Michael Porter has described a category scheme consisting of three general types of strategies that are commonly used by businesses to achieve and maintain competitive advantage. These three generic strategies are defined along two dimensions: strategic scope and strategic strength. Strategic scope is a demand-side dimension (Michael E. Porter was originally an engineer‚ then an economist before he specialized in strategy) and looks at the size and composition of the market you intend to target.
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Porter’s Generic Strategies Explained Michael Porter is considered the genius of competitive strategies application. Starting in the early 1980s‚ he published three books that developed and outlined successful strategies and how to apply them. His most popular books cover his three theories of generic strategy‚ cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ and focus‚ theories that have remained popular and applicable throughout the decades. Generic‚ as defined by Webster’s dictionary‚ means having no
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According to Michael Porter‚ management must select a competitive strategy that will give it a distinct advantage by capitalizing on the strengths of the organization and the industry it is in. He has argued that a firm’s strengths ultimately falls into either cost advantage or differentiation‚ which applied either broadly or narrowly results in three generic strategies: cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ and focus. They are called generic strategies because they are not firm or industry dependent
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WHAT IS STRATEGY? BY MICHAEL PORTER! 1! ! ! What is Porter’s definition of Strategy? ! Porter claims that a competitive strategy refers to the fact of being different to the competition‚ choosing a different set activities to deliver a unique mix of value to the client. He affirms that the essence of strategy is in choosing to perform actions in a different way than the rivals do and differentiate themselves in the market aligning themselves at the same time with the needs and wants
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1.0 Table of Content Topic Page 1.1 Brief History on AirAsia 2 – 3 2.0 Macro-Environmental PESTEL Analysis 4 - 12 2.1 Undertake a Macro-Environmental Analysis using the PESTEL Framework 2.2 AirAsia Inflation Rate in Malaysia 2.3 Brief Definition on Unemployment Rate 3.0 Porter’s Five Forces 13 - 16 3.1 Analyze the competitive forces within the industry using the Porter’s Five Forces Framework 4.0 Carry out a Customer Analysis 17 5.0 Analyze
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management: it is the continuous of planning‚ monitoring‚ analysis and assessment of all that is necessary for an organization to meet its goals and objectives. (Online resources) 1.1 Company Profile AirAsia airline was established with the dream of making flying possible for everyone. Since 2001‚ AirAsia has swiftly broken travel norms around the globe and has risen to become the world’s best. Air Asia was named the World’s Best Low Cost Airline in the annual World Airline Survey by Styrax for five
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The Five Generic Competitive Strategies By Jennifer Williams There are five generic business strategies that companies choose from when trying to successfully compete within their respective industries. This is the first choice a company must make‚ even before deciding an overall strategy. These generic business strategies include low-cost provider strategy‚ broad differentiation strategy‚ best-cost provider strategy; focused strategy based on low costs‚ and focused strategy based on
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Generic strategy The three generic strategies identified by Michael Porter‚ namely cost leadership‚ differentiation and focus are all options available to small businesses. cost leadership requires a tight set of interrelated tactics that include aggressive construction of efficient-scale facilities; vigorous pursuit of cost reductions from experience; tight cost and overhead control; avoidances of marginal customer accounts; cost minimization in all activities in the firms value chain. Differentiation
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Marketing Strategies in the Competition between Branded and Generic Antibiotics (A) Clamoxyl in 1996 02/2007-5057 This case was prepared by Pierre Chandon‚ Assistant Professor of Marketing at INSEAD‚ Olivier Kovarski‚ Professor of Marketing at ESC Normandie‚ Jacques Lendrevie‚ Professor of Marketing at HEC‚ Sarah Spargo‚ Research Associate at INSEAD‚ and Marc Vanhuele‚ Associate Professor of Marketing at HEC‚ as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective
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AirAsia Case Executive Summary SMO 441 Submitted: March 8‚ 2011 Abi Sanni Aly Remtulla Kelsey Gamble Kendra Jocksch Nancy Moke Company background Tony Fernandes‚ as the Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia‚ decided to pursue his dream to start an airline with the following vision: “To be an airline that flies long-hauls with low fares with a corporate culture that is flexible and functional”. In January of 2002‚
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