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Written by Jason Gordon

Updated at May 15th, 2022

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OVERVIEW: This material covers the primary topics covered within a Business Strategy Course.

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Introductory Concepts 

  • Defining a Business
    • 3 Dimensional Business Model
  • What is Strategy?
  • What is Business Strategy?
  • What is Management Strategy (Strategic Management)?
  • Types of Business Strategy?
  • Competitive Advantage
    • First Mover Advantage Definition
  • Organizational Dynamics
    • Synergy - Definition
  • Business Model Overview
    • Business Model Canvas - Explained
    • Razor Blade Business Model
    • Click and Mortar Model
    • Transformative Business Model
  • How Management Develops a Strategic Plan
    • Mintzberg's 5 Ps of Strategy

Types of Strategies

  • Organizational Strategies
    • Growth-Based (Expansion) Strategies
      • Types of Growth
        • Inorganic Growth
        • Organic Growth
      • Diversification
      • Concentration
      • Integration or Combination (Horizontal and Vertical)
        • Asset Acquisition Strategy Definition
        • Horizontal Integration - Explained
        • Backward Integration - Explained
      • Internationalization
      • Cooperative Strategy
        • Consortium Definition
    • Stability and Retrenchment Strategies
  • Competitive Strategies
    • Contestable Market Theory
    • Value Disciplines
    • Porter's Generic Strategies
      • Differentiation (Strategy)
        • Commoditize
      • Niche Market Strategy
        • Long Tail
      • Low-Cost Production
    • Resource-Based View of the Firm
      • Resource Dependency Theory
    • Ansoff Matrix
    • Customer-Centric Strategy
    • Blue Ocean Strategy
    • Overfished Ocean Strategy
    • Hedgehog Concept (Strategy)
    • Innovation Strategy
      • Bleeding Edge
      • 3 Horizons of Growth
    • Disintermediation (Strategy)
    • Strategic Alliance
    • Coopetition (Strategy)
    • Loss Leader Strategy
    • Lean Strategy
    • Game Theory Perspectives
  • Functional Strategies
    • Marketing Strategy
    • Financial Strategy
      • Zero-Cost Strategy Definition
    • Production Strategy
      • Mobile First Strategy Definition
    • Human Resources Strategy
    • Information Strategy
  • Operational Strategy

How Strategies Emerge

  • How Strategies Arise
    • Intended, Deliberate, Realized, and Emergent Strategies
  • Management and Strategic Planning
  • Mintzberg's Schools of Strategic Development
    • Design School
    • Planning School
    • Positioning School
    • Entrepreneurial School
    • Cognitive School
    • Learning School
    • Power School
    • Culture School
    • Environmental School
    • Configuration School
  • Mintzberg's 5Ps of Strategy
  • McKinseys 7s Model

Strategic Analysis

***Industry Analysis to Build a Strategy***

  • Strategic Analysis
  • SWOT Analysis
  • SPACE Analysis
  • Situational Analysis - 7C
  • Competition Profile Matrix
  • Stakeholder Analysis
    • Stakeholder Mapping
Internal Analysis
  • Resources and Capabilities
  • VMOST
  • Core Competency
  • VRIO Analysis
  • Value Chain Analysis
  • Internal Factor Analysis
  • Value Creation Index
  • Minimum Efficient Scale
External Analysis
  • PEST(LE) Analysis
  • Industry Lifecycle Analysis
    • Company Lifecycle - Definition
  • Porter's Five Forces
  • Modes of Management
  • External Factor Evaluation

Strategy Implementation

  • Strategy Implementation
  • Eclectic Implementation Model
  • Mintzberg's Modes of Strategic Decision-Making
  • Mintzberg's Five Configurations
  • Value Engineering

Measuring the Results of Strategy 

  • Business Performance Measurement
    • Benchmarking
    • Balanced Scorecard
    • Economic Value Added
    • Activity-Based Management
    • Quality Management
    • Action Profit Linkage Model
  • Business Activity Monitoring
  • Gap Analysis
  • Strategy Diamond
  • BCG Growth-Share Matrix
  • GE McKinsey Matrix
  • Value Reporting Framework
  • Pyrrhic Victory

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