Strategic management used to play a different role in more predictable times after the Second Word War. Strategic plans of the past usually range 3 to 5 years. Some companies could even have plans for 10 good years. That's not possible today given rapid evolution of our society. What still matters in strategic management lies in the value of planning ahead. There's an old saying that if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail. By acting on this, strategic management actually gives
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this report, advanced technology is shown as one of many vital keys in computer and peripheral industry along with lesser keys like economic, political, and demographic conditions. For the third part, an industry analysis using Porter 5 forces theory will analyze how those forces affect computer and peripheral industry generally. The second and the third part will focus on the industry as a whole. For the fourth and fifth part of this report, it will highlight Dell. The fourth part will show Dell’s strategic
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4 Introduction: 6 Banking History 6 Content: 7 Macro environment Factors: 7 PEST Analysis 7 Political and Legal factors 8 Economic factor 8 Social Factors 9 Technology 9 Firm Level Analysis 10 Porter’s 5 Forces in Bank Industry 10 Firm Level Analysis 11 SWOT Analysis Model 11 Strategic Choice 12 Conclusion: 13 References 13 Introduction: Banking History Australia’s banking history can be described in four eras, the private banks, the commonwealth banks, the reserve
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