scholarly journals Building Competitive Edge

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Nagasimha Balakrishna Kanagal

The objective of a marketing strategy formulation and appropriate execution is to improve the long run financial performance of a firm / brand that includes improving market share, improving market capitalization, improving return of investment and payback period. The marketing strategist should take cognizance of the market forces that influences the payoffs to the firms. The influence of the competitive scenario on a firm / brand’s payoff is significant and could even at times be substantial in an oligopolistic industry-market structure, where strategic inter-firm dependence could be high. In this scenario, firms / brands need to be systematically prepared to find customer favor in a competitive market; this indeed is the realm of building competitive edge. In this study, we outline the path of improving ability to the process of marketing strategy formulation and examine in greater detail the process of improving the ability to compete or the buildup of competitive edge.  A buildup of competitive edge is expected to improve the firm’s ability to competitive choice in the market place, through a process of improving the pro-activeness and reactiveness of the firm with respect to competitors to the satisfaction of (i) the consumers / target market, (ii) the market-society at large, as well as (iii) the policy makers regulating the competitive environment in the country / world. The improvement in the firm’s ability to competitive choice should reflect both in market share as well as market profitability and lead to improved market capitalization and superior long run financial performance.

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Iis Rohmawati

The aim of this research is: (1) Identifying and analyzing internal and external environment of the company that influence the marketing strategy of Suoklat Cafe. (2) Formulating the alternative marketing strategy of Suoklat Cafe that is obtained from the analysis result. (3) Formulating and setting the strategy formula that is most suitable to improve Suoklat Cafe. The data collection is taken from April to August 2016 in Suoklat Cafe located in Surabaya.Internal Analysis (IFE) results the primary factor focusing on chocolate products with the score 0,172. Meanwhile, the main weakness from this business is the less appropriate management implementation process scoring 0, 117. When the two internal factors are combined, the average total score is 2, 635.External Analysis (EFE) results main opportunity that can be used by Suoklat Cafe in order to face the competition; hanging out culture in Cafe in Surabaya by 0,216. The main threat that can be obtained from the calculation shows through the strong factor of bargaining high supplier, scoring 0, 212. Based on the two external factors that is obtained, the average score is 2, 916. IE Analysis in Suoklat Cafe positions it in quadrant V, known as maintaining and preserving strategy. SWOT analysis results strategies that can be applied: (1) Maintaining the price, increasing the variation and the product quality in order to enchance the loyality and consumers' satisfactions, (2) Expanding the market share, (3) Maintaining and improving the service quality towards the consumers (4) improving the internal managemeny of the company (5) streghten the capital through cooperations with the media, the investors, and the governmeny agencies (6) analyzing the competitors to find out tje advantages and the disadvantages, and also streghten the consumer-supplier relationship to help increase the loyality (7) Improving the effeciency and effectiveness of the employee's work, expanding the location of the parking area or cooperating with local authorities, also increasing the technology. The QSPM processing results the production of main prior strategy that sets market share expansion to face the competition with TAS 6, 422. Keyword :Strategy formulation, Marketing, SWOT, QSPM.


Author(s):  
Bhisma Maha Santika ◽  
Chrissant Dea Arini ◽  
Wenseslaus Salivian K ◽  
Simon Peter Q Ortega ◽  
Charles W Kleinman ◽  
...  

PT. Hildan Fathoni Indonesia is a company that has two product lines, such as product safety, product and crafts. As the company does not yet have the experience in terms of export products. Therefore, a much-needed strategy to sell the company's products with the scale Internatioal. PT. Hildan Fathoni makes the United States as a target market. its marketing strategy using articles and YouTube with the title that is effetive and in accordance with the research that's been done.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bimo Wahju Wardojo

