MindMap Gallery 03Strategic Choice
Chapter 3 of the 2023 Club Strategy includes strategic choices, including overall strategy (company-level strategy), business unit strategy, functional strategy, and international business strategy. Come and take a look!
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Strategic Choice
overall strategy (Corporate level strategy)
Business selection and resource allocation
type
development strategy
integrated strategy
vertical integration
motivation
1. Save transaction costs 2. Control scarce resources 3. Ensure the quality of key inputs 4. Obtain new customers
Disadvantages and Risks
Disadvantages: Increased internal management costs Risks: 1. Risks caused by unfamiliarity with new business areas; 2. Vertical integration, especially backward integration, generally involves a large amount of investment and assets The strong specificity increases the exit costs of enterprises in this industry.
forward integration
motivation
1. Helps enterprises control and master the market, 2. Enhance sensitivity to changes in consumer demand, 3. Improve the market adaptability and competitiveness of enterprise products.
Applicable conditions
(1) The company’s existing sellers have high sales costs or poor reliability, making it difficult to Meet the sales needs of enterprises; (2) The industry in which the enterprise is located has great growth potential; (3) The enterprise has the funds, human resources, etc. required for forward integration; (4) The profit margin in the sales process is relatively high.
backward integration
motivation
1. It helps enterprises effectively control the cost, quality and supply reliability of key raw materials and other inputs. 2. Ensure the steady progress of enterprise production and operation activities
Applicable conditions
(1) The company’s existing suppliers have high supply costs or poor reliability and are difficult to Meet the enterprise's needs for raw materials, parts, etc.; (2) The number of suppliers is small and there are many competitors on the demand side; (3) The industry in which the enterprise is located has great growth potential; (4) The enterprise has the funds, human resources, etc. required for backward integration; (5) The profit rate in the supply chain is relatively high; (6) The stability of enterprise product prices is very critical to enterprises, and backward integration is beneficial To control the cost of raw materials to ensure the stability of product prices.
horizontal integration
Definition: Expansion into the same industry (may not constitute direct competition)
Motivation: Achieve economies of scale and gain competitive advantage
Applicable conditions
(1) Industrial competition is fierce; (2) The scale economies of the industry are relatively significant; (3) Horizontal integration complies with anti-monopoly laws and regulations and can obtain a certain monopoly position in local areas; (4) The industry has great growth potential; (5) Have the funds, human resources, etc. required for horizontal integration.
intensive strategy
market penetration
Applicable conditions
① When the market is growing, companies can achieve their goals faster; ② The enterprise decides to limit its interests to existing products or market areas; ③Other companies have left the market due to various reasons; ④ The enterprise has a strong market position and can use experience and capabilities to obtain strong and unique competitive advantages; ⑤When the risk corresponding to the strategy is low, senior management participation is high, and less investment is required.
Implementation approach
① Expand market share; ② Develop niche markets; ③ Maintain market share
Gain more market share through marketing methods
Market Development
reason
①Companies find that the nature of the production process for existing products makes it difficult to switch to producing entirely new products, so they hope to develop other markets. ②Market development is often combined with product improvement. ③The existing market or market segments are saturated, and companies can only look for new markets.
Applicable conditions
① There is an untapped or unsaturated market; ② New, reliable, economical and high-quality sales channels are available; ③The enterprise is very successful in its current business field; ④The enterprise has the capital and human resources needed to expand operations; ⑤ The enterprise has excess production capacity; ⑥The main business of the enterprise belongs to an industry that is rapidly globalizing.
Implementation approach
①Add new commercial outlets; ②Utilize new distribution channels
product development
reason
① Make full use of the company’s understanding of the market; ② Maintain a leading position relative to competitors; ③Seek new opportunities from the shortcomings of the existing product portfolio; ④Enable enterprises to continue to maintain a solid position in the existing market.
Applicable conditions
①The company's products have high market credibility and customer satisfaction; ② The industry in which the enterprise is located is a high-tech industry with rapid development suitable for innovation; ③The industry in which the enterprise is located is in a stage of rapid growth; ④The enterprise has strong research and development capabilities; ⑤Major competitors offer higher quality products at similar prices.
Implementation approach
Add colors, varieties, specifications, models, etc.
