SettingsStrategic management
Adversarial purchasing philosophy
Adversarial purchasing philosophy is a business term used to describe a firm which has several vendors for its products.
Adversarial purchasing philosophy is a business term used to describe a firm which has several vendors for its products.
Aggressiveness strategy
Business strategies can be categorized in many ways.
Business strategies can be categorized in many ways.
Alliance Data
Alliance Data Systems Corporation is a publicly traded, leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from the capture and analysis of transaction-rich data that provides insight i...
Alliance Data Systems Corporation is a publicly traded, leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from the capture and analysis of transaction-rich data that provides insight i...
Association of Management Consulting Firms
The Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF) is an international not-for-profit membership association of firms which are engaged in the practice of consulting to management.
The Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF) is an international not-for-profit membership association of firms which are engaged in the practice of consulting to management.
Balanced scorecard
The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic performance management tool - a semi-standard structured report, supported by proven design methods and automation tools, that can be used by managers to ke...
The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic performance management tool - a semi-standard structured report, supported by proven design methods and automation tools, that can be used by managers to ke...
Bellwether Services
Bellwether Services is a global strategic management advisory firm that assists clients on complex issues of strategy, operations, sustainability and technology.
Bellwether Services is a global strategic management advisory firm that assists clients on complex issues of strategy, operations, sustainability and technology.
Benchmarking
Benchmarking is the process of comparing one's business processes and performance metrics to industry bests or best practices from other industries.
Benchmarking is the process of comparing one's business processes and performance metrics to industry bests or best practices from other industries.
Benchmarking e-learning
Benchmarking is a management tool that has been applied in many areas of business but it is only in 2005-06 that there has been immense growth in its application specifically to university use of educ...
Benchmarking is a management tool that has been applied in many areas of business but it is only in 2005-06 that there has been immense growth in its application specifically to university use of educ...
Blindspots analysis
Blindspots analysis (also blind spots analysis) is a method aimed at uncovering obsolete assumptions in a decision maker’s mental scheme of the environment.
Blindspots analysis (also blind spots analysis) is a method aimed at uncovering obsolete assumptions in a decision maker’s mental scheme of the environment.
BSC SWOT
BSC SWOT, or the Balanced Scorecard SWOT analysis, was first introduced, in 2001, by Lennart Norberg and Terry Brown.
BSC SWOT, or the Balanced Scorecard SWOT analysis, was first introduced, in 2001, by Lennart Norberg and Terry Brown.
Business cluster
A business cluster is a geographic concentration of interconnected businesses, suppliers, and associated institutions in a particular field.
A business cluster is a geographic concentration of interconnected businesses, suppliers, and associated institutions in a particular field.
Business model
A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value.
A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value.
Business model design
Business model design refers to the activity of designing a company's business model.
Business model design refers to the activity of designing a company's business model.
Business Network Transformation
A Business Network Transformation (BNT) is a market phenomenon where companies go beyond their traditional business boundaries to drive profitable growth.
A Business Network Transformation (BNT) is a market phenomenon where companies go beyond their traditional business boundaries to drive profitable growth.
Business network transformation
A Business network transformation is a market phenomenon where companies go beyond their traditional business boundaries to drive profitable growth.
A Business network transformation is a market phenomenon where companies go beyond their traditional business boundaries to drive profitable growth.
Business plan
A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons why they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals.
A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons why they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals.
Business Strategy Mapping
Business Strategy Mapping is the discipline of mapping business opportunities from potential to profitability and the points in between.
Business Strategy Mapping is the discipline of mapping business opportunities from potential to profitability and the points in between.
Business strategy mapping
Business Strategy Mapping is the discipline of mapping business opportunities from potential to profitability and the points in between.
Business Strategy Mapping is the discipline of mapping business opportunities from potential to profitability and the points in between.
Business System Planning
Business System Planning is a method for analyzing, defining and designing an information architecture of organizations.
Business System Planning is a method for analyzing, defining and designing an information architecture of organizations.
Business transformation
Business transformation is a key executive management initiative that attempts to align an organisation's initiatives relating to people, process and technology more closely with its business st...
Business transformation is a key executive management initiative that attempts to align an organisation's initiatives relating to people, process and technology more closely with its business st...
Cash cow
In the business, a cash cow is a product or a business unit that generates unusually high profit margins: so high that it is responsible for a large amount of a company's operating profit.
In the business, a cash cow is a product or a business unit that generates unusually high profit margins: so high that it is responsible for a large amount of a company's operating profit.
Certified Management Consultant
Certified Management Consultant (CMC) is an international professional certification for management consulting professionals, awarded by institutes in 46 countries (as of December 2009).
Certified Management Consultant (CMC) is an international professional certification for management consulting professionals, awarded by institutes in 46 countries (as of December 2009).
Certified management consultant
Certified Management Consultant (CMC) is an international professional certification for management consulting professionals, awarded by institutes in 48 countries (as of April 2012).
Certified Management Consultant (CMC) is an international professional certification for management consulting professionals, awarded by institutes in 48 countries (as of April 2012).
Chaotics
Chaotics is a strategic business framework and platform for dealing with economic turbulence defined and developed in 2008 by marketing guru Philip Kotler of Northwestern University’s Kellogg Sc...