In the past five years (2014-2018) LAZNAS Yatim Mandiri experienced: (1) the growth rate of LAZNAS Yatim Mandiri donation growth decreased from two digits to only one digit; (2) declining market share of LAZNAS Yatim Mandiri donations; (3) the low growth rate of LAZNAS Yatim Mandiri donation collection in the last five years has been 8% compared to the average growth rate of zakat nationally (25.79%) This study aims to design the right marketing strategy formulation for LAZNAS Yatim Mandiri to increase market share in the competitive era by using diamond strategy frame work. The research method used in research is a qualitative approach, namely case studies. Data collection uses literature study and in-depth interviews. The results of this study recommend the marketing strategy formulation based on the diamond strategy framework including arenas, vehicles, differentiators, staging and ecolonomic logic  


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 466-470
Author(s):  
Praveen Kumar P ◽  
Subhasini J

Marketing strategies stimulate the firm to unearth areas that are being disturbed by several factors. This is adopted to determine the target market in order to achieve prosperity in the organization. An effective marketing strategy would perhaps help in captivating new customers as well as sustaining for the longer-term. Consequently, this can result in the following benefits such as products and services can be offered with exclusive components, effective department coordination, concentration on scarce resources, thereby building a better marketing plan, selection of target market for easy entry and accumulation of four marketing p's. As a result, the increase in sales can be achieved. The strategy should be effectively formulated to witness the performance outcome. This study focuses on the determinants of marketing strategy on performance outcomes.  The data captured from 119 marketing professionals in the field of the biomedical healthcare industry by using a questionnaire. The questionnaire includes variables to measure the demographic profile of the professionals and three constructs of marketing strategy creativity, marketing strategy improvisation, and performance outcome. Collected data were analyzed through analysis of frequency, mean, variance, and regression. Results show that marketing professionals have similar viewpoints on marketing strategies. The findings of the regression analysis argue that the improvisation determines performance outcomes in the marketing strategy


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Nagasimha Balakrishna Kanagal

The formulation of marketing strategy is augmented with the firm making efforts to develop market orientation. Market orientation is the ability of the firm to “orient” its marketing strategy to the requirements of the market and continually re-orient its marketing strategy to the changes that occur in the market and business environment. The paper examines the nature of market orientation through literature review and outlines the meaning of the types of strategic thrusts, with specific focus on introducing a new position of competitive advantage called “market mechanisms.” The paper then postulates aspects of enabling reorientation of marketing strategy to keep up with changes in the market and business environment. The paper then extends the understanding of market orientation in extant literature by outlining the details of accommodating the convergence between the business purpose of firm orientation and the business purpose of value creation that encapsulates the firm-customer relationship or the market. An empirical section on certain “orient” aspects is laid out. Implications for marketing strategists are discussed. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (14) ◽  
pp. 89-97
Author(s):  
MUSTAFA ÖZYEŞİL ◽  
MOHAMMAD AL-TARIFI

Cryptocurrencies are a modern kind of financial instrument (Hudson & Urquhart, 2019), the first cryptocurrency is Bitcoin , proposed by who called Satoushi Nakamato (2008), as The open source was created on the proof-of-concept principle that transactions can be securely treated on a decentralized peer to peer network without the need for a central clearinghouse, which appeared 2009 ( Heid, 2013). The success of the bitcoin blazes a trail to what called ‘Altcoin” this expression means all the cryptocurrencies that set in motion after the victory of the bitcoin, these coins sell themselves as the best alternatives for the bitcoin (FRANKENFIELD, 2020) . There are many types for the altcoin. The third type of the cryptocurrency is called Tokens Unlike Bitcoin and Altcoins, tokens are not able to activate independently and are dependent on the grid of another cryptocurrency. That means they do not have their own core DLT or blockchain, but instead, are built on top of an existing cryptocurrency’s blockchain (Types of cryptocurrencies: explaining the major types of cryptos, 2019). The worth of bitcoin doesn’t depend on any tangible asset or economies of the countries while it is based upon the security of an algorithm which traces all transactions (Hudson & Urquhart, 2019). The studies determine the number of the bitcoin price development in the long -run (Ciaian, Rajcaniova, & Kancs, 2018): • Market forces of the Bitcoin supply and demand • The bitcoin’s attractiveness for the investors • The influence of global macro-financial developments If you're forming an investment strategy designed to help you trail long-term financial intentions, understanding the relationship between company size, return potential, and risk is vital. (Market cap—or market capitalization—refers to the total value of all a company's shares of stock, 2017) .Hence , Manifested importance a cryptocurrency’s market capitalization as the total values of all coins currently in circulation. the cryptocurrency’s market cap contains what’s called Bitcoin Dominance that is the ratio between the market cap of bitcoin to other coins of the cryptocurrency markets (jacobcanfield, 2019) . Cryptocurrency trade is attractive type of investment. this market treated the same of the foreign exchange and stock market ( Radityo, Munajat, & Budi, 2017). The investors using the same basic in investment (buy low, sell high) but they need to calculating the risks