Diversification Strategy
reason
① Continued operations in existing products or markets cannot achieve the goal. ②The capital retained by the enterprise due to previous successful operations in existing products or markets exceeds its current Funds required for financial expansion in an existing product or market. ③ Compared with expansion in existing products or markets, a diversification strategy means higher profits.
type
Related diversification (concentric diversification)
Unrelated diversification (centrifugal diversification)
advantage
① Diversify risks ② When enterprises cannot grow in the original industry, they find new growth points. ③Utilize underutilized resources. ④Use surplus funds. ⑤ Use the image and reputation of the current industry to enter another industry or market. ⑥Obtain funds or other financial benefits. ⑦It is easier to obtain financing from the capital market.
Distracted use of resources and surplus funds to enter another industry to obtain funds and financing
risk
①Risks from the original business industry. ② Overall market risk. ③Risk of industry entry. ④Industrial exit risk. ⑤Internal business integration risks.
stabilization strategy
It is called a maintenance strategy, which refers to a strategy that is limited to the operating environment and internal conditions, and the operating conditions expected by the company during the strategic period are basically maintained at the scope and level of the strategic starting point.
It is suitable for companies whose forecasts of the environment during the strategic period will not change much but whose operations were quite successful in the early stage.
advantage
① Can make full use of various resources in the original production and operation fields; ② Avoid the huge capital investment and development risks necessary to develop new products and new markets; ③Avoid the cost of resource reallocation and combination; ④Prevent the imbalance caused by too fast and too hasty development.
contraction strategy
Definition: A strategy for an enterprise to reduce its original business scope and scale.
reason:
Active reason: to meet the needs of corporate strategic restructuring
Passive reasons: external environmental reasons, internal environmental reasons
type
austerity and concentration strategies
Mechanical changes, fiscal and financial strategies, cost-cutting strategies
Turn to strategy
Reposition or adapt existing products and services
Adjust marketing strategy
abandon strategy
Franchise; subcontracting; sell-out; management leveraged buyout; divestiture into shares/spin-off
exit barriers
①The degree of specificity of fixed assets. ② Exit costs (including labor agreements, relocation costs, spare parts maintenance capabilities, etc.). ③ Internal strategic connections (relationships with other departments in terms of corporate image, marketing capabilities, financial market channels, shared facilities, etc.). ④Emotional disorders. ⑤ Government and social constraints (the government comes forward to oppose or discourage)
Main approaches to development strategy
External development (mergers and acquisitions)
type
industry
Horizontal mergers and acquisitions, vertical mergers and acquisitions (forward mergers and acquisitions, backward mergers and acquisitions), diversified mergers and acquisitions
Identity of the acquiring party
Industrial capital mergers and acquisitions, financial capital mergers and acquisitions
Source of acquisition funds
Leveraged M&A, non-leveraged M&A (own funds)
The attitude of the acquired party
Friendly mergers and hostile mergers and acquisitions
motivation
1. Avoid entry barriers, enter quickly, and strive for market opportunities;
2. Gain synergy
Unified deployment of the same resources; complementation of superior resources; internal transfer to digest innovation.
3. Reduce competition and enhance control over the market.
reason of failure
Poor decision-making:
1. Failure to carefully analyze the target company before the merger and acquisition; 2. Overestimating the attractiveness of the industry in which the acquisition target is located and one's own management ability of the acquired enterprise.
Inability to integrate well after mergers and acquisitions
Integration includes strategy, organization, system, business, corporate culture, etc.;
Paying exorbitant M&A fees
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions face political risks
Responses
Strengthen political risk assessment of host countries and improve dynamic monitoring and early warning systems
Adopt flexible investment strategies and build a solid foundation for risk control
Implement corporate localization strategies to reduce conflicts and frictions
Internal development (new construction)
motivation
(1) The process of developing new products enables companies to deeply understand the market and products; (2) There is no suitable acquisition target; (3) Maintain a unified management style and corporate culture; (4) Provide career development opportunities for managers; (5) The consideration is lower because no additional amount needs to be paid for goodwill when acquiring the assets; (6) Mergers and acquisitions often produce hidden or unpredictable losses, while internal development is unlikely to produce this situation; (7) This may be the only reasonable way to achieve true technological innovation; (8) It can be carried out in a planned manner, it is easy to obtain financial support from corporate resources, and the cost can be spread over time; (9) The risk is lower. In an acquisition, the buyer may also have to bear the consequences of previous decisions made by the acquiree; (10) The cost of internal development increases slowly
shortcoming
(1) Competitors are added, which may intensify competition in a certain market; (2) Enterprises cannot have access to the knowledge and systems of other enterprises, which may be more risky; (3) Lack of economies of scale or experience curve effects from the beginning; (4) When the market develops very fast, internal development appears too slow; (5) High barriers to entry.
