Strategic management

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a strategic planning technique analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats faced by an organization or project

formal written document containing business goals, the methods on how these goals can be attained, and the time frame within which these goals need to be achieved

rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value in economic, social, cultural or other contexts

managing a company's responses to external issues, aiming to provide overall organizational direction and objectives, as well as policies and plans for implementation

Benchmarking is the practice of comparing business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from other companies. Dimensions typically measured are quality, time and cost.

strategy performance management tool

framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management

framework to analyse level of competition within an industry

advertising strategy with a surprise and/or unconventional interactions

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an organization's process of defining its strategy, direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy

collection of parent and subsidiary corporations that function as a single economic entity through a common source of control

short statement of an organization's values or philosophies, a business's main competitive advantages, or a desired future state

practical application of marketing in organizations

A is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings that dominated the Japanese economy in the second half of the 20th century. In the legal sense, it is a type of business group that is in a loosely organized alliance within Japan's business community. It rose up to replace the zaibatsu system that was dissolved in the occupation of Japan following the Second World War. Though their influence has shrunk since the late 20th century, they continue to be important forces in Japan's economy in the early 21st century.

increasing production of at the same level of the supply chain through acquisition, merger or internal expansion

sports and business concept that an individual or organization outperforms competition in some regard

allocation of resources among possible uses

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systematic planning, management and control of innovation in organizations

research discipline and practice of identifying business needs and determining solutions to business problems

dependency of customers on a vendor for products

concept in management theory of a harmonized combination of multiple resources and skills that distinguish a firm in the marketplace

tasks and processes to develop and implement growth opportunities within and between organizations

business strategy analyzing whether control information flow follows the flow of goods (push) or flows in the opposite direction (pull)

mental or thinking process applied by an individual in the context of achieving a goal or set of goals

management term for an element that is necessary for an organization or project to achieve its mission

a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plan for decision makers

information integration framework

Japanese 7-step process used in strategic planning in which strategic goals are communicated throughout the company and then put into action

A management strategy that aims to establish a sustainable competitive advantage by analyzing the "value," "rarity," "difficulty of imitation," and "organization" of unique management resources.

idea that advantage consists in lower cost, greater value, and niche or wide market focus

finding that costs decrease in fixed proportion to production quantity and experience

business unit within the overall corporate identity

Sale of experiences to customers

network of interconnected organizations

inspirational statement of an idealistic emotional future of a company or group

a means of leaving one's current situation; used in warfare, in public policy, in business, etc.

ownership of stock in business partners

Leadership style

promise of value to be delivered, communicated, and acknowledged

caused by product concept in marketing

economic & psychological costs of switching from one alternative to another

integrated business management process

overall plan which consists of objectives, principles and tactics relating to use of technologies within a particular organization

Description of international competitive advantage

theory of internationalization of enterprises

process of deriving meaningful insight from geospatial data relationships to solve a particular problem

collection of methods that managers use to analyze an organization's internal and external environment

the plan of an organization, utilizing their inside and outside resources (e.g. sales force and distributors), to deliver their unique value proposition to customers and achieve competitive advantage

leader who abuses the leader–follower relationship

technological features that become de facto industry standards

type of planning strategy

macroeconomic concept

international labor pool of workers