Chaotics is a strategic business framework and platform for dealing with economic turbulence defined and developed in 2008 by marketing guru Philip Kotler of Northwestern University’s Kellogg Sc...
Cluster development
Cluster development (or cluster initiative or Economic Clustering) is the economic development of business clusters.
Cluster development (or cluster initiative or Economic Clustering) is the economic development of business clusters.
Competence-based management
Competence-based Strategic Management is a relatively new way of thinking about how organizations gain high performance for a significant period of time.
Competence-based Strategic Management is a relatively new way of thinking about how organizations gain high performance for a significant period of time.
Competitive advantage
Competitive advantage is defined as the strategic advantage one business entity has over its rival entities within its competitive industry.
Competitive advantage is defined as the strategic advantage one business entity has over its rival entities within its competitive industry.
Competitive heterogeneity
Competitive Heterogeneity is a concept from strategic management that examines why industries do not converge on one best way of doing things.
Competitive Heterogeneity is a concept from strategic management that examines why industries do not converge on one best way of doing things.
Competitive intelligence
A broad definition of competitive intelligence is the action of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing intelligence about products, customers, competitors and any aspect of the environ...
A broad definition of competitive intelligence is the action of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing intelligence about products, customers, competitors and any aspect of the environ...
Competitor analysis
faltu analysis in marketing and strategic management is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors.
faltu analysis in marketing and strategic management is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors.
Complementors
Complementors is a term used to describe businesses that directly sell a product (or products) or service (or services) that complement the product or service of another company by adding value ...
Complementors is a term used to describe businesses that directly sell a product (or products) or service (or services) that complement the product or service of another company by adding value ...
Complexity management
Complexity management is a business methodology that deals with the analysis and optimization of complexity in enterprises.
Complexity management is a business methodology that deals with the analysis and optimization of complexity in enterprises.
Context analysis
Context analysis is a method to analyze the environment in which a business operates.
Context analysis is a method to analyze the environment in which a business operates.
Core competency
A core competency is a specific factor that a business sees as being central to the way it, or its employees, works.
A core competency is a specific factor that a business sees as being central to the way it, or its employees, works.
Core product
Core products or flagship products are a company's products which are most directly related to their core competencies.
Core products or flagship products are a company's products which are most directly related to their core competencies.
Corporate foresight
Corporate foresight is an ability that includes any structural or cultural element that enables the company to detect discontinuous change early, interpret the consequences for the company, and ...
Corporate foresight is an ability that includes any structural or cultural element that enables the company to detect discontinuous change early, interpret the consequences for the company, and ...
Corporate group
A corporate group (or a "group of companies") is a collection of parent and subsidiary corporations that function as a single economic entity through a common source of control.
A corporate group (or a "group of companies") is a collection of parent and subsidiary corporations that function as a single economic entity through a common source of control.
Cost leadership
Cost leadership is a concept developed by Michael Porter, used in business strategy.
Cost leadership is a concept developed by Michael Porter, used in business strategy.
Cost of operation
cost of operation is the business strategy implemented in many companies to gain huge market.
cost of operation is the business strategy implemented in many companies to gain huge market.
Creative competitive intelligence
Creative competitive intelligence is a particular kind of competitive intelligence or business intelligence.
Creative competitive intelligence is a particular kind of competitive intelligence or business intelligence.
Crisis
A crisis is any event that is, or expected to lead to, an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, community or whole society.
A crisis is any event that is, or expected to lead to, an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, community or whole society.
Critical success factor
Critical success factor (CSF) is the term for an element that is necessary for an organization or project to achieve its mission.
Critical success factor (CSF) is the term for an element that is necessary for an organization or project to achieve its mission.
Cross ownership
Cross ownership is a method of reinforcing business relationships by owning stock in the companies with which a given company does business.
Cross ownership is a method of reinforcing business relationships by owning stock in the companies with which a given company does business.
Customer advocacy
Customer advocacy is a specialized form of customer service in which companies focus on what is best for the customer.
Customer advocacy is a specialized form of customer service in which companies focus on what is best for the customer.
Defensive marketing warfare strategies
Defensive marketing warfare strategies are a type of marketing warfare strategy designed to protect a company's market share, profitability, product positioning, or mind share.
Defensive marketing warfare strategies are a type of marketing warfare strategy designed to protect a company's market share, profitability, product positioning, or mind share.
Delta Model
Delta Model is a customer-based approach to Strategic management.
Delta Model is a customer-based approach to Strategic management.
Demand Signal Repository
Demand Signal Repository (DSR) is the process whereby consumer goods companies integrate and cleanse demand data, and leverage that data to service retailers and end customers efficiently.
Demand Signal Repository (DSR) is the process whereby consumer goods companies integrate and cleanse demand data, and leverage that data to service retailers and end customers efficiently.
Demand signal repository
Demand signal repository (DSR) is the process whereby consumer goods companies integrate and cleanse demand data, and leverage that data to service retailers and end customers efficiently.
Demand signal repository (DSR) is the process whereby consumer goods companies integrate and cleanse demand data, and leverage that data to service retailers and end customers efficiently.
