To remain competitive in the 21st century there are key pillars that an organization needs in order to be a leader in their industry and will enable it to value the needs for their customers globally. These pillars include an effective management style, diversity management and business ethics. These key pillars with a strong organizational culture will enable an organization to gain a competitive advantage […]

“It’s a small world. ” How many times do we hear this in our everyday life? The internet, mass media, telecommunications, and mass transportation have all contributed to the shrinking of the international market. As companies become more and more diverse, it’s becoming more and more important for the employees to understand and manage it. For my research paper, I’ve decided to find out the […]

Wal-Mart is by far the world’s largest retailing corporation and its 1. 4 million employees makes it the biggest global employer in private industry (Robert Grant 2004). It has achieved this unique position in a little over forty years. What is the competitive advantage that this company enjoys and is it sustainable? This paper has sets out to explore this hypothesis and concludes that, providing […]

During the end 70’s and beginning of the 80’s, Apple’s competitive advantages assured high profitability to the firm. Apple II and Macintosh were premium (priced) products that were very easy-to-use computers with appealing design and technical elegance. Despite the slow processor speed and the lack of compatible software, the combination of superior software and peripherals, giving “unmatched capabilities in desktop publishing”, allowed Apple to reach […]

1. Introduction Samsung and Apple Corporations are two main popular mobile brands in the worldwide market nowadays. The essence of battles between Apple and Samsung is a battle of technologies. Both companies compete for technical innovation and aim at providing the most practical and convenient mobile software to entertain consumers around the world (Harriet, 2012). Being two most popular mobile phone brands, both Apple and […]

Identify The Body Shop’s generic strategy and use the value chain to analyse to illustrate the application of the generic strategy and also as the source of the organisation’s competitive advantage. There are two major ways in which an organisation can gain competitive advantage, through competitive positioning and via the use of core competence (the exploitation of the advantages that the company has over its […]

The competitive advantage of Wal-Mart can be analyzed in two ways; temporary and sustained competitive advantages (Porter, 1985). Wal-Mart can expand the pharmaceutical offerings they have to venture in new market of health care. For instance, Wal-Mart can gain a temporary competitive advantage in the discount retail sector by being the only one in the sector to have pharmacy together with a medical clinic (Gordon […]

Agora the brand name of Rahimafrooz Group is the first super shop chain in our country launched in 2000. The mission was to fulfill the everyday shopping needs of the urban peoples through fair price, right assortment, and best quality. The success was immediate as there was a demand for such business in the local market. And over time the number of outlets increased and […]

In 1985, Michael Porter published Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. In this book, he described how organizations can achieve competitive advantage in their industries. Porter’s focus in this book was not on an overall competitive strategy, but on what organizations needed to do on a daily basis to achieve results. As Porter (3) stated, “My aim is to build a bridge between strategy […]

Competitive Advantages Competitive advantage exist when an organization acquires or develops a combination of attributes that allows it to outstrip Its rivals. These properties can Include access to natural resources, such as Inexpensive power or high grade ores, or skilled personnel human resources and admission to highly developed. Competitive advantage can occur using new technologies such as robotics and information technology can provide, whether increase […]