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Contents

Question 1 Porter's generic strategies
Page 3

Question 2 Components of a vision and mission statement
Page 5

Question 3 Alternative strategies
Page 10

Question 4 Value chain analysis, different functions of management
Page 14

Question 5 Value of resources, the resource based view
Page 20

Research / Bibliography
Page 23

Question 1

Michael Porter is considered the mastermind of competitive strategies application. Starting in the early 1980s, he published three books that developed and outlined successful strategies and how to apply them. His most popular books cover his three theories of generic strategy, cost leadership, differentiation, and focus.

The first generic strategy is cost leadership where a firm organises its value adding activities so as to be the lowest cost producer of a product or service in its industry.
The product does not need to be special or different; instead, the attractiveness to the consumer is the price.......

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