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Patni-BPO Handles Multiple Process 401(K) Services and Strengthens Client's competitive strategy: The client is one of the leading online providers of 401(K) plans, specializing in complete electronic plan administration. The client wanted to achieve early mover advantage to create a competitive edge within the Defined Contribution space, by leveraging offshore outsourcing capabilities of a credible offshore supplier. Patni mobilized its Process...; Tags: Outsourcing, Patni Computer Systems Ltd., offshore outsourcing, competitive strategy, 401(k) plan, consulting, analysis; Case studies
The Changing Face Of competitive strategy: In nowadays global, intensively interconnected business environment, a major challenge faced by business organizations is how to maximize shareholder value and sustain growth, while at the same time creating economic value for all. Two essential ingredients of strategy are needed to achieve these long-run corporate objectives which are setting up...; Tags: value proposition, competitive strategy, shareholder, strategy; White papers 2008-04-13
The What's Next? Process For Creating A Winning competitive strategy: The old customary procedure of strategy development has a pure and sound logic. It has been designed in order to answer the question: What is it that we should do in order to achieve our goals? The process essentially involves three stages. Where are we now? Where do we want...; Tags: Marketing research, competitive strategy, strategy; White papers 2008-03-04
Firm Size And Competitive Advantage In The U.S. Upholstered, Wood Household Furniture Industry: This paper is an empirical investigation of the relationships between firm size, competitive strategy, competitive forces and financial performance in the United States (U.S.) upholstered, wood household furniture industry. Based on an analysis of data collected in a national survey of manufacturers, it appears that only the intensity of rivalry...; Tags: Strategy, Marketing research, Performance management, competitive strategy, performance, industry, competitive advantage, outsourcing, U.S., survey, analysis, financial; White papers 2008-01-01
New Product Development (NPD): A Cornerstone Of competitive strategy: Are you happy with your company's record of New Product Development (NPD)? Were the projects well run and did the products launch on time? Are the new products superior to competition with real, saleable value for the customer? Did the new products deliver the promised revenue and profit improvement? Nowadays,...; Tags: Product marketing, New Product Development, competitive strategy; White papers 2008-01-24

6 Steps To Laying Out Your competitive strategy: Competitive strategy has never been more important to success in nowadays' business environment. It does not matter what type of business you are in or whether you are small, big or just starting out, a company can not survive without an adequate and focused strategic plan to best the competition....; Tags: Marketing research, competitive strategy, strategy; White papers 2007-12-01
competitive strategy: Substitution, Switching And Switching Costs: Businesses come and go. Products come and go. What is the future of your business? The answer often lies in issues related to substitution, switching and switching costs. As a business owner, your future may hinge on your understanding of these concepts. All of life is an evolution. Business is...; Tags: substitution, competitive strategy, monitoring; White papers 2007-12-01
Business Strategy: Creating A competitive strategy: Forming a successful business strategy involves creating a first-rate competitive strategy. Businesses must develop a plan that addresses ways to compete in their respective markets. The first step in accomplishing this is to identify the competition. Once this step has been completed there are several approaches that can be used...; Tags: Marketing research, Strategy, competitive strategy, business strategy; White papers 2007-05-13
MBA Boot Camp: View Available Dates and Locations This course offers the core curriculum of university level graduate business programs and includes targeted lectures and illuminating case studies. You will be introduced to the principles around which strategic business decisions revolve. You'll learn the major concepts and be introduced...; Tags: Marketing research, Tools & Techniques, Financial accounting, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Schaumburg, Computer Associates International Inc., quantitative analysis, competitive strategy, Washington D.C., Chicago, Sacramento, decision analysis, Los Angeles, San Fran; Training 2008-01-01
competitive strategy: Partnering For Competitive Advantage: The right business strategies are necessary for people who are trying to start an online business venture. Nearly everyone is on the Internet nowadays, so it is very important that you understand how the Web works, so you can use it to your advantage. In order to have a successful...; Tags: Partnership, Competitive Advantage, Competitive Strategy, Business Strategy, Managementsite, Business Structures, Internet, Strategy, Marketing Research, Finance, Management, Marketing; White papers 2007-12-01
