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7. Analysing the strategic position of a business Flashcards

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Influences on the mission of a business

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Size of the business
Nature of owners and other important stakeholders
Changes over time
Business performance
External factors
Social responsibility

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Internal and external influences on corporate objectives and decisions

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Pressures for short termism
Business ownership
External and internal environment

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Strategy

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Medium to long term plan to achieve objectives

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Tactics

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How strategy is carried out

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Corporate aims

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Long term targets and plans to fulfill mission statement

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Corporate objectives

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Medium to long term quantifiable targets to fulfill mission statement

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Corporate strategy

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Actions taken by the business to achieve objectives

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Business tactics

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Actions taken on day to day business to support strategy

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Strategic decision making

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Strategic decision making concerns general direction and overall policy of an organisation

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Functional decision making

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Short to medium term and concerned with specific functional area rather than overall policy

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Value of SWOT analysis

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Strengths - internal
Weaknesses - internal
Opportunities - external
Threats - external

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Balance sheet

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Financial document that summarises net worth of business at given point in time

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Income statement

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Financial document that summarises firm’s trading activities and expenses to show whether firm has made profit or loss over specific period

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Balance sheet contents

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Assets
Liabilities
Net current assets
Net assets
Share capital and reserves
Trade credit
Working capital
Liquidity

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Depreciation

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Allows value of fixed asset to be spread over its useful life

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Ratio analysis

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Compares one piece of information with another
Ratios are more meaningful if you have at least two years to compare, so that you can identify a trend

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Ratio analysis equations

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Profitability
Liquidity
Gearing
Efficiency

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Published accounts

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Good source of finance, they allow a structure for comparisons over time and with other firms can be an aid to decision making

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Core competencies

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Fundamental areas that firm is good at and separates it from another firm
Leads to competitive advantage

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Assessing short and long term performance

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Decisions made in short term may allow firm to improve performance in long term but have negative impact in short term

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Elkington’s triple bottom line

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Model designed to encourage sustainability

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Elkington’s triple bottom line key components

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Profit
People
Planet

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Kaplan and norton’s balanced scorecard

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Strategic system used to plan and manage firm’s activities to its vision statement

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Kaplan and norton’s balanced scorecard key areas

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Finance - measures financial capability
Learning and growth - HR requirements
Customer - expectations being met

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Political environment

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Government actions that impact on strategic and functional decisions made by a firm
Can be local, national or international authorities

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Legislation

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Creating and enacting laws in order to protect individuals, firms and society

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Competition law

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Promotes fair competition in markets and stops abuse of consumers by firms due to monopoly power

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Competition policy

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Seeks to improve competitive nature of markets
Protects interests of consumers and society

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Competition policy impacts

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Innovation
Lower prices
Improved quality

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Labour market law

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Protect worker from discrimination within workplace

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Equal pay act

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Both sexes should be treated equally at work

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Sex discrimination act

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Outlaws discrimination based on gender for recruitment, promotion, training and dismissal

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Race relations act

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Illegal to discriminate based on colour

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Disability discrimination act

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Illegal to discriminate against disabled people

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National minimum wage

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Minimum hourly wage rate introduced

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Wage discrimination

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Business pay workers different wage rate for same job

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Labour market reforms

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Impact on trade unions with reduction in trade union power and influence

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Environmental law

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Influence behaviour of individuals and businesses in order to reduce negative impacts on natural environment

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SMEs

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Small and medium size enterprises

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Regulation

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Undertaken by government to create competitive markets

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De-regulation

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Opening up of markets to new competition through removal of rules and regulations that created barriers to entry

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Infrastructure

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Governments will look to improve infrastructure to help firms operate more effectively

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The environment

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UK and EU governments use environment policy to control levels of pollution, waste management and climate change

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International trade

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International trade is exchange of goods and services between countries

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Taxation

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Process of imposing changes on business and individuals by government

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Direct taxes

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Taxes imposed on individual or property e.g. income tax, national insurance

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Exchange rates

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SPICED - Strong pound - Imports cheaper - Exports dearer
WPIDEC - Weak pound - Imports deader - Exports cheaper

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Inflation

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General rise in prices or fall in value of money

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RPI

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Retail Price Index - measure of ‘basket’ of goods and services representative of what people buy in UK

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CPI

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Consumer Price Index - similar to RPI but mainly excluding housing costs

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Fiscal policy

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Manipulation of government, spending, taxation and government borrowing to influence level of economic activity

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Fiscal policy aims

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Keep inflation on 2%
Maintain stable economic cycle
Stimulate economic growth and employment during times of recession

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Monetary policy

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Manipulation of rate of interest, money supply and exchange rates to influence level of economic activity
Main target is to maintain low rate of inflation

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Free trade

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No restrictions on flow of goods and services between countries

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Protectionism

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Policies imposed by governments to restrict free movement of goods and services between countries

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Globalisation

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Integration of international economies leading to world market in goods and services

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Globalisation Adv vs Disadv

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Adv:
Cheaper labour costs abroad
Cheaper raw materials from low cost countries
Opportunities to sell in new markets

Disadv:
Communication and transport problems
Increased competition
Can gain bad rep for making UK workers redundant

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Characteristics of globalisation

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Increased investment flows
Increased migration

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Emerging economies

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Emerging market is a country with low to middle average income per person

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Urbanisation

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General movement of people towards cities and away from rural areas

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Migration

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Movement of people between countries

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Changes in consumer lifestyle and buying behaviour

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Technology
Viral marketing
Social media
Emotional branding
Health care

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CSR (Corporate social responsibility)

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Continuous commitment by firm to behave ethically and contribute to economic developments

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Carroll’s corporate social responsibility

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Highlights 4 aspects of corporate social responsibility, society experts firms

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Carroll’s corporate Social Responsibility Pyramid

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Economic responsibilities
Legal responsibilities
Ethical responsibilities
Philanthropic responsibilities

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Technological change

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Ongoing development of invention, innovation and sharing of technology or processes

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Porter’s five forces

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Buyer power
Supplier power
Substitute threat
Entry threat
Rivalry

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Entry threat (barriers to entry)

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Any factor that stops a firm from entering a market

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Buying power

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Large firms are in a dominant position when buying from suppliers

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Supplier power

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Suppliers extremely powerful in marketplace as they supply the products they have exclusive access to

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Rivalry

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Monopoly - one firm dominates market
Duopoly - two firms dominate market
Oligopoly - small number of firms are in industry
Monopolistic - many firms compete in industry selling differentiated products
Perfect competition - many firms in industry with no influence on market price

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Substitute threats

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When firm within industry faced with threat of similar product from another industry

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How 5 forces shape competitive strategy

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5 forces look at impact of each force on profit of industry and how this is shared out between firms

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