One of the most essential results of corporate strategy is for a business to create competitive advantages. This allows a business to differentiate from its competitors. The advantage can be a process, resource, copyright or an intangible asset. Furthermore, these competitive advantages...

Introduction In the mid 1990's, Cisco Systems was the dominant player in the US router market and its "leadership was undisputed" . However, this position was altered with the entry of several new competitors into the high performance segment of this market. In particular, Juni...

My assessment is that Amazon has long-term viable business model but needs to fine tune model. Amazon.com has multiple core assets that enable it to merchandise goods such as books, music etc. Amazon's strategy is based upon selling consumer products at competitive prices. Amazon as well ...

AT&T Breakup Our book talks about managing strategy and strategic planning. I chose to write my paper on AT&T's recent breakup into four satellite companies. I intend to show how their past planning was not well-suited for their rapidly changing industry, and how they are now adjusting...

Porter's Five Forces of Competition Model The understanding of Michael E. Porter's five competitive forces illustrated in his book; bargaining power of suppliers, bargaining power of customers, threat of new entrant, threat of substitutes and competitive rivalry between existing players...

Creating a strategy The perfect situation is to have no competition at all. In today\'s competitive environment, you might think this is inconceivable. Perhaps you need to reconsider because there are organizations that have succeeded in developing non-competitive environments by playing the game di...

Oracle and its strategy for future growth1. IntroductionThis paper looks at the strategies adopted by Oracle Corporation to ensure a consistent year on year growth in their core business areas. Oracle Corporation is one of the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the...

Strategic Audit of The Vermont Teddy Bear CompanyCheryl KilbournAmerican InterContinental UniversityIn partial fulfillment of the requirements for MGT485Matt Fok, InstructorOctober 15, 2004Strategic Audit of The Vermont Teddy Bear Company1.Major Issue(s) The Vermont Teddy Bear Company is a very succ...