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please customers.
How to position the company in the industry.
How to develop and deploy resources to build
CORE CONCEPT
A companys strategy
strategy explains
explains why
why the company
matters
matters in the marketplace by specifying an
approach to creating superior value for customers
and determining
determining how
how capabilities and resources
will be utilized to deliver the desired value to
customers.
customers.
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competitive advantage.
defines how it intends to do what rival firms do not do
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CORE CONCEPT
A companys business model sets forth how its
strategy and operating approaches
approaches will
will create
create
value
value for
for customers, while at the same time
generate ample revenues to cover costs and
realize
realize aa profit.
profit. The
The two
two elements
elements of
of a companys
business
business model
model are
are its
its (1)
(1) customer
customer value
value
proposition
proposition and
and (2) its profit
profit formula.
formula.
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Concepts &
Connections 1.1
Pandora
Sirius XM
Over-the-Air Radio
Broadcasters
Customer
value
proposition
Profit
formula
Revenue generation:
Advertising sales to national
and local businesses.
focused
focused
differentiation
differentiation
focused
focused
low-cost
low-cost
best-cost
best-cost
provider
provider
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CORE CONCEPT
A company achieves sustainable
sustainable competitive
competitive
advantage
advantage when
when an
an attractively
attractively large
large number
number of
of
buyers
buyers develop
develop aa durable
durable preference
preference for
for its
its
products
products or
or services
services over
over the
the offerings
offerings of
competitors, despite
despite the
the efforts
efforts of competitors to
overcome or erode
erode its advantage.
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rivals.
represent superior know-how and specialized abilities
that require time to fully develop and perfect.
result in a sustainable competitive advantage over
rivals.
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Concepts &
Connections 1.2
A strategy evolves:
Incrementally or dramatically
Proactively and adaptively
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FIGURE 1.1
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CORE CONCEPT
A companys realized
realized strategy
strategy is
is a combination
deliberate
deliberate planned
planned elements
elements and
and unplanned
unplanned
emergent elements.
elements. Some
Some components
components of
of aa
companys
companys deliberate
deliberate strategy
strategy will
will fail
fail in
in the
the
marketplace
marketplace and
and become
become abandoned
abandoned strategy
strategy
elements.
elements.
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Strategic
Strategic Fit
Fit
How
How well
well does
does the
the strategy
strategy
fit
fit the
the companys
companys situation?
situation?
Competitive
Competitive
Advantage
Advantage
Is
Is the
the strategy
strategy helping
helping achieve
achieve aa
sustainable
sustainable competitive
competitive advantage?
advantage?
Performance
Performance
Is
Is the
the strategy
strategy producing
producing good
good
company
company performance?
performance?
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