Competitor Analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 57-66
Author(s):  
Greg Fisher ◽  
John E. Wisneski ◽  
Rene M. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Complete Picture ◽  
The Core ◽  
Underlying Theory ◽  
Competitor Analysis ◽  
The Future ◽  
Core Idea ◽  
Future Plans

The purpose of a competitor analysis is to provide managers with a complete picture of the competitive landscape confronting a firm. The core idea behind a competitor analysis is to use a systematic approach to (1) identify current and future rivals to a firm, (2) assess the strengths and weaknesses of current and future rivals, (3) determine a match between a competitor’s strategies and capabilities, (4) analyze the future plans and intentions of rivals, and (5) predict a competitor’s reaction to initiatives launched by a firm. The ability to anticipate the response by rivals provides a firm with a competitive advantage. This chapter discusses the underlying theory, core idea, depiction, process, insight or value created, and risks and limitations of competitor analysis. Finally, the chapter offers the illustration of Netflix and applies the steps of competitor analysis to this case.

scholarly journals Research on the relationship between Fresh Food E-commerce Consumption Experience and Customer Fit from the Perspective of Value Co-creatio

2020 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 01016
Author(s):  
Gao Wei ◽  
Xinjuan He ◽  
Huan Wang ◽  
Li Rui ◽  
Luo Jialing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
The Core ◽  
Consumption Experience ◽  
Fresh Food ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, the fresh food e-commerce platforms have been developing rapidly with facing increasingly fierce market competition. From the perspective of value co-creation, the core competitive advantage of enterprises in the future lies in creating unique values with customers. Starting from the perspective of innovation, this study explores the relationship fresh food e-commerce consumption experience and customer fit, so as to provide decision-making reference for the management of the platforms.

scholarly journals Emergence of Loneliness through Degradation of Our Physical Environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelly Bhagat
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Environmental Psychology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Future ◽  
Core Idea ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Physical Changes

Our Environment is growing and enriching us on the cost of its own well being. The matter of concern of environmental psychology is so much important in today’s era to save the future psychological/mental as well as physical health. The core idea of learning the cause of loneliness due to the physical changes of environment can hence change the foresightedness for the field of psychology. The few basic and the important factors which are helpful in understanding the overall health of the environment and its contribution in the loneliness of human beings are discussed in this study.

S-Curve Analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 108-117
Author(s):  
Greg Fisher ◽  
John E. Wisneski ◽  
Rene M. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Curve Analysis ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Underlying Theory ◽  
Market Product ◽  
The Future ◽  
S Curve ◽  
Core Idea

The purpose of an S-curve analysis is to understand and interpret the evolution of a market, product, or technology so as to make informed strategic decisions about where value may be created now and in the future. S-curves map out this evolution, from its relatively slow emergence, to the point where it begins to grow and growth accelerates, to the point where the market becomes saturated and growth begins to slow and even decline. This chapter discusses the underlying theory, core idea, depiction, process, insight or value created, and risks and limitations of S-curve analysis. The chapter also discusses the illustration of Spotify and applies the steps of S-curve analysis to this case.

scholarly journals Keeping Loyalty Programs Fit for the Digital Age

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
Matilda Dorotic
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Linked Data ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Loyalty Programs ◽  
Payment Systems ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Future ◽  
Core Idea

AbstractThough some managers question the success of loyalty programs (LPs), the core idea of leveraging information gained through loyalty initiatives remains stronger than ever. But as LP membership penetration reaches all-time highs, customers demand more value from LPs. LP managers should leverage opportunities that mobile devices offer in increasing the convenience and communication with LP members. The integration of LPs with digital payment systems like mobile wallets seems particularly promising. Another way to become more attractive is by forming partnerships with other companies at which customers can collect and/or redeem points. Such partnership LPs hold appeal for retailers, particularly if potential partners might benefit from synergies. In the future of linked data, companies further need to be more flexible in terms of the types of customer engagements that will be rewarded. Many companies already move towards rewarding not only on past transactions, but also activities on social media. In the digital age, customers still enjoy some form of loyalty rewarding and expect retailers to acknowledge their purchases as investments in relationships.

VRIO

2020 ◽  
pp. 67-79
Author(s):  
Greg Fisher ◽  
John E. Wisneski ◽  
Rene M. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Underlying Theory ◽  
Resources And Capabilities ◽  
Core Idea

The purpose of VRIO analysis is to systematically identify resources and capabilities that may serve as a key source of competitive advantage. For a resource or capability to be the basis of a sustainable competitive advantage, it must be valuable (V), rare (R), and costly to imitate (I), and the firm must be organized (O) to capture the value from the resource or capability. This chapter discusses the underlying theory, core idea, depiction, process, insight or value created, and risks and limitations of VRIO analysis. Finally, the chapter continues the illustration of Harley-Davidson and applies the steps of VRIO analysis to this case.

Crosslinguistic Corpus Studies in Linguistic Typology

2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-191
Author(s):  
Stefan Schnell ◽  
Nils Norman Schiborr
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Linguistic Typology ◽  
The Core ◽  
Text Production ◽  
Corpus Studies ◽  
Patterns Of Use ◽  
The Future ◽  
Constituent Order ◽  
Core Idea ◽  
Diachronic Development

Corpus-based studies have become increasingly common in linguistic typology over recent years, amounting to the emergence of a new field that we call corpus-based typology. The core idea of corpus-based typology is to take languages as populations of utterances and to systematically investigate text production across languages in this sense. From a usage-based perspective, investigations of variation and preferences of use are at the core of understanding the distribution of conventionalized structures and their diachronic development across languages. Specific findings of corpus-based typological studies pertain to universals of text production, for example, in prosodic partitioning; to cognitive biases constraining diverse patterns of use, for example, in constituent order; and to correlations of diverse patterns of use with language-specific structures and conventions. We also consider remaining challenges for corpus-based typology, in particular the development of crosslinguistically more representative corpora that include spoken (or signed) texts, and its vast potential in the future.

