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strategic management course

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Create a hypothetical organization offering product /service of your choice. Identify a real potential competitor in the market.

#Name your product/service as well as organization.

#Write the mission and objectives.

#Scan and assess the external environment to determine the strategic factors that pose opportunities and threats.

#Scan and assess the internal corporate environment to determine the strategic factors that are Strengths (especially core competencies) and Weaknesses.

# Analyze strategic (SWOT) factors to (a) pinpoint problem areas and (b) review and revise the corporate mission and objectives, as necessary.

#Generate, evaluate, and select the best alternative strategy in light of the analysis conducted in step 5.

#State how you are going to implement selected strategies via programs, budgets, and procedures.

#State how you are going to evaluate implemented strategies via feedback systems, and the control

of activities to ensure their minimum deviation from plans.

Explanation / Answer

) Usage of Internet for Competitive Advantage in Business

At its most fundamental level, competitive advantage is a measure of the value that a firm
is able to create and transfer to its customers. Essentially, a firm can create value for its
customers in one of three ways:

1.By providing their products and/or services at a lower price than its competitors;

2. By differentiating its products and/or services from competitors through the
provision of unique benefits which offset a premium price;

3. Through a combination of both a low price and differentiation strategy which is
focused on a particular market or segment .

Information and networking technologies are creating a new marketing paradigm, this new paradigm is described as 'one-to-one marketing', where greater emphasis is being placed on individuality and customisation.

The Internet, as an interactive medium, offers the capability to support the emerging business ethos more completely than traditional communication media. Empirical surveys show that the majority of businesses using the Internet have a passive presence, suggesting that strategic business use of the World Wide Web is still in its infancy.

Information technology will render rivalry between competitors more intense, yet also create additional opportunities to develop competitive advantage such as ,

i) the creation of new business interrelationships within the value system,
ii) the expansion of industry scope, and
iii) the increased ability to co-ordinate value activities regionally, nationally, and globally.


Porter and Miller suggest that IT will create competitive advantage by providing
companies with new ways to outperform their competitors.

IT can have a powerful effect on the cost structure of a business, can increase opportunities for differentiation, and can alter a firm's competitive scope.

Examining the impact of the Internet in relation to this proposition, there are a number of competitive advantages to be realised at each stage of the value system. These include,

i) process inputs from suppliers (upstream value),
ii) internal operations (value chain), and
iii) customer relations (downstream value).


b) Firms that use Internet

Travel Industry:

Travel and Tourism is one of the highest revenue-generating sectors of the internet, The rapid growth of the internet is having an impact on the distribution of travel services and has heightened speculation about the potential for disintermediation of the travel agent.

Banking Sector:

Nearly 57 percent of the Indian commercial banks are providing transactional Internet banking services. The univariate analysis indicates that Internet banks are larger banks and have better operating efficiency ratios and profitability as compared to non-Internet banks. Internet banks rely more heavily on core deposits for funding than non-Internet banks do.

E-commerce:

Today millions of users access and use the internet for various purposes throughout the day. They use the internet for searching, browsing, writing & communication, listening, watching news, videos, publishing copying, printing, discussions, trading and selling etc. The list of activities and choices that the internet has got to offer to individuals is ever expanding. With millions of users actively looking for various products, information and services, there is a huge opportunity for the businesses to jump on to the internet bandwagon and cash in on the business opportunity that is presenting itself every minute.

c) Internet an Essential Tool

Whether we like it or not, the internet is rapidly becoming a necessary part of life.
If we want to maintain a decent quality of life, attract visitors, encourage businesses to be established or have citizens move within the Blue Line, it is imperative that everyone has decent access to this amazing tool.

Electronic Communications:With the introduction of the Internet, we now have the ability to send and receive messages through electro