1-1 McGraw-Hill/Irwin ©2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, All Rights Reserved C H A P T E R THREE Business Strategies and Their Marketing Implications 3
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Discussion Question 1.Ultimately the goal for any firm or business unit is to gain sustainable competitive advantage. What key decisions are necessary to get there?
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Discussion Question 2. On what basis do businesses compete?
Porter’s Generic Strategies Overall Low Cost Leadership Differentiation Focus
Robert Miles & Charles Snow Prospector
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Exhibit 3.2 Combined Typology of Business-Unit Competitive Strategies Competitive strategy Differentiation Cost leadership Emphasis on new product-market growth Heavy emphasisNo emphasis ProspectorAnalyzerDefenderReactor Units primarily concerned with attaining growth through aggressive pursuit of new product-market opportunities Units with strong core bus.; actively seeking to expand into rel. prod-mkts with differentiated offerings Units with strong core bus.; actively seeking to expand into rel. prod-mkts with low-cost offerings Units primarily concerned with maintaining a differentiated position in mature markets Units primarily concerned with maintaining a low-cost position in mature markets Units with no clearly defined product-market development or competitive strategy
Single Business Firms Belvedere VodkaVodka Startups Start Life as Prospectors Services Emirates Airline EmiratesAirline Differentiated analyzer Global Competitors One of the analyzer strategies
How Business Strategies Differ in Scope, Objectives, Resource Deployments, and Synergy Exhibit 3.4. Dimensions Scope Goals and obj. Adaptability (new product success) Effectiveness (inc. mrkt share) Efficiency (ROI) Resource deployment Synergy Low-cost defender Mature/stable/well- defined domain; mature tech.and cust. segments Very little Low High Generate excess cash (cash cows) Need to seek operating synergies to achieve efficiencies Differentiated defender Mature/stable/well- defined domain; mature tech.and cust. segment Little Low High Generate excess cash (cash cows) Need to seek operating synergies to achieve efficiencies
How Business Strategies Differ in Scope, Objectives, Resource Deployments, and Synergy Exhibit 3.4. Dimensions Scope Goals and obj. Adaptability (new product success) Effectiveness (inc. mrkt share) Efficiency (ROI) Resource deployment Synergy Prospector Broad/dynamic domains; tech. and cust. segments not well-established Extensive High Low Need cash for product dev. (? or *) Danger in sharing operating fac. and programs - better to share tech./mktg skills Analyzer Mixture of defender and prospector strategies Mix. of defender & prospector strats. Mix. of def. & prosp. strats Need cash for prod. dev. but < prospectors Danger in sharing operating fac. and programs - better to share tech./mktg. skills
Let’s combine the two perspectives and examine the book retailing industry Competitive strategy Differentiation Cost leadership Emphasis on new product-market growth Heavy emphasisNo emphasis ProspectorAnalyzerDefenderReactor Units primarily concerned with attaining growth through aggressive pursuit of new product-market opportunities Units with strong core bus.; actively seeking to expand into rel. prod-mkts with differentiated offerings Units with strong core bus.; actively seeking to expand into rel. prod-mkts with low-cost offerings Units primarily concerned with maintaining a differentiated position in mature markets Units primarily concerned with maintaining a low-cost position in mature markets Units with no clearly defined product-market development or competitive strategy
Discussion Questions 3. How might the Internet change how firms compete? Are these strategy typologies obsolete?
Discussion Questions 4. What sorts of market, technological, and competitive conditions call for which of these strategies? What strengths are required for success with each?
Prospector Industry & Market
Prospector Technology
Prospector Competition
Prospector Business’s relative Strengths
Analyzer I&M
Analyzer Technology
Analyzer Competition
Analyzer BR strengths
D Defender I&M
D Defender Technology
D Defender Competition
D Defender BR Strengths
LC Defender I & M
LC Defender Technology
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Discussion Questions 5. What sort of marketing mix (4 P’s) is typically appropriate for each of these strategies? Can we generalize?
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