Monday, October 18, 2010

BUS 516 - Week 3 Assignments

Assignments for 9 October
  • What is your mantra?
  • What is your business model?
  • What is your competitive advantage?
  • Complete your SWOT Analysis
  • What is your strategy?
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·         Mantra – ‘Life is Good’

·         Business Model

Start a business by using internet technologies to do marketing of products of companies.

The following is a list of elements of the business model:
Customer Selection
Consumer
Value Proposition
Product Accessibility
Differentiation and Control
Wide scope of products
Scope of Product and Activities
Very broad
Organizational Design
Low, flexible and control costs
Value Capture for Profit
Wide range of products
Value for Talent
Learn, grow and prosper


·         Competitive Advantage
Product selection

·         SWOT Analysis – Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
 
SWOT analysis: the creation of internet marketing company to market products of companies

Strengths
·         Right products, quality and reliability
·         Direct delivery capability
·         Product innovations ongoing
·         Have customer lists
·         Can serve from existing site
·         Products have required accreditations
Weaknesses
·         Customer lists not tested
·         No pilot or trial done yet
·         Customer service staff need training
·         Don’t have detailed plan yet
·         No direct marketing experience
·         We would be a small player

Opportunities
·         Could develop new products
·         Profit margins will be good
·         Could extend to overseas
·         New specialist applications
·         Could surprise competitors
Threats
·         Existing core business distribution risk
·         Vulnerable to reactive attack by major competitors
·         Legislation could impact
·         Possible negative publicity



·         Strategy

Four common types of strategies are differentiation, cost, combined differentiation and cost, and niche.

My business will distinguish itself from the competitors by using the combined differentiation and cost strategy.      

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