Be applicable
(1) The industry is in an imbalanced situation and structural barriers have not yet been fully established. (2) The behavioral barriers of existing enterprises in the industry are easily restricted. (3) The enterprise has the ability to overcome structural and behavioral obstacles, or the cost of the enterprise overcoming the obstacles is less than the enterprise's income after entering.
Corporate strategic alliance
feature
Economic organization form—intermediate organization; business relationship—equality, openness, complementarity, and long-term nature; business behavior—strategic cooperative behavior.
motivation
Realize resource complementation
Open up new markets
Product increase, market expansion
Avoid or reduce competition
Co-opetition and avoid excessive competition
Reduce coordination costs
No integration required (as opposed to mergers and acquisitions)
Promote technological innovation
Shared investment (e.g. patent)
Avoid business risks
Information communication (e.g.: making up for shortcomings)
Not the CPPCC, fresh
type
Equity strategic alliance
Joint venture
Shared risks and shared benefits
Mutual shareholding investment
long-term cooperative relationship
contractual strategic alliance
functional protocol
Technology exchange agreement, cooperative research and development agreement, production and marketing agreement, industrial coordination agreement
Control measures
Enter into an agreement and establish an alliance of cooperation and trust
business unit strategy
basic competitive strategy
response five competitiveness
Porter's three basic competitive strategies
Cost leadership strategy
Advantage
1. Create barriers to entry
2. Enhance bargaining power
3. Reduce the threat of substitutes
4. Maintain a leading competitive position
Strengths lie in overcoming Porter's Five Forces
Implementation conditions
market outlook (F)
Products: standardized products, difficult to achieve differentiation;
Price: high price elasticity, there are a large number of price-sensitive customers;
Competition: Price competition is the main means of market competition.
Buyer: Consumers have lower switching costs;
Buyers: Buyers pay little attention to brands.
Resources and capabilities that should be available (internal conditions)
Resources: Equip corresponding production facilities in industries with significant economies of scale to achieve economies of scale;
Capabilities: reduce costs of various factors, improve productivity (learning curve, latest technology), improve process design, Improve the utilization of production capacity, choose the appropriate transaction organization form (outsourcing), and centrally allocate resources
risk
Demand: Buyers shift from focusing on price to focusing on brand;
Technology: Changes in technology lead to the ineffectiveness of investment and experience accumulation;
Competition: New entrants or followers in the industry achieve the same or even lower product costs by imitating or using facilities with higher technological levels.
Differentiation Strategy
Advantage
1. Create barriers to entry
2. Enhance bargaining power
3. Reduce the threat of substitutes
4. Reduce customers’ price sensitivity
Implementation conditions
market outlook (F)
Products can be fully differentiated and recognized by customers;
The industry's technological changes are rapid, and innovation has become the focus of competition;
The needs are diverse.
Resources and capabilities that should be available (internal conditions)
Resources: Have an incentive system, a management system and a good creative culture that can inspire employees to be creative;
Capabilities: Strong R&D and design capabilities, strong marketing capabilities, Have the ability to improve the quality of a certain business as a whole, establish product image, maintain advanced technology and establish and improve distribution channels
risk
Cost: The cost for companies to differentiate their products is too high;
Demand: Market demand changes, shifting to focus on price;
Competition: Competitors’ imitation and attacks narrow or even divert established differences
centralization strategy
Classification
Focused cost leadership strategy
Focus on differentiation strategy
Differentiation in one or several market segments is concentrated differentiation.
Advantage
Resist five types of competitiveness in the industry
Enhance the relative competitive advantage of small businesses
Avoid head-on conflicts between large companies and competitors
Implementation conditions
Needs: There are differences in needs among buyer groups.
Industry: The target market is relatively attractive in terms of market capacity, growth rate, profitability, competition intensity, etc.
Competition: There are no other competitors in the target market using a similar strategy.
