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Strategy and Planning Techniques

Gross Domestic Product

Gross Domestic Product

The concept explains the importance of gross domestic product (GDP). It offers a summary of its key strengths and weaknesses and provides helpful advice on measuring GDP.

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Growth Share Matrix

Growth Share Matrix

The Growth-Share Matrix is a strategic planning tool that helps organisations allocate resources across business units or products. By comparing market growth with market share, leaders can visualise competitive position, prioritise investments and shape long-term business strategy (Hax & Majluf, 1983).

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Horizontal vs. Vertical Integration

Horizontal vs. Vertical Integration

The concept describes the basics and importance of supply chain integration and helps managers and practitioners to identify the level of influence the company has over its supply chain's suppliers and buyers.

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Hoshin Kanri

Hoshin Kanri

Hoshin Kanri is a structured approach to deploy strategy through alignment, communication and learning. It connects long-term vision with daily management by selecting a few vital objectives, engaging teams through dialogue, and tracking progress through PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) review cycles (Hutchins, 2016).

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Human Capital

Human Capital

The view of human resources as a form of capital is not new, but only recently practitioners and academics have turned their attention to the benefits of the efficient employee management. The concept describes these benefits and reviews the success factors and implementation information that will help you improve your HR strategies.

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Human Resource Based Theories of Strategy

Human Resource Based Theories of Strategy

The concept explores the discussion begun by Resource-based theorists who argue that human assets can be a source of sustainable advantage. It further discusses the benefits and limitations of these theories.

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Industry Life Cycle

Industry Life Cycle

The industry structure and competitive forces that shape the environment in which businesses operate change throughout the industry life cycle. The concept explores the importance of aligning your strategy with the life cycle of your industry.

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Information Management

Information Management

The concept is created to help practitioners better understand the notion of information management, its history, practical use, implementation strategy and limitations.

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Innovation Capital

Innovation Capital

Innovation capital is critical to building a competitive advantage in the knowledge economy. The concept explains how organisations can leverage their unique organisational knowledge to create economies of scale and scope, as well as differentiation.

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Innovation Diamond

Innovation Diamond

The innovation diamond concept explains the four cornerstones of innovation for building competitive advantage. The concept uses cutting-edge research and case studies to show how companies can stay ahead of the innovation curve and outlines the critical success factors and measures needed to implement the innovation diamond.

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Innovation Management

Innovation Management

The concept determines the critical factors of innovation management. It reviews the managerial practices of successful innovators and summarises the strengths and limitations of innovative approaches.

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