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Strategy Chapter 5

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business level strategy   a strategy designed for a firm or a division of a firm that competes within a single business  
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generic strategies   an analysis of business strategy into basic types based on breadth of target market (industry wide vs narrow) and type of competitive advantage (low cost vs uniqueness)  
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overall cost leadership   a firm's generic strategy based on appeal to the industry wide market using a competitive advantage based on low cost  
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experience curve   the decline in unit costs of production as cumulative output increases (similar to economies of scope)  
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competitive parity   a firms achievement of similarity, or being on par with competitors with respect to low cost, differentiation, or other strategic product characteristics  
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differentiation strategy   a firms generic strategy based on creating differences in the firms product or service that is perceived industry wide as unique and valued by customers  
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focus strategy   a firms generic strategy based on appeal to a narrow market segment within an industry  
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combination strategies   firms integrations of various strategies to provide multiple types of value to customers  
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mass custimization   firms ability to manufacture unique products in small quantities at low cost  
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profit pool   total profits in an industry at all points on the value chain  
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digital technologies   info that is in numerical form, which facilitates its storage, transmission, analysis and manipulation  
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disintermediation   the process of bypassing buyer channel intermediaries like wholesalers, distributors, retailers  
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industry life cycle   the stages of introduction, growth, maturity, and decline that typically occur over the life cycle of an industry  
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introduction stage   first step, 1) new products, 2) poorly defined market segments, 3) unspecified product features, 4) low sales growth, 5) rapid technological change, 6) operating losses, 7) need for financial support  
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growth stage   1) strong increase in sales, 2) growing competition, 3) developing brand recognition, 4) need for financing for value chain activities like market, sales, customer service, R&D  
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maturity state   1) slowing demand growth, 2) saturated markets, 3) direct competition, 4)price competition, 5) strategic emphasis on efficient operations  
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reverse positioning   offering products with fewer products and lower prices to extend life cycle (create new product so you shift backwards from maturity to growth stage)  
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breakaway positioning   a break in industry tendency to incrementally improve products along specific dimensions by offering products that are still in the industry but perceived by customers as being different  
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decline stage   1) falling sales, 2) increasing price competition, 3) industry consolidation. 4 strategies: exit, harvesting, consolidating, maintaining  
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harvesting   a strategy of wringing as much profit as possible out of a business in the short to medium term by reducing costs  
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consolidation strategy   M&A within industry to enhance market power and gain valuable assets  
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Turnaround strategy   reverses a firm's decline in performance and returns it to growth and profitability  
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maintaining strategy   keeping product going without reducing marketing or other investments, hope other competitors will exit first  
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