Digital strategy
In the fields of strategic management, marketing strategy and operational strategy, digital strategy is the process of specifying an organization's vision, goals, opportunities and initiatives i...
In the fields of strategic management, marketing strategy and operational strategy, digital strategy is the process of specifying an organization's vision, goals, opportunities and initiatives i...
Dominant Design
Dominant Design is a Technology Management concept identifying key technological designs that become a de-facto standard in their market place.
Dominant Design is a Technology Management concept identifying key technological designs that become a de-facto standard in their market place.
Dominant design
Dominant design is a technology management concept identifying key technological designs that become a de-facto standard in their market place.
Dominant design is a technology management concept identifying key technological designs that become a de-facto standard in their market place.
E-learning Maturity Model
The E-Learning Maturity Model (eMM) in software engineering is a model to assess the capability of e-learning processes.
The E-Learning Maturity Model (eMM) in software engineering is a model to assess the capability of e-learning processes.
Ecological model of competition
The ecological model of competition is a reassessment of the nature of competition in the economy.
The ecological model of competition is a reassessment of the nature of competition in the economy.
Employee experience management
Along with the notion of Experience Economy, Employee experience is defined as what employee received during their interaction with careers’ elements that affect their cognition and affection an...
Along with the notion of Experience Economy, Employee experience is defined as what employee received during their interaction with careers’ elements that affect their cognition and affection an...
Enterprise planning systems
Enterprise planning systems cover the methods of planning for the internal and external factors that affect an enterprise.
Enterprise planning systems cover the methods of planning for the internal and external factors that affect an enterprise.
Enterprise portal
An enterprise portal, also known as an enterprise information portal (EIP) or corporate portal, is a framework for integrating information, people and processes across organizational bou...
An enterprise portal, also known as an enterprise information portal (EIP) or corporate portal, is a framework for integrating information, people and processes across organizational bou...
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Entrepreneurial Leadership is organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal using proactive entrepreneurial behavior such as optimising risk, innovating to take advantage of opportunitie...
Entrepreneurial Leadership is organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal using proactive entrepreneurial behavior such as optimising risk, innovating to take advantage of opportunitie...
Entrepreneurial leadership
Entrepreneurial leadership is organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal using proactive entrepreneurial behavior such as optimising risk, innovating to take advantage of opportunitie...
Entrepreneurial leadership is organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal using proactive entrepreneurial behavior such as optimising risk, innovating to take advantage of opportunitie...
Exit strategy
An exit strategy is a means of leaving one's current situation, either after a predetermined objective has been achieved, or as a strategy to mitigate failure.
An exit strategy is a means of leaving one's current situation, either after a predetermined objective has been achieved, or as a strategy to mitigate failure.
Experience curve effects
Models of the learning curve effect and the closely related experience curve effect express the relationship between equations for experience and efficiency or between efficiency gains and...
Models of the learning curve effect and the closely related experience curve effect express the relationship between equations for experience and efficiency or between efficiency gains and...
Financial plan
In general usage, a financial plan is a series of steps or goals used by an individual or business, the progressive and cumulative attainment of which are designed to accomplish a final financia...
In general usage, a financial plan is a series of steps or goals used by an individual or business, the progressive and cumulative attainment of which are designed to accomplish a final financia...
First-mover advantage
In marketing, first-mover advantage or FMA is the advantage gained by the initial ("first-moving") significant occupant of a market segment.
In marketing, first-mover advantage or FMA is the advantage gained by the initial ("first-moving") significant occupant of a market segment.
Flanking marketing warfare strategies
Flanking marketing warfare strategies are a type of marketing warfare strategy designed to minimize confrontational losses.
Flanking marketing warfare strategies are a type of marketing warfare strategy designed to minimize confrontational losses.
Four phase model
Maturity of Organizations and Business Excellence - The Four-Phase Model The Four-Phase Model is a model for managers and management consultants developed by Prof.dr.ing.
Maturity of Organizations and Business Excellence - The Four-Phase Model The Four-Phase Model is a model for managers and management consultants developed by Prof.dr.ing.
Fuld-Gilad-Herring Academy of Competitive Intelligence
The Fuld-Gilad-Herring Academy of Competitive Intelligence was established in 1996 as a first of its kind global educational organization solely dedicated to bringing professional training to th...
The Fuld-Gilad-Herring Academy of Competitive Intelligence was established in 1996 as a first of its kind global educational organization solely dedicated to bringing professional training to th...
Functional Strategy
Functional strategy- selection of decision rules in each functional area.
Functional strategy- selection of decision rules in each functional area.
G. E. multi factoral analysis
The GE matrix is an alternative technique used in brand marketing and product management to help a company decide what product to add to its product portfolio, and which market opportunities are...
The GE matrix is an alternative technique used in brand marketing and product management to help a company decide what product to add to its product portfolio, and which market opportunities are...
Glo-Bus
The Global Business Simulation Strategy Game, or "Glo-Bus," by McGraw-Hill Irwin is a Business simulation game.
The Global Business Simulation Strategy Game, or "Glo-Bus," by McGraw-Hill Irwin is a Business simulation game.
Go to market
In Marketing Management, the term Go-To-Market strategy refers to the channels a company will use to connect with its customers/business and the organizational processes it develops (such as hig...