Resources and capabilities: Enterprises have limited resources and capabilities, making it difficult to achieve cost leadership or differentiation in the entire industry, and can only select individual market segments.
risk
Market: Narrow target market leads to high costs;
Demand: The difference in demand among buyer groups becomes smaller;
Competition: The entry and competition of competitors.
strategic clock
Competitive Strategies for Small and Medium Enterprises
Strategic competition in fragmented industries
Industry characteristics: Low concentration, no one company has a significant share, and it is composed of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Reasons for industry fragmentation
Industry: low barriers to entry or existing barriers to exit.
Demand: Diverse market demands lead to high product differentiation.
Scale: Economies of scale do not exist or are difficult to achieve.
Scattered industry strategic choices
Overcome fragmentation—obtain cost advantages (cost leadership strategy) Examples: ① Chain operations or franchises; ② Technological innovation to create economies of scale; ③ Discover industry trends as early as possible.
Increase added value - improve product differentiation (differentiation strategy)
Specialization—Goal clustering (focused strategy)
Beware of potential strategic pitfalls
Avoid seeking dominance
Remain strictly strategically binding - no maintenance
Avoid over-centralization
Understand competitors’ strategic goals and overhead costs
Don't understand
Avoid overreacting to new products
Competitive strategies in emerging industries
Common characteristics of the internal structure of emerging industries
1) Technical uncertainty; 2) Strategic uncertainty; 3) Rapid changes in costs 4) Budding businesses and new businesses; 5) First-time buyers
Obstacles and opportunities for the development of emerging industries
developmental disabilities
1) Difficulties in selecting, acquiring and applying proprietary technology.
2) Insufficient supplies of raw materials, parts, funds and other supplies.
3) Customer confusion and waiting and watching.
4) Reaction of the substituted product.
5) Lack of courage and ability to take risks.
opportunity
(1) Low barriers to entry. (2) The competition structure has not been established.
Strategic choices for emerging industries
1) Shape the industrial structure. (Establish game rules) 2) Correctly treat the externalities of industrial development. (The overall interests of the industry and the individual interests of enterprises) 3) Pay attention to changes in industrial opportunities and obstacles, and take the initiative in industrial development and changes. 4) Choose the appropriate time and field to enter.
blue ocean strategy
The connotation of blue ocean strategy
red ocean strategy
Competition: competing within an already existing market, participating in competition
Demand: Competing for existing demand
Value and cost are interchangeable: follow the law of value and cost interchange, Integrate corporate behavior into a system based on differentiated or low-cost strategic choices
blue ocean strategy
Competition: Expand non-competitive market space and avoid competition
Demand: Create and capture new needs
Value and cost are interchangeable: breaking the law of value and cost interchangeability, At the same time, pursue differentiation and low cost, and integrate corporate behavior into a system
Principles of blue ocean strategy formulation (Six principles)
Principles of Strategy Formulation
Rebuilding Market Boundaries (Core)
Focus on the big picture rather than the numbers
Going beyond existing needs – “non-customers”
Follow a reasonable strategic sequence - "utility, price, cost, acceptance"
Strategy Execution Principles
Overcoming key organizational barriers – “cognition, resources, motivation, organizational politics”
Make execution part of the strategy
Fundamental rules for reconstructing market boundaries (six paths)
Path 1: Industry - Examine alternative industries
Path Two: Strategic Groups - Crossing Strategic Groups
Path Three: Seller Group—Buyer Group that Redefines the Industry
Path 4: Products or Services—Look at complementary products or services
Path Five: Functional Emotional Orientation - Reset the functional or emotional appeal of the industry
Path 6: Time - Participate in shaping external trends across time (correctly predict the development and change trends of the external environment)
functional strategy
marketing strategy
Determine target market (To whom it is sold)
market segmentation
consumer market segmentation
objective factors segmentation
Geographic segmentation
population segmentation
Segmentation of subjective factors
Psychological segmentation: related to consumers’ lifestyle, personality and other psychology
Behavioral segmentation: related to purchase and usage
Industrial market segmentation
User's industry category
User size
User's geographical location
buying behavior factors
Target market selection
Undifferentiated marketing strategy (cost leadership strategy)
Differentiation marketing strategy (differentiation strategy)
Centralized marketing strategy (centralized strategy)
Market positioning (what to sell)
Strategies to seize or fill market gaps - fill
Market positioning strategies for coexistence and confrontation with competitors - coexistence and confrontation
Market positioning strategy to replace competitors - replace
Design marketing mix (How to sell)
Product Strategy
product mix strategy
Product portfolio width, length, depth and relevance
Product portfolio breadth – how many product categories there are
Product portfolio length – the total number of product items included
Depth of product portfolio - the colors, varieties, and specifications of each product in the product category
Product portfolio relevance - the degree to which each product category is related in terms of end use, production conditions, distribution channels, etc.