How to Beat a Lower-Priced Competitor: It’s every company’s nightmare: a competitor enters your market with a similar product priced at a fraction of what you currently charge. You need a strategy for beating the low-ballers. So what’s the best way to proceed? On the one hand, all you need to do is...; Tags: Geoffrey James, price war, magnetic resonance imaging, consulting, strategy, profit margin, training, performance, PC; Articles 2007-06-14
Generic Competitive Strategies: This paper explains three competitive strategies that can be used singly or in combination to create a defendable position and to outperform competitors, whether they are within an industry or across nations. The paper states that the strategies are generic because they are applicable to a large variety of situations...; Tags: Marketing research, Thomson Reuters Corp., competitive strategy, strategy, incentive, leadership, industry; White papers 2006-01-01
Putting It All Together: Refining Your competitive strategy: The nonprofit sector is no stranger to competition, and it's important that nonprofits are aware of this fact and look for opportunities to develop effective and ethical competitive strategies, as necessary, to advance their missions. Let it be noted that these strategies do not preclude the need to adopt collaborative...; Tags: Marketing research, competitive strategy, strategy; White papers 2005-09-30
How to Gather Competitive Research: To formulate an effective corporate strategy, it's essential to understand two basic questions: What is your company doing, and what are your competitors doing? Establish the Strategic Problem Goal: Define your question before you begin the search for answers. Developing a competitive strategy...; Tags: Marketing research, Jane Hodges, SWOT analysis, R&D, competitive strategy, intellectual property protection, competitive intelligence, mail-order, marketing, sales, absence, intellectual property, analysis, acquisition, partnership, supplier, technique, financial, strategy; Articles 2007-03-28
Four Higher-Price Champions: The best way to win a pricing war is to avoid the fight entirely. These products do battle in tough markets, but they generate profits without competing on the basis of price. The Champion: Apple...; Tags: Branding, Digital music, Digital media, Geoffrey James, Bayer AG, Apple Inc., tablet, Hardware Engineering, Sony Corp., Apple iPod, brand, print advertising, brand recognition, Apple Macintosh, CD, strategy, motivation, messaging, consumer electronics, electronics, U.S., MP3; Articles 2007-06-14
Five Strategic Management Tasks For The Small Business Owner: Businesses which are built either partly or entirely on offering something different to anything else available are following a competitive strategy. Businesses which try to achieve success by doing whatever it is they do better than their competitors are following a strategy of operational excellence. The research suggests that, competitive...; Tags: Marketing research, competitive strategy, strategic management, small business, strategy; White papers 2006-01-01
Thou Shalt Not Steal Thy Competitor's Secrets: There's a right way and a wrong way to conduct corporate research. As companies like Hewlett Packard, Procter & Gamble, and SAP have learned, doing it the wrong way can be costly — and embarrassing. Pretexting What It Is: Approaching a source for...; Tags: Jane Hodges, competitive intelligence, pretexting, Procter & Gamble Co., identity, Hewlett-Packard Co., researcher, agreement, litigation, technique, analysis, team, phone; Articles 2007-03-28
How to Gather Competitive Research: To formulate an effective corporate strategy, it's essential to understand two basic questions: What is your company doing, and what are your competitors doing?; Tags: SWOT analysis, marketing, competitive strategy, competitive intelligence; Articles 2007-03-28
The Cost of Mobile Working: "Out of the Office" Contributions by Employees are Increasingly Important to Many Companies' Competitive Strategies: Once confined to a small group of highly mobile professionals, mobile network access technology is becoming commonplace, even a fixture, in contemporary business life. As the contribution of knowledge workers and professionals becomes increasingly important to businesses - and as competitive pressure compels companies to seek ever-greater workforce productivity -...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Marketing research, Strategy, CFO Publishing Corp., competitive strategy, mobile, worker, mobile network, workforce, PDA, e-mail, network; White papers 2006-01-10
Rivalry Through Alliances: competitive strategy in the Global Telecommunications Market - A Reply to Curwen: The authors' exceptions with Curwen's rejoinder result largely from his misreading of their paper and from the empirical evidence he selects. Curwen's dependence on the most recent market valuations and his statements that portions of the authors' work are "already out of date" illustrate his heavy reliance on what was...; Tags: Strategy, University of Florida, dot-com, market valuation, competitive strategy, alliance; White papers 2005-09-01