In Marketing Management, the term Go-To-Market strategy refers to the channels a company will use to connect with its customers/business and the organizational processes it develops (such as hig...
Guerrilla marketing
Guerrilla marketing is an advertising strategy in which low-cost unconventional means (graffiti, pipe bombing, mobs) are utilized, often in a localized fashion or large network of individual cel...
Guerrilla marketing is an advertising strategy in which low-cost unconventional means (graffiti, pipe bombing, mobs) are utilized, often in a localized fashion or large network of individual cel...
Horizontal integration
In microeconomics and strategic management, the term horizontal integration describes a type of ownership and control.
In microeconomics and strategic management, the term horizontal integration describes a type of ownership and control.
Hoshin Kanri
Hoshin kanri -is a method devised to capture and cement strategic goals as well as flashes of insight about the future and develop the means to bring these into reality.
Hoshin kanri -is a method devised to capture and cement strategic goals as well as flashes of insight about the future and develop the means to bring these into reality.
IFE matrix
IFE matrix means Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix; is a popular strategic management tool for auditing or evaluating major internal strengths and internal weaknesses in functional areas o...
IFE matrix means Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix; is a popular strategic management tool for auditing or evaluating major internal strengths and internal weaknesses in functional areas o...
IMP³rove
IMP³rove stands for: IMProving Innovation Management Performance with sustainable IMPact.
IMP³rove stands for: IMProving Innovation Management Performance with sustainable IMPact.
Indovation
Indovation designates the unique process by which innovations are developed in India to serve a large number of people affordably and sustainably in response to conditions of scarcity and diversity.
Indovation designates the unique process by which innovations are developed in India to serve a large number of people affordably and sustainably in response to conditions of scarcity and diversity.
Influencer marketing
Influencer marketing, (also Influence Marketing) is a form of marketing that has emerged from a variety of recent practices and studies, in which focus is placed on specific key individual...
Influencer marketing, (also Influence Marketing) is a form of marketing that has emerged from a variety of recent practices and studies, in which focus is placed on specific key individual...
Institute of Consulting
The Institute of Consulting is the professional body for consultants and business advisers in the United Kingdom.
The Institute of Consulting is the professional body for consultants and business advisers in the United Kingdom.
Integrated business planning
Integrated business planning refers to the technologies, applications and processes of connecting the planning function across the enterprise to improve organizational alignment and financial pe...
Integrated business planning refers to the technologies, applications and processes of connecting the planning function across the enterprise to improve organizational alignment and financial pe...
Internal Benchmarking
Internal Benchmarking is a system where the different locations within an organization that do or produce similar products compare how they are producing the similar outputs.
Internal Benchmarking is a system where the different locations within an organization that do or produce similar products compare how they are producing the similar outputs.
Internal benchmarking
Internal benchmarking is a system where the different locations within an organization that do or produce similar products compare how they are producing the similar outputs.
Internal benchmarking is a system where the different locations within an organization that do or produce similar products compare how they are producing the similar outputs.
International business strategy
International business strategy refers to plans that guide commercial transactions taking place between entities in different countries.
International business strategy refers to plans that guide commercial transactions taking place between entities in different countries.
International strategic management
International Strategic Management (ISM) is an ongoing management planning process aimed at developing strategies to allow an organization to expand abroad and compete internationally.
International Strategic Management (ISM) is an ongoing management planning process aimed at developing strategies to allow an organization to expand abroad and compete internationally.
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
The Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management (JCCM) is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all theoretical and practical aspects relating to crisis management.
The Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management (JCCM) is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all theoretical and practical aspects relating to crisis management.
Keiretsu
A keiretsu is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings.
A keiretsu is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings.
Lead scoring
Lead scoring is a method of assigning points to each prospect you come across.
Lead scoring is a method of assigning points to each prospect you come across.
Leadership
Leadership has been described as “a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task".
Leadership has been described as “a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task".
Leverage (negotiation)
In negotiation, leverage is the ability to influence the other side to move closer to one's negotiating position.
In negotiation, leverage is the ability to influence the other side to move closer to one's negotiating position.
Location intelligence
Location Intelligence is the capacity to organize and understand complex phenomena through the use of geographic relationships inherent in all information.
Location Intelligence is the capacity to organize and understand complex phenomena through the use of geographic relationships inherent in all information.
Loyalty marketing
Loyalty marketing is an approach to marketing, based on strategic management, in which a company focuses on growing and retaining existing customers through incentives.
Loyalty marketing is an approach to marketing, based on strategic management, in which a company focuses on growing and retaining existing customers through incentives.
Management by objectives
Management by Objectives is a process of defining objectives within an organization so that management and employees agree to the objectives and understand what they need to do in the organization.
Management by Objectives is a process of defining objectives within an organization so that management and employees agree to the objectives and understand what they need to do in the organization.
Management consulting
Management consulting refers to the practice of helping organisations to improve their performance, primarily through the analysis of existing organisational problems and development of plans fo...
Management consulting refers to the practice of helping organisations to improve their performance, primarily through the analysis of existing organisational problems and development of plans fo...
