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Competitive Advantage: a factor giving an advantage to a nation, company, group, or individual in competitive terms. Used by Michael Porter for the title of his classic text on international corporate strategy,...; Competitive Advantage definition on BNET »

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High Price CAN be a Competitive Advantage!: High Price CAN be a Competitive Advantage!Need PointersThis scenario is much like what a colleague of mine encounters all the time. I keep telling him to not worry about the literal value (2 hours of time is $200 so that is the upcharge for the extra tangibles) but rather what...; Tags: competitive advantage, High-Price, sales person; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
Collaborating for Improved Product Development: More and more companies are collaborating on product development programs. The objective is to reduce production costs, make better use of skilled, specialist resources, and speed up the time to market. Tools like videoconferencing and the use of secure extranets have simplified collaboration. What You Need to KnowWhy is...; Tags: Product marketing, Strategy, Business structures, Groupware, BNET Editorial, product development, product life cycle, collaboration, team, partnership, collaboration tool, globalization, Extranet, competitive advantage, marketing, project management, benefit, outsource, su; Articles 2007-10-31
Using E-mail to Negotiate: It's not unusual to conduct negotiations via e-mail. It's fast, convenient, reliable—and global, so we can conduct almost all preliminary discussions without spending time and money on travel. We're no longer captive to time zone differences or long waiting periods before connecting with the right person.We do, however, face new...; Tags: BNET Editorial, negotiation, clarification, e-mail, competitive advantage, environment; Articles 2007-10-30
Using the Internet to Support Retailers: Using the Internet to support retailers saves time, and also provides higher quality information than telephone-based systems allow. Therefore, transferring routine processes to the Internet helps improve productivity and increase profits by allowing retailers more time to do what they do best: selling products. What You Need to KnowHow...; Tags: BNET Editorial, Retail, Web Site, Internet, Information, Retail Company, Web, information quality, password, stock, competitive advantage, phone, profit margin, security, pricing strategy, training, computer, benefit, performance; Articles 2007-10-03
Create Customer Advantage: Don't Miss the Forest for the Trees: Businesses are always trying to gain competitive advantage by tweaking their products and services to one-up the competition and grab the customer's eye. Which is just common sense and good business, right? Wrong, actually, according to an interesting post by Erich Joachimsthaler on today's Harvard Business Review...; Tags: Competitive Advantage, Airline, Management, Strategy, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2007-08-01