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 856-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
SeHyun Park

Purpose This paper aims to substantiate the mechanism through which corporate social responsibility (CSR) affects financial performance (FP). Specifically, this paper focuses on the moderating effect of visibility and mediating effect of reputation in the relationship. Design/methodology/approach This paper investigates 175 Korean firms from 2010 to 2012 that have been listed in the Korean Economic Justice Index for all three years. The hypotheses are tested using various measures of visibility and the Korea’s Most Admired Company index as proxy for reputation. The logistics regression and the ordinary least square are used. Findings This paper initially demonstrates that the visibility moderates the correlation between CSR and reputation. On this finding, it further proves that CSR has positive effect on the long-run FP, measured in the Tobin’s Q, both directly and indirectly through reputation. However, the influence is irrelevant in the short run. In sum, visibility moderates the correlation between CSR and reputation, which mediates the CSR-FP relationship in the long run. Practical implications This paper argues for the importance of visibility in practicing CSR, especially when reputation building and financial benefit is sought through CSR. Originality/value Despite its strategic importance, the visibility of CSR has not been sufficiently studied. Moreover, as scholars have recently suggested that the CSR–FP relationship is rather indirect, there is even more significance in investigating the moderating and mediating variable. Hence, with the intuitive results, this paper lays an integral foundation in the literature.


1994 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Arnould ◽  
Melanie Wallendorf

The authors show how ethnography can provide multiple strategically important perspectives on behaviors of interest to marketing researchers. They first discuss the goals and four essential characteristics of ethnographic interpretation. Then they review the particular contributions to interpretation of several kinds of ethnographic observation and interview data. Next they discuss how interpretations are built from ethnographic data. They show how multilayered interpretations of market phenomena emerge through systematic analysis of complementary and discrepant data. Finally, the authors articulate three representational strategies that are used to link multilayered interpretations to marketing strategy formulation. They suggest that ethnographic methods are appropriate for apprehending a wide variety of consumption and use situations with implications for market segmentation and targeting; product and service positioning; and product, service, and brand management.


Risks ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Lin Chang ◽  
Jukka Ilomäki ◽  
Hannu Laurila ◽  
Michael McAleer

This paper examines how the size of the rolling window, and the frequency used in moving average (MA) trading strategies, affects financial performance when risk is measured. We use the MA rule for market timing, that is, for when to buy stocks and when to shift to the risk-free rate. The important issue regarding the predictability of returns is assessed. It is found that performance improves, on average, when the rolling window is expanded and the data frequency is low. However, when the size of the rolling window reaches three years, the frequency loses its significance and all frequencies considered produce similar financial performance. Therefore, the results support stock returns predictability in the long run. The procedure takes account of the issues of variable persistence as we use only returns in the analysis. Therefore, we use the performance of MA rules as an instrument for testing returns predictability in financial stock markets.


2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Rowland Bismark Fernando Pasaribu

AbstractThis research aim to calculate influence from some financial performance (B/M ratio, market capitalization, earning position, investment, accrual value, company strength measurement, dividend policy, and profitability) to stock return. Multiregression model follow Fama and French procedure. Result of first hypothesis confirmed statistically, that the difference of stock of return pursuant to finance performance not automatically own significant influence in stock return prediction itself. Other result confirmed that all the predictor used has no significant influence to stock return both simultaneously and partial.Keyword: Profitability, Investment, Cashflow, Accrual value, Stock return


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