Market Segmentation Index
Market Segmentation Index or Celli Index of Market Segmentation, named after the Italian economist Celli G. GianLuca, is a measure of market segmentation.
Market Segmentation Index or Celli Index of Market Segmentation, named after the Italian economist Celli G. GianLuca, is a measure of market segmentation.
Market segmentation index
Market segmentation index—or the Celli index of market segmentation, named after the Italian economist Celli G. GianLuca—is a measure of market segmentation.
Market segmentation index—or the Celli index of market segmentation, named after the Italian economist Celli G. GianLuca—is a measure of market segmentation.
Market share
Market share, in strategic management and marketing is, according to Carlton O'Neal, the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company.
Market share, in strategic management and marketing is, according to Carlton O'Neal, the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company.
Marketing effectiveness
Marketing effectiveness is the quality of how marketers go to market with the goal of optimizing their spending to achieve good results for both the short-term and long-term.
Marketing effectiveness is the quality of how marketers go to market with the goal of optimizing their spending to achieve good results for both the short-term and long-term.
Marketing management
Marketing management is a business discipline which is focused on the practical application of marketing techniques and the management of a firm's marketing resources and activities.
Marketing management is a business discipline which is focused on the practical application of marketing techniques and the management of a firm's marketing resources and activities.
Marketing mix
The marketing mix is a business tool used in marketing products.
The marketing mix is a business tool used in marketing products.
Marketing mix modeling
Marketing mix modeling is a term of art for the use of statistical analysis such as multivariate regressions on sales and marketing time series data to estimate the impact of various marketing t...
Marketing mix modeling is a term of art for the use of statistical analysis such as multivariate regressions on sales and marketing time series data to estimate the impact of various marketing t...
Marketing myopia
Marketing myopia is a term used in marketing as well as the title of an important marketing paper written by Theodore Levitt.
Marketing myopia is a term used in marketing as well as the title of an important marketing paper written by Theodore Levitt.
Marketing performance measurement and management
Marketing performance measurement and management (MPM) is a term used by marketing professionals to describe the analysis and improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of marketing.
Marketing performance measurement and management (MPM) is a term used by marketing professionals to describe the analysis and improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of marketing.
Marketing warfare strategies
Marketing warfare strategies are a type of strategies, used in business and marketing, that try to draw parallels between business and warfare, and then apply the principles of military strategy...
Marketing warfare strategies are a type of strategies, used in business and marketing, that try to draw parallels between business and warfare, and then apply the principles of military strategy...
Marlin & Associates
Marlin & Associates (M&A) is a New York City based boutique investment banking and strategic advisory firm, advising owners and managers of U.S. and international companies in the technology, ...
Marlin & Associates (M&A) is a New York City based boutique investment banking and strategic advisory firm, advising owners and managers of U.S. and international companies in the technology, ...
Mass customization
Bold text Mass customization, in marketing, manufacturing, call centres and management, is the use of flexible computer-aided manufacturing systems to produce custom output.
Bold text Mass customization, in marketing, manufacturing, call centres and management, is the use of flexible computer-aided manufacturing systems to produce custom output.
Megamarketing
Megamarketing is a term coined by U.S. marketing academic, Philip Kotler, to describe the type of marketing activity required when it is necessary to manage elements of the firm's external envir...
Megamarketing is a term coined by U.S. marketing academic, Philip Kotler, to describe the type of marketing activity required when it is necessary to manage elements of the firm's external envir...
Napier Collyns
Napier Collyns is a co-founder and member of the Global Business Network.
Napier Collyns is a co-founder and member of the Global Business Network.
Narcissistic leadership
Narcissistic leadership is a common form of leadership.
Narcissistic leadership is a common form of leadership.
National Diamond
Michael Porter's National Diamond framework resulted from a study of patterns of comparative advantage among industrialized nations.
Michael Porter's National Diamond framework resulted from a study of patterns of comparative advantage among industrialized nations.
Offensive marketing warfare strategies
Offensive marketing warfare strategies are a type of marketing warfare strategy designed to obtain an objective, usually market share, from a target competitor.
Offensive marketing warfare strategies are a type of marketing warfare strategy designed to obtain an objective, usually market share, from a target competitor.
Opera Management
Opera Management is the specific field of Management, that describes and concerns exclusively the Leadership and Administration of Opera and Music Foundations.
Opera Management is the specific field of Management, that describes and concerns exclusively the Leadership and Administration of Opera and Music Foundations.
Operating model
Operating Model is a term that is used in many contexts.
Operating Model is a term that is used in many contexts.
Operational objective
An operational or operating objective is a short-term goal whose attainment moves an organization towards achieving strategic or long-term goals.
An operational or operating objective is a short-term goal whose attainment moves an organization towards achieving strategic or long-term goals.
Operational responsiveness
Operational responsiveness is a desirable quality of a business process or supporting IT solution, which indicates its ability to respond to changing conditions and customer interactions as they...
Operational responsiveness is a desirable quality of a business process or supporting IT solution, which indicates its ability to respond to changing conditions and customer interactions as they...
Organizational diagnostics
One of those is the area of organizational diagnosis and the use of structured organizational diagnostic tools.
One of those is the area of organizational diagnosis and the use of structured organizational diagnostic tools.
