Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Internal Analysis
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Lecture 3 Dr. John Kraft
Opening Case
':'McDonald's Competitive Advantage
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Internal Analysis
'!'Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the company
'!'Managers must understand
? The role of resources, capabilities, and distinctive competencies in the process by which companies create value and profit
? The importance of superior efficiency, innovation, quality, and responsiveness to customers
? The sources of their company's competitive advantage (strengths and weaknesses)
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Competitive Advantage
?:?Competitive advantage
? A firm's profitability is greater than the average profitability for all firms in its industry
':'Sustained competitive advantage
? A firm maintains competitive advantage for a number of years
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Strategy, Resources, Capabilities, and Competencies
Strategy in Action
':'Value Creation at Burberry
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Strategy in Action
Southwest Airlines Low Cost Structure
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Running Case
?:?Comparing Wal-Mart and Target
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The Value Chain: Primary and Su ort Activities
Primary Activities
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U - P = Consumer surplus P - C = Profit margin U - C = Value created
Includes cost of capital per unit
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Value Creation and Pricing Options
There is a dynamic
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Option 2: Lower prices relationship among utility. Option 1: Raise priCi!s
to genorale demand pricing, demand, and costs.
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Comparing Toyota and General Motors
Toyota
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Teyota creates more utility
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Toyota can charge higher'prices
Toyota is more profitable
Toyota has a lower cost structure
Superior value creation requires that the gap between perceived utility (U) and costs of production (e) be greater than that obtained by competitors.
Strategy in Action
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Differentiation and Cost Structure: Roots of Competitive Advantage
Competitive Advantage: The Value Creation Cycle
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The Generic Building Blocks of Competitive Advantage
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Strategy in Action
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The Durability of Competitive Advantage
The DURABILITY of a company's competitive advantage over its competitors depends on:
1. Barriers to Imitation
Making it difflcult to copy a company's distinctive competencies .:. Imitating Resources .:. Imitating Capabilities
2. Capability of Competitors
.:. StrategiC commitment
Commitment to a particularway of doing business
.:. Absorptive capacity
Ability to Identify, value, assimilate, and use knowledge
3.lndustry D.ynamism
Ability of an Industry to change rapidly
Competitors are also seeking to develop distinctive
competencies that wiff give them a competitive edge.
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The Durability of Competitive Advantage
?:?Sarriers to Imitation ? Imitating Resources ? Imitating Capabilities
?:?Capability of Competitors ? Strategic commitment ? Absorptive capacity
?:?Industry Dynamism
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Why Companies Fail
?:?Inertia
? Companies find it difficult to change their strategies and structures
.:. Prior strategic commitments
? Limit a company's ability to imitate and cause competitive disadvantage
.:. The Icarus paradox
? A company can become so specialized based on past success that it loses sight of market realities
? Craftsmen, builders, pioneers, salesmen
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Avoiding Failure: Sustaining Competitive Advantag,e
1. Focus on the Building Blocks of Competitive Advantage
Develop distinctive competenCies and superior performance In: -:- Efficiency ~ Quality -:. Innovation ................
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