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The Inexorable Pace of Change world. Of course, this ability also brings with it new considerations for the consumer. The reliabil- ity of buying from an Internet retailer, the security of making payment, and return policies would all factor into the purchase decision. 1.4 The Inexorable Pace of Change The world today is changing at an […]

A definition of globalization:the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets A definition of globalization as it is commonly used is “the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital,

The Globalization of Business cooperating really competing? In certain industries, the answer is yes. For instance, companies in the defense-aerospace industry used to prepare proposals on their own to bid on large military contracts. As military hardware has become increasingly complex and expen- sive, the cost to vendors of prepar- ing such proposals has over

What are the principal elements of the strategic-management process? The Association for Strategic Planning’s motto of “think—plan—act” also forms the foundation of this book. Are these three basic elements enough? 2. What are the principal elements of the strategic-management process? How are they interrelated? 3. How does strategic planning differ from strategic management? 4. What

What Is Strategic Management? The corporate graveyard is littered with notable failures—Enron, Pan Am, Tyco, Arthur Andersen, Circuit City, and Adelphia to name a few—demonstrating that managing strategically is very dif- ficult to do year after year. And how does strategic management differ from just ordinary man- agement? If one were suddenly called in to

Discuss the elements of strategic management and explain why it is crucial to an organizations survival Strategic Planning [CLOs: 1,5,6] Discuss the elements of strategic management and explain why it is crucial to an organization’s survival. Using a company as an example, explain the difference between a strategy and a business model. Please discuss in

Skype vs. Telco Source: Adapted from Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur, Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, p. 99.Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons. Reprinted with permission. CHAPTER 3Summary The chapter concludes with the business-model canvas, a tool comprising nine building blocks that facilitates improving the company’s business model either incrementally

The business model canvas Using the same business-model canvas, Figure 3.6 shows how Skype’s business model disrupted the telecommunications providers. In its first five years, Skype had over 400 million users, experi- enced over 100 billion free calls, and generated 2008 U.S. revenues of $550 million. As a strategic-thinking exercise, first use the business-model canvas

Finding a Better Business Model the key factors and driving forces are ranked on the basis of two criteria: (1) how important they are in determining the success or outcome of the critical issue identified in the beginning, and (2) the degree of uncertainty surrounding them. One is looking for the most important and the

Creating Future Scenarios 3.4 Creating Future Scenarios The consequences of any decision made today play out in the future. Likewise, the product of every decision made during the strategic-planning process, including the strategy itself, happens in the future. It is important then that strategists and key organizational managers should feel comfortable in thinking about the future,