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Business Definition for: Business Strategy

  • a long-term approach to implementing a firm's business plans to achieve its business objectives

Additional Resources

Strategy and business economics
Strategy and Business Economics WHAT IS STRATEGY? Many different theories and approaches to strategy formulation and implementation are presented in the literature. Some writers distinguish between strategy as a concept and strategy as a process. Others emphasize that strategy is a way of thinking. However defined, strategy is concerned...
Tags: analysis, Boston Consulting Group Inc., economist, industry, Strategy
Research articles 1989-04-01
What Is The Strategy?
Strategy of an organization is the roadmap towards attainment of its long term goals and objectives. Organizational strategy consists of planning, organizing, execution, and control activities. Business level strategy is the firm specific strategy that facilitates in gaining competitive advantage in the market. The paper examines issues involved in evolution...
Tags: Business-level Strategy, University Of Kentucky, Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Home Business Strategy: How To Be Successful Despite Obstacles
One of the first decisions you will make as a new small business owner is to determine your business strategy. Your business strategy will spell out your choices of inventory, your approach towards your business, and how you will steer the business. The success or failure of your start-up business...
Tags: Business Strategy, ArticlesAlley.com
White papers 2006-10-14
Business-Level Strategy: How Do We Compete?
Strategy of an organization is the roadmap towards attainment of its long term goals and objectives. Organizational strategy consists of planning, organizing, execution, and control activities. Business level strategy is the firm specific strategy that facilitates in gaining competitive advantage in the market. The business level strategy of the organization...
Tags: Business-level Strategy, Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Building Competitive Advantage Through Business-Level Strategy
Strategy of an organization is the roadmap towards attainment of its long term goals and objectives. Organizational strategy consists of planning, organizing, execution, and control activities. Business level strategy is the firm specific strategy that facilitates in gaining competitive advantage in the market. The paper examines the dynamics of business...
Tags: Auburn University, Business-level Strategy, Competitive Advantage, Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Three Forms of Strategy : General, Corporate & Competitive
The preceding discussion asserts that strategy in general is concerned with how particular objectives are achieved, with courses of action. Corporate strategy is concerned with choices and commitments regarding markets, business and the very nature of the company itself. Competitive strategy is concerned with competitors and the basis of competition....
Tags: Fred Nickols, Strategy, Management
White papers 2003-01-01
How To Develop A Business Plan Market Analysis
To implement your business strategies and to get positive results out of them you need consider the following key factors importance of strategy. As a business owner, one should first consider the importance of the strategy to the business and whether the outcome is going to be worth the trouble...
Tags: Analysis, Khera Communications, Strategy, Management
White papers 2007-02-12
EC Strategy And Implementation
Change has become very fast and rampant in the dynamic business scenario of today. To keep pace with the change, modern organizations are adopting Electronics Communications EC strategy. The EC strategy involves the operationalization of technology and communication tools towards implementing the business strategy. It plays a significant role in...
Tags: Pearson Education Inc., EC Strategy, Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Strategic Management
Strategy of an organization is the roadmap towards attainment of its long term goals and objectives. Organizational strategy consists of planning, organizing, execution, and control activities. Strategic management process facilitates in the operationalization of strategy. There are three levels of strategies in the organization viz. corporate strategy, business strategy, and...
Tags: Strategic Management, Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Strategy Formulation in Small Business: A Conceptual Framework
There are many sophisticated concepts of strategy formulation offered in the strategy literature. However, the large majority hold little promise for small firms. The research reported in this paper is devoted to exploring the concept of strategy in small business. In particular, this research intends to, first suggest a model...
Tags: Small Business, Strategy, Management
White papers 2004-05-14
What Most Companies Declare As Their Business Strategy Isn't So
What most companies declare as their business strategy isn't so. What they publicly declare as a strategy, is simply a mix of their policy, objectives, goals, or even mission. To give it a sexy name, they just call it a strategy. A true strategy will always be "Undeclared" and kept...
Tags: Business Strategy, El-Kadi Counsulting, Strategy, Management
White papers 2008-01-01
Strategy And The Internet
Strategy of an organization is the roadmap towards attainment of its long term goals and objectives. Organizational strategy consists of planning, organizing, execution, and control activities. With the wide proliferation of the Internet in the business domain today, the organizational strategy has to be suitably modified to accommodate for the...
Tags: Cornell University, Internet, Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-28
Technology Assessment For A Better Strategy
"Strategy" is such an overused term in our industry. "Where's your strategy?" or "It's our strategic direction!" or "How do these tactics fit into the strategy?" Let's start over. Market-driven product managers should drive the product and corporate strategy. A strategy provides vision and consistency and is critical to your...
Tags: Pragmatic Marketing, Strategy, Management
White papers 2007-12-01
Strategy
Strategy of an organization is the pre-defined path towards attainment of its long term goals and objectives. Strategy consists of a comprehensive plan of activities to be done in the aforesaid path. An effective strategy helps in maximizing the organizational returns for its stakeholders. The three levels of strategy are...
Tags: Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Strategy Development For E- Commerce
Strategy is the methodology adopted by the organization to compete in the marketplace. The three levels of strategy are corporate level, business level, and functional level strategies. Business level strategy focuses on creating competitive advantage in each business in which the firm operates. Corporate level strategy focuses on creating value...
Tags: Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Is the Chief Strategy Officer Necessary?
Is the Chief Strategy Officer Necessary?Not alwaysStrategy is always needed. A CSO isnīt. This depends on business size, complexity and style of direction from the Chairman/CEO.RE: Is the Chief Strategy Officer Necessary?In my experience, two forces drive the need for strategy coordination:1) the strong pull of tactical demands on C-level...
Tags: strategy
Discussion threads 2008-05-26
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: Competitive Strategy, Business Strategy, Associated Content, Marketing Research, Strategy, Marketing, Management
White papers 2007-05-13
Clear strategy essential for winning battles in business
A powerful strategy for business success is first and foremost, to have a strategy. Businesses fall apart because of a lack of strategy. Many businesses go about their day-to-day activities without knowing where they're going. They just perform task after task hoping that they'll end up some place good....
Tags: Clear, Strategy
Research articles 2005-06-06
So, Where Is Your Business Coming From
The word strategy can take on many different meanings. There is a tendency to compare business strategy with military science. Business is not war, but rather an integrated strategy that focuses on people as well as products. Strategy is more about establishing relationships than about beating others into submission. An...
Tags: Zeromillion.com, Strategy, Management
White papers 2007-12-01
Building Sound Business Strategies
Business strategies involve leveraging concepts for generating money. They consist of several sub-strategies that include marketing strategy, product strategy, and financial strategy. Business strategy analysis involves analysis of the organizational strategy to create a sustainable competitive advantage. The paper examines issues involved in building and consolidating sound business strategies. ...
Tags: Strategy, San Jose State University, Business Strategy, Business Strategy Analysis
Presentations 2003-01-01
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