Strategy Rests on Unique Activities
Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.
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Alternative Views of Strategy
The Implicit Strategy Model of the Past Decade
**One ideal competitive position in the industry
**Benchmarking of all activities and achieving best practice
**Aggressive outsourcing ...
Reconnecting with Strategy
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Most companies owe their initial success to a unique strategic position involving clear trade-offs. Activities once were ...
What is Strategy?
Strategy as per Harvard Business Review:
I. Operational Effectiveness Is Not Strategy
II. Strategy Rests on Unique Activities
III. A Sustainable Strategic Position Requires Trade-offs
IV. ...
A Sustainable Strategic Position Requires Trade-offs
Choosing a unique position, however, is not enough to guarantee a sustainable advantage. A valuable position will attract imitation by incumbents, who are likely to copy it in one of ...
Japanese Companies Rarely Have Strategies
The Japanese triggered a global revolution in operational effectiveness in the 1970s and 1980s, pioneering practices such as total quality management and continuous improvement. As ...