Competitive Analysis: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Competitive Analysis

  • analysis carried out for marketing purposes that can include industry, customer, and competitor analysis. A thorough competitive analysis done within a strategic framework can provide in-depth evaluation of the capabilities of key competitors.

Additional Resources

Your Competitive Analysis Expanded
Competitive analysis is carried out to ascertain the major competitors present in the market and the subtle moves and the strategies that they make. This gives a clear idea to an organization to counter those moves and sustain competitive advantage in the market. The Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats SWOT...
Tags: analysis, university of missouri
Presentations 2003-01-01
How To Produce A Competitive Analysis
A good competitive analysis varies according to what industry you're in and your specific marketing plan and situation. A comprehensive competitive analysis does have some common themes. Begin by explaining the general nature of competition in your type of business, and how customers seem to choose one provider over another.
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White papers 2007-04-19
Competitive Analysis And Marketing Strategy: A Review
The forces such as threat of new entrants, threat of substitute products, bargaining power of suppliers, and bargaining power of customers help in fuelling the competitive rivalry between firms. To gain competitive advantage, it is imperative for the organization to conduct a competitive analysis wherein the moves and strategies adopted...
Tags: marketing, marketing strategy, university of texas, analysis
Presentations 2003-01-01
Competitive Analysis
An organization operates in an external environment marked by competition between rival firms. To gain competitive advantage, it is imperative for the organization to conduct a competitive analysis wherein the moves and strategies adopted by rival firms are carefully studied. The paper discusses the importance of competitive analysis and examines...
Tags: university of missouri, organization, analysis
Presentations 2003-01-01
Competitive Analysis: Ready When They Are
Competitive analysis is a vital function at a company, especially in the fast changing software industry. Yet it is an activity that is often neglected or haphazard. Usually, gathering competitive intelligence doesn't fall squarely in the camp of one department. In fact, like product management itself, ultimate responsibility for competitive...
Tags: competitive intelligence, analysis, tools & techniques, marketing research, strategy, management, marketing
White papers 2004-01-01
Competitive Analysis For Sales
Competitive intelligence and analysis is a big part of any company's job, and is a duty that often falls to Product Managers. In "Competitive Analysis: Ready When They Are, " we looked at the topic of how to get a read on your competitors' plans and next moves. This paper...
Tags: analysis, sales strategy, sales
White papers 2004-01-01
Competitive Analysis
Intense competition between rival firms marks the external environment of an organization. Competitive dynamics involves the moves and counter moves executed by competing firms. To gain competitive advantage, it is imperative for the organization to conduct a competitive analysis wherein the moves and strategies adopted by rival firms are carefully...
Tags: business operations, corporate law, analysis, dynamics, board, corporate governance, university of illinois
Presentations 2001-10-03
A BNET 15-Minute Module: Learn To Conduct Competitive Analysis
This PowerPoint training tool shows you how to analyze your company's competitive advantages and disadvantages. This tool explains the strategic group map technique of competitive analysis and includes a case study that illustrates how one company used this technique to plan an expansion of its facilities and services. This tool...
Tags: team, technique, team management, productivity, tool, analysis, management
Presentations 2004-05-06
Conduct Your Own Competitive Analysis
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Discussion threads 2007-05-09
A BNET 15-Minute Module: Conduct Your Own Competitive Analysis
Download this PowerPoint training tool to analyze your company's competitive advantages and disadvantages. This tool explains the strategic group map technique of competitive analysis. You'll identify your main competitors and define the most important competitive forces in your industry. After compiling this information, you'll draw a map that illustrates your...
Tags: management, strategy, team management, productivity, tool, analysis, industry
Presentations 2004-05-05
Foundations Of Competitive Strategy
Competitive advantage is the measure of a firm’s competencies and performance against the factors prevailing in the firm’s external environment. Competitive strategy is all about identifying and exploiting opportunities to gain competitive advantage. It is imperative for the organization to conduct the industry analysis wherein the moves and counter moves...
Tags: marketing, management, marketing research, strategy, competitive strategy, competitive advantage, university of california at berkeley
Presentations 2003-01-01
Framework For Business Analysis
Competitive advantage spells out the ‘uniqueness’ of the organization vis-à-vis its competitors. Business analysis is imperative for the organization to ascertain the mood and the conditions for starting or consolidating a business venture. Business strategy analysis involves analysis of the organizational strategy to create a sustainable competitive advantage. The paper...
Tags: business analysis, analysis, arkansas, university of texas, business strategy analysis
Presentations 2003-01-01
Gathering Competitive Intelligence
It's important to complete a competitive analysis during the start-up phase of one's new business, about the time the person putting together the marketing plan. In fact, if a person gets underway without performing a competitive analysis, the person runs the risk of creating marketing tools and product or service...
Tags: entrepreneur.com inc., competitive intelligence, person, entrepreneurship, marketing research, tools & techniques, strategy, management, marketing
White papers 2004-09-07
Strategy Analysis
It is imperative for the organization to conduct the industry analysis wherein the moves and counter moves of the competing firms are studied. Such analysis also helps to ascertain the position of the organization vis-à-vis the competing firms and chalk out the business plan strategy. Competitive strategy of the organization...
Tags: industry, competitive strategy, strategy, marketing research, management, marketing
Presentations 2003-01-01
Strategic Analysis
Strategic analysis involves judging the pros and cons of the systems and processes of an organization towards attainment of long-term goals and objectives. An efficient strategic analysis enables the organization to effectively manage environmental change and sustain its competitive advantage in the market. It also helps in optimum utilization of...
Tags: strategic analysis, marketing research, strategy, marketing, management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Using Competitive Analysis To Build Your Marketing Strategies
Competitive analysis can be a powerful tool for establishing your marketing strategies. With this fast moving market, one needs to re-assess your competitors on an ongoing basis. Keeping track of your competition is an important part of making sure your marketing messages clearly differentiate your company and its products in...
Tags: analysis, marketing strategy, marketing, marketing research
White papers 2001-01-01
The Porter Competitive Model For Industry Structure Analysis
Moves and counter moves of other competing firms mark the external environment of an organization. In this scenario, it is imperative for the organization to conduct the industry analysis and find out the prevailing opportunities and threats. Having done that, the organization can devise suitable strategies to exploit the opportunities...
Tags: management, strategy, university of california, porter five forces, organization, analysis, industry
Presentations 2003-01-01
Industry And Competitive Analysis
An organization’s strategic thinking is governed by the situation prevalent in its external environment. The external environment comprises of the strategic moves adopted by the organization’s competitors. The organization has to carefully study these moves and accordingly devise strategies to gain competitive advantage. For the same, the organization needs to...
Tags: villanova university, environment, industry, analysis, organization, strategy, management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Building Business Profitability: The Value Connection-III
Without thinking through the competitive implications of a proposed pricing strategy, the management team may not benefit from the development and implementation of a value based pricing strategy. This article addresses the components of a value-based approach, and provides guidelines for managing competitive dynamics. The context of the analysis provided...
Tags: pricing strategy, analysis, pricing, marketing research, marketing
White papers 2001-12-01
Competitive Analysis For M&A
This paper explains the important use of competitive analysis, which is to gather valuable information for Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), to find companies that would make good potential acquisitions for or purchasers of your company. This same activity can have a different outcome from an actual merger or acquisition. It...
Tags: sales, business operations, finance, investment, sales strategy, business structures, corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, analysis, m&a, acquisition
White papers 2004-01-01
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