Expanding product portfolio, reducing product portfolio, and product extension (including downward extension, upward extension, and two-way extension)
brand strategy
single brand name
Each product has its own brand name
private label
product development strategy
Price Strategy
Basic pricing methods
cost oriented pricing
Cost-plus pricing, break-even pricing, target profit pricing, variable cost pricing
demand-based pricing
Set different prices according to the strength of market demand
Competition Oriented Pricing
Common price pricing, sealed bid pricing
Main pricing strategies
psychological pricing strategies
Mantissa pricing, integer pricing, prestige pricing, solicitation pricing
Product portfolio pricing strategy
Series product pricing, by-product pricing, related (complementary) product pricing, bundled pricing
Discounts and discount strategies
Cash discounts, quantity discounts, transaction discounts, seasonal discounts, promotional discounts
Geographical Spread Strategy
Origin price, delivery price at destination, unified delivery price, zone shipping price, and subsidy freight pricing
New product pricing strategy
Penetration pricing method - low price (market share)
Skimming Pricing – High Price (Profit)
Satisfied with pricing strategy (in between)
Distribution strategy
traditional classification
Direct distribution - no middlemen making the difference
indirect distribution
Exclusive distribution, selective distribution, intensive distribution (as many middlemen as possible)
Internet era
on-line
offline
promotion strategy
Promotional mix elements
Advertising and promotion (costing money), business promotion, public relations (no cost), personal selling
Promotional mix strategy
Push strategy (manufacturer-channel-consumer)
Personal selling and business promotion (transaction promotion)
Pull strategy (manufacturer-consumer-channel-manufacturer)
Advertising and business promotion (consumer promotion)
push-pull strategy
research and development
type
Product research, process research
Power source
Demand-driven, technology-driven
position
1) Become an enterprise that introduces new technology products to the market;
2) Become an innovative imitator of successful products;
3) Become a low-cost producer of successful products;
4) Become an imitator of low-cost producers of successful products
effect
Porter's basic competitive strategy: product development-differentiation; process research-cost leadership differentiation
Porter's value chain: Supporting activities incorporated into the value chain. Offering low-cost products or improved differentiated products strengthens the value chain
Ansoff Matrix: product refinement - market penetration, market development; product innovation - product development, product diversification
Product life cycle: accelerating the decline of existing products and providing new substitutes
Production and operations
Four factors of operational processes
Batch, type, demand, visibility
Contents of production operations strategy
Product (service) selection
Make or buy options
Production and operation mode selection
1. Large batch, low cost; 2. Multiple varieties, small batch
Supply chain and distribution network selection
supply chain
Efficient supply chain, suitable for small varieties, high output, and predictable market environment; Agile supply chain is suitable for environments with many varieties, low output, and unpredictable situations.
Distribution network
1) Manufacturer’s inventory plus direct delivery
2) Manufacturer’s inventory, direct delivery and in-transit consolidation
3) Distributor inventory plus carrier delivery
4) Distributor inventory added to door delivery
5) Manufacturer or distributor inventory plus customer pickup
6) Retailer inventory plus customer pickup
Competitive Focus of Production Operations Strategy
Delivery time, quality, cost, manufacturing flexibility
Capacity planning
type
Leading (offensive), lagging (conservative), matching (robust)
Ways to balance capacity needs
Resource-to-order production: order-resource-production
Order-based production: resources-order-production
Inventory-based production: resources-production-order
purchase
Supply strategy
Few or single source strategy
Advantages: Establishing relatively solid relationships with suppliers, information confidentiality, economies of scale, high-quality supply
Disadvantages: Suppliers have strong bargaining power and are prone to the risk of supply interruptions
The strategy of multiple sources of goods and small batches
Advantages: Keep in touch with more suppliers to ensure stable supply; acquire more knowledge and technology; the company has strong bargaining power
shortcoming:
The relationship with suppliers is not strong enough and the level of mutual trust is low; It is not conducive to generating economies of scale; companies cannot enjoy price concessions for large-volume purchases; It is not conducive for enterprises to obtain supplies with continuously improved quality and performance.
