For the exclusive use of J. CO www.hbr.org What Is Strategy? by Michael E. Porter Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 What Is Strategy? 21 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint 96608 This document is authorized for use only by James Co in Food and Agribusiness Strategic
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History of Indian Railways Introduced in the country in 1853 by the British. 53 kms between Mumbai and Thane The Indian Railways (IR) has a network spread over 63‚000 route kms. and 7000 stations 12 million passengers and more than 1.2 million tonnes of freight daily 40 per cent of the freight and 2- per cent of the passenger traffic in the country. 8.5 per cent of the organised employment of the country either directly or indirectly. Transport output of both passenger and freight traffic
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Thompson−Strickland−Gamble: Crafting and Executing Strategy: Concepts and Cases‚ 16th Edition I. Concepts and Techniques for Crafting and Executing Strategy 1. What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important? chapter one © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2008 1 What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important? Strategy means making clear-cut choices about how to compete. —Jack Welch Former CEO‚ General Electric A strategy is a commitment to undertake one set of actions rather than
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What is Marketing Introduction Marketing has evolved a lot over the past few decades. It has adapted through the times changing. With the recognition of the Ad Age and Generation Y‚ marketing has become more interactive with the use of colour‚ image and sound. Marketing isnt only all about bringing the fun out of a product and service‚ but also a management strategy to improve profitability‚ through the transfer of goods and services for money and vice versa. Marketing Definitions The definitions
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Strategy is creating fit among organization’s activities. As a whole‚ organization finds its competitive value by positioning and integrating Fit into all its activities. Operation effectiveness and strategy works differently but co-relate with one another to work towards the same company goal – profitability. Yet many organizations are caught up in improving their operational effectiveness or seeking fast and easy growth; that they have forgotten the "value" that they can offer to their
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What is marketing? The inappropriate presumption about marketing is that it consists of advertising or selling only (Pride‚ Ferrell‚ Lukas‚ Schembri‚ & Niininen‚ 2012). This can be traced back to the fact that‚ publicity and “PR” are the most publicized facets of marketing (Belch & Belch‚ 2012). Marketing can be better understood as the communication channel linking a product or service to the targeted customers. The prime objective of marketing is to identify the customer’s needs‚ and how the product
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What is marketing: Managing profitable customer relationships. The aim of marketing is to create value for customers and capture the value from customers in return. Five steps of marketing process: 1- Understanding customer needs 2- Designing customer driven marketing strategies 3- Integrated marketing programs 4- Building customer relationship 5- Capture value fir the firm Zappos:a passion for creating customers value and relationships: Example for customer focused and heavily committed to marketing
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taken the place of strategy. As managers push to improve on all fronts‚ they move further away from viable competitive positions. Michael Porter argues that operational effectiveness‚ although necessary to superior performance‚ is not sufficient‚ because its techniques are easy to imitate. In contrast‚ the essence of strategy is choosing a unique and valuable position rooted in systems of activities that are much more difficult to match. In answering the question ‘what is strategy?’‚ some theorists
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(1)What is marketing? According to Philip Kotler‚ “Marketing is human activity directed at satisfying needs and wants through exchange process”. There are many definitions of marketing but one of the simplest explanations is that: “Marketing is getting the right product or service in the right quantity‚ to the right place‚ at the right time and making profit in the process”. Marketing deals with identifying and understanding your customer and giving them what they want. It’s not just about advertising
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