Organizational learning
Organizational learning is an area of knowledge within organizational theory that studies models and theories about the way an organization learns and adapts.
Organizational learning is an area of knowledge within organizational theory that studies models and theories about the way an organization learns and adapts.
Outsights
Outsights is an independent scenario planning consultancy founded in 1998 by Richard O'Brien and Tim Bolderson.
Outsights is an independent scenario planning consultancy founded in 1998 by Richard O'Brien and Tim Bolderson.
Patronage concentration
Patronage concentration is a term used in marketing.
Patronage concentration is a term used in marketing.
Perceptual mapping
Perceptual mapping is a diagrammatic technique used by asset marketers that attempts to visually display the perceptions of customers or potential customers.
Perceptual mapping is a diagrammatic technique used by asset marketers that attempts to visually display the perceptions of customers or potential customers.
Performance transformation
Performance Transformation,or Transformation of Performance, is an Outcome, a result, of actions by an individual, a group or an organisation, to radically Make Different the result...
Performance Transformation,or Transformation of Performance, is an Outcome, a result, of actions by an individual, a group or an organisation, to radically Make Different the result...
PEST analysis
PEST analysis stands for "Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis" and describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scan...
PEST analysis stands for "Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis" and describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scan...
Porter five forces analysis
Porter's five forces analysis is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development formed by Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School in 1979.
Porter's five forces analysis is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development formed by Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School in 1979.
Porter's Four Corners Model
Porter’s four corners model is a predictive tool designed by Michael Porter that helps in determining a competitor’s course of action.
Porter’s four corners model is a predictive tool designed by Michael Porter that helps in determining a competitor’s course of action.
Porter's four corners model
Porter’s four corners model is a predictive tool designed by Michael Porter that helps in determining a competitor’s course of action.
Porter’s four corners model is a predictive tool designed by Michael Porter that helps in determining a competitor’s course of action.
Predictable surprise
A "Predictable Surprise" describes a situation or circumstance in which avoidable crises are marginalized in order to satisfy economic and social policies.
A "Predictable Surprise" describes a situation or circumstance in which avoidable crises are marginalized in order to satisfy economic and social policies.
Process scorecard
Process Scorecard is a business utility designed for designing and structuring organisational key performance indicators on a multi-year frame.
Process Scorecard is a business utility designed for designing and structuring organisational key performance indicators on a multi-year frame.
Profit impact of marketing strategy
The Profit Impact of Market Strategy database "yields solid evidence in support of both common sense and counter-intuitive principles for gaining and sustaining competitive advantage": Tom Peter...
The Profit Impact of Market Strategy database "yields solid evidence in support of both common sense and counter-intuitive principles for gaining and sustaining competitive advantage": Tom Peter...
Proximity mapping
In marketing and business strategy, proximity mapping is a technique used by IBM, McKinsey and other corporations to illustrate the relative closeness of market segments or characteristics in a ...
In marketing and business strategy, proximity mapping is a technique used by IBM, McKinsey and other corporations to illustrate the relative closeness of market segments or characteristics in a ...
Push-pull strategy
The business terms push and pull originated in the logistic and supply chain management, but are also widely used in marketing.
The business terms push and pull originated in the logistic and supply chain management, but are also widely used in marketing.
Push–pull strategy
The business terms push and pull originated in the logistic and supply chain management, but are also widely used in marketing.
The business terms push and pull originated in the logistic and supply chain management, but are also widely used in marketing.
Relational view
In management, the relational view by Jeffrey H. Dyer and Harbir Singh is a theory for considering networks and dyads of firms as the unit of analysis to explain relational rents, i.e., superior...
In management, the relational view by Jeffrey H. Dyer and Harbir Singh is a theory for considering networks and dyads of firms as the unit of analysis to explain relational rents, i.e., superior...
Resource allocation
Resource allocation is used to the available resources in an economic way.
Resource allocation is used to the available resources in an economic way.
Resource-based view
The resource-based view (RBV) is a business management tool used to determine the strategic resources available to a company.
The resource-based view (RBV) is a business management tool used to determine the strategic resources available to a company.
Return on marketing investment
Return on marketing investment is the contribution attributable to marketing, divided by the marketing 'invested' or risked.
Return on marketing investment is the contribution attributable to marketing, divided by the marketing 'invested' or risked.
Reverse innovation
Reverse innovation or trickle-up innovation is a term referring to an innovation seen first, or likely to be used first, in the developing world before spreading to the industrialized world.
Reverse innovation or trickle-up innovation is a term referring to an innovation seen first, or likely to be used first, in the developing world before spreading to the industrialized world.
Rule of three (economics)
The rule of three in Business and Economics is a rule of thumb suggesting that there are always three major competitors in any free market within any one industry.
The rule of three in Business and Economics is a rule of thumb suggesting that there are always three major competitors in any free market within any one industry.
Scenario planning
Scenario planning, also called scenario thinking or scenario analysis, is a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plans.
Scenario planning, also called scenario thinking or scenario analysis, is a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plans.
Segment architecture
Segment architecture defines a simple roadmap for a core mission area, business service, or enterprise service.
Segment architecture defines a simple roadmap for a core mission area, business service, or enterprise service.