Balance supply
Find a more balanced point between the above two supply strategies, so that enterprises can not only obtain the benefits of concentrating on a few supply sources, but also make full use of the advantages of multiple supply sources.
Trading straregy
market trading strategies
Applicable conditions
(1) The technical content of the supplies is low or the production technology is relatively mature; (2) The supplies are not important in the production and sales of the company's products; (3) The enterprise does not require suppliers to provide after-sales services; (4) The market where the supplier is located is relatively mature; (5) There are a large number of suppliers; (6) Competition is fierce.
short term cooperation strategy
Applicable conditions
(1) Enterprise products often face rapidly changing market opportunities and flexible customer demands; (2) The supply of supplies has high adaptability; (3) Some supplies have high technical content and have an important impact on the design, production and sales of enterprise products.
Dynamic alliance strategy
Applicable conditions
(1) Supplies play an important role in the production and operation of enterprise products; (2) The enterprise’s demand for supplies is relatively large; (3) The production technology of the supplies is mature and highly substitutable; (4) Suppliers have strong production capacity and the ability to achieve economies of scale.
Innovative alliance strategies
A strategy for companies to form alliances with suppliers in order to innovate products and services and gain long-term competitive advantage. When this strategy is adopted, cooperation with suppliers often begins with the proposal of a new product concept. The design, trial production, improvement, finalization, and production of the product are basically synchronized with the supplier's product and technological innovation and are consistent with each other.
Procurement model
Traditional procurement model
1. Insufficient information communication between the two parties, and even intentional concealment of information; 2. The two parties only have a simple supply and demand relationship; 3. Frequently causes inventory backlog or supply exceeds demand; 4. Management is simple and extensive, and procurement costs remain high.
MRP procurement model (production-oriented)
1. The production plan and procurement plan are very detailed; 2. The calculation and preparation of the procurement plan are very complex and the amount of calculation is huge.
JIT procurement model (Just-in-time procurement)
1. The number of suppliers is small or even a single supplier; 2. The enterprise establishes a long-term and stable cooperative relationship with suppliers; 3. The purchase batch is small and the delivery frequency is high; 4. Both parties care about the improvement and innovation of each other's products and proactively coordinate and cooperate; 5. Information sharing is fast and reliable.
VMI Procurement Model (Vendor Managed Enterprise Inventory)
1. The company has established a long-term, stable and in-depth cooperative relationship with its suppliers; 2. Suppliers have greatly saved transportation costs by sharing information; 3. In accordance with the principles of benefit sharing and risk sharing, both parties negotiate to determine the sharing ratio of expenses and the sharing ratio of new profits.
Digital procurement model (Automation, visualization, standardization and controllability)
1. Established a new type of cooperative relationship with automatic differentiation, mutual recognition, direct transactions, and high degree of fit; 2. Automation technology eliminates manual operations and innovates and optimizes processes; 3. The scientific nature, convenience, precision and accuracy of procurement management have been improved unprecedentedly, and cost reduction and efficiency increase are extremely significant.
human Resources
Human resource acquisition strategies that match competitive strategies
Financial strategy (choice of financial strategy)
Financing channels and methods
Internal financing, equity financing, debt financing, asset sales financing
dividend policy
Fixed dividend policy, fixed dividend payout rate policy, zero dividend policy, residual dividend policy
Financial strategies for different stages of the product life cycle
Financial strategies for different stages of the product life cycle
Financial strategy based on value creation or growth rate
Quadrant 1: Shortage of value-added cash
1. If rapid growth is temporary, the required funds will be raised through borrowing;
2. Rapid growth is long-term
Approach 1: Increase the sustainable growth rate to bring it closer to the sales growth rate
Improve operating efficiency: increase after-tax operating profit margin, Improve operating asset turnover rate
preferred strategy
Change financial policies: suspend dividends, increase borrowings
Path 2: Increase equity capital (issue additional shares, acquire mature enterprises) to provide funds needed for growth
Quadrant II: Value-added cash surplus
Accelerate growth (internal investment, acquisition of related businesses)
Distribute cash surplus (increase dividend payments, repurchase shares)
Quadrant 3: Impaired cash surplus
Increase return on invested capital: increase after-tax operating profit margin, increase operating asset turnover rate
Reduce capital costs
Business unit for sale
Quadrant 4: Impairment Cash Shortage
Complete reorganization and sale
international business strategy
Motivation for international operations
Seek markets, seek efficiency, seek resources, and seek ready assets
The main methods of international business
Export trade
Target market selection
Traditional method (continuous method)
High-tech products
Developed countries: developed countries with similar economic and technological development levels → developing countries
Developing countries: developing countries with similar environments → developed countries
Primary products and labor-intensive low-end products: developing countries → developed countries
New method (discontinuous method)
High-tech products: developing/developed countries → developed countries → developing countries
Distribution Channels and Export Marketing
Features: International distribution channels are more complex than domestic distribution channels: International distribution channels are usually more costly than domestic distribution channels; Exporters sometimes must sell to overseas markets through different distribution channels than the domestic market; International distribution channels often provide companies with overseas market information, including how well products are selling in the market and why.
