Business Definition for: Strategic Inflection Point
the time at which an organization takes a decision to change its corporate strategy to pursue a different direction and avoid the risk of decline. The term was coined by Andy Grove of Intel to describe the period of change that affects an organization's competitive position. It also concerns the ability of organizations to recognize and adapt to change factors of major significance.
This document focuses on two aspects of the inflection point. The first is the leadership viewpoint - it looks at the transition from the perspective of the CEO and his executive board, and considers what they can, and cannot, do. The second is the longitudinal perspective - it does not...
During the 1980s and 1990s, performance improvements (e.g., total quality management, kaizen, just-in-time, reengineering) succeeded the strategic era. It, too, has followed the S-curve trajectory. Organizations cannot win by cost reduction alone and cannot invent appropriate strategic responses fast enough to stay abreast of nimble rivals. The next point of...
The IT Information Technology industry is on the cusp of a new inflection point. In the next few years, the delivery of information technology will shift from monolithic, static, resource-centric computing to loosely-coupled, service-oriented infrastructure. This paper discusses the industry forces leading to the new inflection point, issues with nowadays...
From the executive summary: ‘A Strategic Inflection Point SIP is defined as a changing of the rules of the game resulting in a massive shift in the way business is conducted. As an example, consider the impact the PC and the Internet had on changing the way business is done...
Digital technology is dramatically transforming the way media content is delivered. Greater consumer control over television is giving birth to new opportunities. Innovative companies are using emerging technologies to reach out to consumers in ways that more directly affect their lives -making for richer and longer-lasting relationships. This is the...
“During the 1980s and 1990s, performance improvements succeeded the strategic era. It, too, has followed the S-curve trajectory. Now, as it trails off, an uneasiness is stirring, a feeling that ‘something more’ is required. In particular, disquiet has arisen over the rapidly rising fatality rates of major corporations. Organizations cannot...
A Strategic Inflection Point SIP is defined as a changing of the rules of the game resulting in a massive shift in the way business is conducted. In recent times, the Human Resource HR and recruiting functions in organizations are going through a SIP. These functions are witnessing lateral shifts...
The concept of self-service is nothing new to the world of banking and finance. In fact, the industry was a pioneer in self-service. The paper outlines that ATMs represented a critical inflection point for the banking industry. People today rarely go inside to do their banking. Instead, they go to...
This paper was written as an effort to summarize the conclusions reached and "state of the art" in the area of style definitions as private market real estate investing for tax-exempt investors evolves toward maturity. The current thinking represents years of debate within NCREIF and throughout the industry. Our intent...
No clear understanding of Management by Objectives in relation to Strategic Management has emerged in the literature. This paper attempts to point out the complexities surrounding Management by Objectives, and how the evolution of Strategic Management as a group process supersedes MBO as a system of planning, implementation, obtaining feedback,...
The insurance industry has seen a great deal of change over the past 20 years such as product innovation, geographic expansion, industry restructuring, unprecedented risks and company failures. And it is now at an inflection point in the role it plays in the broader business community. Insurance currently underpins every...
A strategic partnership is a relationship between two parties where there is a real revenue stream based on that relationship. A strategic partner is another company whose core competency has synergy with your core competency and is someone who is not afraid to put ‘skin’ in the game. Creatively structured...
Trader Mark submits: China remains the inflection point of almost every major bull market at this point; thus we must monitor this Ferrari going at 165 mph down a careening oil slick mountain road. Recall, we are already seeing smaller Asian governments buckle under the global commodity price boom [May...
Financial institutions are at an inflection point — they must invest in new IT architecture in order to survive and thrive in the next decade. It is a journey that will remake both IT and business architecture around new business models that extend into the financial supply chain of business...
After a C/SCAPE analysis, a retail chain discovers that a group of items neither draw traffic nor make enough ABC profit to warrant their real estate. They want to replace them with something new and exciting that will draw customers, set them apart from the competition and contribute more to...
Account management has a rich tradition starting in the early 1960's. At the same time, the concept is still ill defined and under-researched. Consequently, some basic research questions remain unanswered. This paper takes a new perspective and examines account management from a strategic competence-based point of view. It studies the...
From the executive summary: ‘Point-to-point, project-by-project integration tactics do not connect the disparate systems of growing companies cheaply and quickly enough for today's business environment. CIOs need a big-picture, holistic integration strategy, driven by goals such as speed to market, getting closer to customers and collaborating with partners.’ The paper...
From the executive summary: ‘The phenomenon of change is central to and is all pervasive from the organizational point of view. The literatures on organization adaptation, strategic management, and strategic change, for example, emphasize the need for organizations to adapt to the changing threats and opportunities of their environments, but...
Most organizations seek the help of strategic facilitators for better understanding the principles of strategic management. The process helps in establishing the objectives, strategies, and policies in an organization. However, certain organizations fail to adopt the strategic plans for budgeting. As a result, the strategic planning fails considerably because it...
This paper provides the general manager a financial framework that helps in strategic decision making for shareholder value creation. It explains the underlying financial concepts and provides tool kits for assessing corporate strategy. It demonstrates through case studies how to analyze strategic decisions from the point of view of shareholder...