Segmenting and positioning
In order to know the customer and its expected buying process of segmenting and positioning is needed.
In order to know the customer and its expected buying process of segmenting and positioning is needed.
Six Forces Model
The Six Forces Model is a market opportunities analysis model, as an extension to Porter's Five Forces Model and is more robust than a standard SWOT analysis.
The Six Forces Model is a market opportunities analysis model, as an extension to Porter's Five Forces Model and is more robust than a standard SWOT analysis.
Social business model
Organizations that have adopted the social business model utilize social media tools and social networking behavioral standards across functional areas for communicating and engaging with extern...
Organizations that have adopted the social business model utilize social media tools and social networking behavioral standards across functional areas for communicating and engaging with extern...
Strategic business unit
In business a Strategic Business Unit is a profit center which focuses on product offering and market segment.
In business a Strategic Business Unit is a profit center which focuses on product offering and market segment.
Strategic early warning system
The aim of an Strategic Early Warning System (SEWS) is to assist organizations in dealing with discontinuities or strategic “surprises”.
The aim of an Strategic Early Warning System (SEWS) is to assist organizations in dealing with discontinuities or strategic “surprises”.
Strategic fit
Strategic fit express the degree to which an organization is matching its resources and capabilities with the opportunities in the external environment.
Strategic fit express the degree to which an organization is matching its resources and capabilities with the opportunities in the external environment.
Strategic group
A strategic group is a concept used in strategic management that groups companies within an industry that have similar business models or similar combinations of strategies.
A strategic group is a concept used in strategic management that groups companies within an industry that have similar business models or similar combinations of strategies.
Strategic management
Strategic management is a field that deals with the major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners, involving utilization of resources, to enhance the perf...
Strategic management is a field that deals with the major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners, involving utilization of resources, to enhance the perf...
Strategic Technology Plan
A strategic technology plan is a specific type of strategy plan that lets an organization know where they are now and where they want to be some time in the future with regard to the technology...
A strategic technology plan is a specific type of strategy plan that lets an organization know where they are now and where they want to be some time in the future with regard to the technology...
Strategy dynamics
The dynamics of strategy and performance concerns the ‘content’ of strategy – initiatives, choices, policies and decisions adopted in an attempt to improve performance, and the results that aris...
The dynamics of strategy and performance concerns the ‘content’ of strategy – initiatives, choices, policies and decisions adopted in an attempt to improve performance, and the results that aris...
Structure follows strategy
The historian Alfred Chandler substantiated his Structure follows Strategy thesis based on four case studies of American conglomerates that dominated their industry from the 1920s onward.
The historian Alfred Chandler substantiated his Structure follows Strategy thesis based on four case studies of American conglomerates that dominated their industry from the 1920s onward.
Switching barriers
Switching barriers or switching costs are terms used in microeconomics, strategic management, and marketing to describe any impediment to a customer's changing of suppliers.
Switching barriers or switching costs are terms used in microeconomics, strategic management, and marketing to describe any impediment to a customer's changing of suppliers.
SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses/Limitations, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture.
SWOT analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses/Limitations, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture.
Talent portfolio management
Talent Portfolio Management involves deciding what resources to include in the portfolio given the goals of the business and the changing economic conditions.
Talent Portfolio Management involves deciding what resources to include in the portfolio given the goals of the business and the changing economic conditions.
Technology Scouting
Technology Scouting can be regarded as a method of Technology forecasting or in the broader context also an element of corporate foresight.
Technology Scouting can be regarded as a method of Technology forecasting or in the broader context also an element of corporate foresight.
Technology scouting
Technology scouting can be regarded as a method of Technology forecasting or in the broader context also an element of corporate foresight.
Technology scouting can be regarded as a method of Technology forecasting or in the broader context also an element of corporate foresight.
Technology strategy
A Information Technology strategy is a particular generation of an organization's overall objective, principles and tactics relating to the technologies that the organization uses.
A Information Technology strategy is a particular generation of an organization's overall objective, principles and tactics relating to the technologies that the organization uses.
Telescopic Observations Strategic Framework
The Telescopic Observations Strategic Framework - a strategic planning tool designed to enhance intelligence gathering and improve marketing planning.
The Telescopic Observations Strategic Framework - a strategic planning tool designed to enhance intelligence gathering and improve marketing planning.
Telescopic observations strategic framework
The telescopic observations strategic framework – a strategic planning tool designed to enhance intelligence gathering and improve marketing planning.
The telescopic observations strategic framework – a strategic planning tool designed to enhance intelligence gathering and improve marketing planning.
The Cellar (marketing)
the cellar is the marketing theme or concept for the group of departments that are commonly located on the first floor below ground level at the larger Macy's department store locations.
the cellar is the marketing theme or concept for the group of departments that are commonly located on the first floor below ground level at the larger Macy's department store locations.
The Experience Economy
The Experience Economy is also considered to be the main underpinning for customer experience management.
The Experience Economy is also considered to be the main underpinning for customer experience management.
The New Age of Innovation
The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks is a book by University of Michigan Ross School of Business Professors C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan published in Apr...
The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks is a book by University of Michigan Ross School of Business Professors C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan published in Apr...