scholarly journals Перспективы современной философии науки и метафилософия

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-129
Author(s):  
B.I. Pruzhinin
Keyword(s):  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Analytic Philosophy ◽  
Complete Picture ◽  
Scientific Practices ◽  
Analytical Philosophy ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Future ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Selection Of

Статья посвящена обсуждению перспектив современной философии науки и является, по сути, проекцией на релевантную проблематику дискуссии об аналитической версии метафилософии, развернувшейся на страницах журнала «Эпистемология и философия науки» (2019, т. 56, № 2). Опубликованная в этом журнале подборка материалов дает в целом достаточно полное представление о концептуальных возможностях аналитического метафилософского тренда в ракурсе перспектив осмысления проблем современной философии. Однако, по мнению автора, и метафилософские изыскания аналитиков, и их обсуждение в данном случае в значительной мере погружены во «внутренние» проблемы самой аналитической философии, так что осмысление перспектив философии редуцируется к анализу методов, связанных с разворотом аналитической традиции к метафизической проблематике. В результате фактически игнорируется стержневой, по сути, вопрос «философии философии» – каковы те особенности и философско-методологические запросы меняющейся реальности, которые, собственно, заставляют сегодня искать новые пути ее философского осмысления? По мнению автора, в такого же рода обсуждении перспектив нуждается и философия науки, фактически утерявшая сегодня связь с реальностью современных научных практик. В статье предпринимается попытка наметить некоторые заслуживающие обсуждения метафилософские перспективы современной философии науки. Ключевые слова: метафилософия, философия философии, аналитическая философия, философия науки The future of modern philosophy of science and metaphilosophy. BORIS I. PRUZHININ (Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences) The article focuses on the future of the modern philosophy of science and is somewhat inspired by the discussion on the analytical version of metaphilosophy on the pages of «Epistemology and Philosophy of Science» (2019, vol. 56, no. 2). The selection of articles published in the issue generally gives a fairly complete picture of the conceptual abilities of the analytical metaphilosophical trend in thinking on the problems of modern philosophy. However, according to the author, both the metaphilosophical research and discussion of the representatives of analytic philosophy, in this case, are largely immersed in the «internal» problems of the analytic philosophy. That is, their reflection on the future of philosophy is reduced to the analysis of methods, associated with the turn of analytical tradition to metaphysical problems. As a result, the core question of «philosophy of philosophy» – what are the features of the changing reality that force us to look for new ways of its philosophical comprehension today – is actually ignored. According to the author, the philosophy of science is in need of the same kind of discussion because by now it has actually lost its connection with the reality of modern scientific practices. The article attempts to identify some metaphilosophical prospects of the modern philosophy of science that deserve consideration and reflection. Keywords: metaphilosophy, philosophy of philosophy, analytical philosophy, philosophy of science

The Knowledge Creation Organization: The Case of Alphana

2012 ◽  
pp. 78-90
Author(s):  
Thang Nguyen Ngoc
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Future

Knowledge and the capability to create and utilize knowledge today are consid- ered to be the most important sources of a firm’s sustainable competitive advantage. This paper aims to advance understanding of the knowledge creation of firm in Vietnam by studying Alphanam Company. The case illustrates how knowledge- based management pursues a vision for the future based on ideals that consider the relationships of people in society. The finding shows that the case succeeded because of their flexibility and mobility to keep meeting to the changing needs of the customers or stakeholders. The paper also provided some suggestions for future research to examine knowledge-based management of the companies in a different industry segments and companies originating in other countries

Adaptations of Time Travel Narratives in Japanese Multimedia: Nurturing Eudaimonia across Time and Space

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Ae Lee
Keyword(s):  
Travel Narratives ◽  
Time Travel ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Concern For Others ◽  
The Future ◽  
Live Action

To displace a character in time is to depict a character who becomes acutely conscious of his or her status as other, as she or he strives to comprehend and interact with a culture whose mentality is both familiar and different in obvious and subtle ways. Two main types of time travel pose a philosophical distinction between visiting the past with knowledge of the future and trying to inhabit the future with past cultural knowledge, but in either case the unpredictable impact a time traveller may have on another society is always a prominent theme. At the core of Japanese time travel narratives is a contrast between self-interested and eudaimonic life styles as these are reflected by the time traveller's activities. Eudaimonia is a ‘flourishing life’, a life focused on what is valuable for human beings and the grounding of that value in altruistic concern for others. In a study of multimodal narratives belonging to two sets – adaptations of Tsutsui Yasutaka's young adult novella The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Yamazaki Mari's manga series Thermae Romae – this article examines how time travel narratives in anime and live action film affirm that eudaimonic living is always a core value to be nurtured.

The Nature of Degrowth: Theorising the Core of Nature for the Degrowth Movement

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasi Heikkurinen
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Radical Reduction ◽  
Nature Experience ◽  
Matter Energy

This article investigates human–nature relations in the light of the recent call for degrowth, a radical reduction of matter–energy throughput in over-producing and over-consuming cultures. It outlines a culturally sensitive response to a (conceived) paradox where humans embedded in nature experience alienation and estrangement from it. The article finds that if nature has a core, then the experienced distance makes sense. To describe the core of nature, three temporal lenses are employed: the core of nature as ‘the past’, ‘the future’, and ‘the present’. It is proposed that while the degrowth movement should be inclusive of temporal perspectives, the lens of the present should be emphasised to balance out the prevailing romanticism and futurism in the theory and practice of degrowth.

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