Strategic Management and Business Policy

  1. Strategy Formulation: Business-Level Strategy
    1. Generic Competitive Strategies
      1. Porter's Generic Strategies
        1. Cost Leadership Strategy
          1. Achieving Cost Advantage
            1. Cost Leadership Requirements
              1. Risks of Cost Leadership
              2. Differentiation Strategy
                1. Creating Unique Value
                  1. Differentiation Sources
                    1. Risks of Differentiation
                    2. Focus Strategies
                      1. Cost Focus Strategy
                        1. Differentiation Focus Strategy
                          1. Niche Market Targeting
                            1. Focus Strategy Requirements
                          2. Integrated Strategies
                            1. Best-Cost Provider Strategy
                              1. Combining Cost and Differentiation
                                1. Challenges of Integration
                              2. Alternative Strategy Frameworks
                                1. The Strategy Clock
                                  1. Low Price Strategy
                                    1. Low Price/Low Value Strategy
                                      1. Hybrid Strategy
                                        1. Differentiation Strategy
                                          1. Focused Differentiation
                                            1. Risky High Price Strategy
                                              1. Monopoly Pricing
                                                1. Loss of Market Share
                                                2. Value Innovation
                                                  1. Blue Ocean Strategy
                                                  2. Competitive Dynamics
                                                    1. Competitive Actions and Responses
                                                      1. First-Mover Advantages and Disadvantages
                                                        1. Benefits of Being First
                                                          1. Market Leadership
                                                            1. Customer Loyalty
                                                              1. Resource Advantages
                                                              2. First-Mover Disadvantages
                                                                1. High Development Costs
                                                                  1. Market Uncertainty
                                                                    1. Imitation by Followers
                                                                  2. Competitive Tactics
                                                                    1. Offensive Tactics
                                                                      1. Market Entry Strategies
                                                                        1. Product Innovation
                                                                          1. Price Competition
                                                                          2. Defensive Tactics
                                                                            1. Retaliation and Deterrence
                                                                              1. Market Protection
                                                                                1. Customer Retention
                                                                              2. Timing of Strategic Moves
                                                                                1. Market Entry Timing
                                                                                  1. Product Launch Timing
                                                                                    1. Competitive Response Timing
                                                                                  2. Industry-Specific Strategies
                                                                                    1. Strategies for Emerging Industries
                                                                                      1. Strategies for Mature Industries
                                                                                        1. Strategies for Declining Industries
                                                                                          1. Strategies for Fragmented Industries
                                                                                            1. Strategies for Global Industries

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