Third Frontier
The Third Frontier Project is a type of economic development initiative by the State of Ohio to expand research and technology economic development in the state.
The Third Frontier Project is a type of economic development initiative by the State of Ohio to expand research and technology economic development in the state.
Tipping point (sociology)
In sociology, a tipping point is the event of a previously rare phenomenon becoming rapidly and dramatically more common.
In sociology, a tipping point is the event of a previously rare phenomenon becoming rapidly and dramatically more common.
TmsEKP
tmsEKP is a suite of content management, enterprise portal, organisational collaboration, document management, e-Learning, content syndication, human resource, project management and helpdesk so...
tmsEKP is a suite of content management, enterprise portal, organisational collaboration, document management, e-Learning, content syndication, human resource, project management and helpdesk so...
Toolkits for User Innovation
Toolkits for user innovation allow manufacturers to " abandon their attempts to understand user needs in detail in favor of transferring need-related aspects of product and service development t...
Toolkits for user innovation allow manufacturers to " abandon their attempts to understand user needs in detail in favor of transferring need-related aspects of product and service development t...
Toolkits for user innovation
Toolkits for user innovation (the process) is an innovation process in which the user itself does part of the innovation within a set environment.
Toolkits for user innovation (the process) is an innovation process in which the user itself does part of the innovation within a set environment.
Toxic leader
A toxic leader (or the 'board room Hitler'/the 'little Hitler/'manager from hell' (or) 'boss from hell') refers to a person who has responsibility over a group of people or an organization, and ...
A toxic leader (or the 'board room Hitler'/the 'little Hitler/'manager from hell' (or) 'boss from hell') refers to a person who has responsibility over a group of people or an organization, and ...
Training Package
A Training Package in Australia is a set of nationally-endorsed standards, qualifications and guidelines used to recognise and assess the skills and knowledge people need to perform effectively ...
A Training Package in Australia is a set of nationally-endorsed standards, qualifications and guidelines used to recognise and assess the skills and knowledge people need to perform effectively ...
Training package
A Training package, in Australia, is a set of nationally endorsed standards, qualifications and guidelines used to recognise and assess the skills and knowledge people need to perform effectivel...
A Training package, in Australia, is a set of nationally endorsed standards, qualifications and guidelines used to recognise and assess the skills and knowledge people need to perform effectivel...
Value chain
The value chain, is a concept from business management that was first described and popularized by Michael Porter in his 1985 best-seller, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superi...
The value chain, is a concept from business management that was first described and popularized by Michael Porter in his 1985 best-seller, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superi...
Value grid
The value grid model was proposed by Pil and Holweg as a means to show that the way firms compete has shifted away from the linear value chain way management theory has traditionally thought abo...
The value grid model was proposed by Pil and Holweg as a means to show that the way firms compete has shifted away from the linear value chain way management theory has traditionally thought abo...
Value migration
In marketing, value migration is the shifting of value-creating forces.
In marketing, value migration is the shifting of value-creating forces.
Value proposition
Creating a value proposition is part of business strategy.
Creating a value proposition is part of business strategy.
Value shop
The value shop was first conceptualized by Thompson in 1967.
The value shop was first conceptualized by Thompson in 1967.
Vendor lock-in
In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in or customer lock-in, makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products and services, unable to use another vendor wi...
In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in or customer lock-in, makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products and services, unable to use another vendor wi...
Vertical disintegration
Vertical Disintegration refers to a specific organizational form of industrial production.
Vertical Disintegration refers to a specific organizational form of industrial production.
Vertical integration
In microeconomics and management, the term vertical integration describes a style of management control.
In microeconomics and management, the term vertical integration describes a style of management control.
Virtual Value Chain
The virtual value chain, created by John Sviokla and Jeffrey Rayport, is a business model describing the dissemination of value-generating information services throughout an Extended Enterprise.
The virtual value chain, created by John Sviokla and Jeffrey Rayport, is a business model describing the dissemination of value-generating information services throughout an Extended Enterprise.
Virtual value chain
The virtual value chain, created by John Sviokla and Jeffrey Rayport, is a business model describing the dissemination of value-generating information services throughout an Extended Enterprise.
The virtual value chain, created by John Sviokla and Jeffrey Rayport, is a business model describing the dissemination of value-generating information services throughout an Extended Enterprise.
Vitality curve
A vitality curve is a leadership construct whereby a workforce is graded in accordance with the productivity of its members.
A vitality curve is a leadership construct whereby a workforce is graded in accordance with the productivity of its members.
VRIO
The VRIO framework, in a wider scope, is part of a much larger strategic scheme of a firm.
The VRIO framework, in a wider scope, is part of a much larger strategic scheme of a firm.
Workplace strategy
Workplace Strategy is the dynamic alignment of an organization’s work patterns with the work environment to enable peak performance and reduce costs.
Workplace Strategy is the dynamic alignment of an organization’s work patterns with the work environment to enable peak performance and reduce costs.
Youth leadership
Youth leadership is the practice of teens exercising authority over themselves or others.
Youth leadership is the practice of teens exercising authority over themselves or others.
Zaibatsu
Zaibatsu is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed for control over significant parts of the Japane...
Zaibatsu is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed for control over significant parts of the Japane...