Pricing Strategy
High; close; low price or even loss in the short term; as long as the variable costs are offset, the profit can be increased.
Foreign Direct Investment
Wholly owned subsidiary
Advantages: Complete control of daily operations; avoid conflicts of interests and goals of the joint venture.
Disadvantages: It may cost a lot of money; the ability to avoid political risks is also significantly smaller than that of joint ventures.
joint venture
4 motives: 1. Strengthen existing business; 2. Introduce existing products into foreign markets; 3. Introduce foreign products into domestic market; 4. Operate a new business
Advantages: reduce investment; make up for the lack of experience in cross-border operations; attract and utilize the resources of the host country’s joint venture partners.
Disadvantages: Differences in goals of the joint venture parties; cultural differences.
Non-equity forms: contract manufacturing (OEM, ODM), service outsourcing, contract farming, franchising, licensing, management contracts
International operations of enterprises in global value chains
The role of enterprises in the global value chain: (1) leading enterprises; (2) first-tier suppliers; (3) other tier suppliers; (4) contract manufacturers
The division of labor model of the global value chain
Division of labor model: bureaucratic type, market type, capture type, modular type, related type
Three basic ways to achieve: direct investment, market transactions, non-equity forms (capture type, modular type, related type)
Global value chains and business upgrading in developing countries: 4 types of business upgrading from easy to difficult - process upgrading, product upgrading, functional upgrading and value chain upgrading
Types of strategies for international operations
international strategy
Functions remain at the headquarters, and only sales and production functions are placed in the host country. The headquarters strictly controls the decision-making power of product and market strategies.
Multi-country localization strategy
According to different markets in different countries, we provide products and services that better meet the needs of local markets.
globalization strategy
Promote standardized products and services to markets around the world, and concentrate production and operation activities in more favorable countries, thus forming an experience curve and economies of scale to obtain high profits. This strategy is mainly to implement the cost leadership strategy.
transnational strategy
A combination of multi-country localization strategies and globalization strategies
1. Not only does the parent company provide products and technologies to its subsidiaries, but the subsidiaries can also provide products and technologies to the parent company;
2. Adopting this strategy can use the experience curve effect to form location benefits, meet the needs of the local market, and achieve global learning effects;
3. Transnational strategy is currently recognized as the best strategic choice for multinational companies.
Corporate strategy for emerging markets
Allocate resources according to industry characteristics
High degree of globalization: High degree of global collaboration and division of labor; large number of multinational companies; high degree of product standardization Advantageous resources of local enterprises: Suitable for the domestic market or can be transplanted overseas
Local enterprise strategic choices
defender strategy
1) Focus on customers who like domestic products and ignore those customers who admire international brands.
2) Frequently adjust products and services to meet the special or even unique needs of customers.
3) Strengthen the construction and management of distribution networks to alleviate the competitive pressure of foreign competitors.
expander strategy
1) Maintain the existing market in the country while expanding to other markets
dodger strategy
1) Establish joint ventures and cooperative enterprises with multinational competitors.
2) Sell the business to a multinational competitor.
3) Redefine your core business and avoid direct competition with multinational competitors.
4) Focus on market segments based on its own local advantages and shift its business focus to certain links in the value chain.
5) Produce products that are complementary to those of multinational competitors, or adapt them to suit local tastes.
counterbalancer strategy
1) Don’t just compete on cost, but measure your own strength against the leading companies in the industry.
2) Find a market that is clearly positioned and easy to defend.
3) Find a suitable breakthrough in a globalized industry. (Example: Reorganization)
4) Learn to obtain resources from developed countries to overcome their own lack of skills and lack of capital.