Shaping. Business Strategy. Through. Competitive Intelligence. Strategic Use of. Intellectual Property Information

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1 Shaping This project is funded by the EU Business Strategy Through Competitive Intelligence Strategic Use of Intellectual Property Information

2 Strategic Planning Process

3 Business Strategy Definition This project is funded by the EU A course of action including the specification of resources required, to achieve a specific objective Strategy is the means for achieving the business objectives. Plans a company uses to gain competitive advantage over competitors in a market. An advantage that a firm has over its competitors, allows it to generate greater sales or margins and/or retain more customers than its competition.

4 Business Strategy External alignment Internal alignment Competitive position

5 Business Strategy 2 Formulation the match between the organization s strategy and its industry structure IOT INTEGRATION Implementation centers on the relationship between an organization s internal aspects and its strategy RBV

6 Michael Porter

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8 Generic Strategy Options Competitive Advantage Cost Differentiation Competitive Scope Broad Target Cost Leadership Differentiation Narrow Target Focus

9 Successful business strategy requires awareness about the company s external environment, including its customers, competitors, industry structure, competitive forces, etc

10 Feedback The Strategic Planning Process Objectives Environmental Scan: External & Internal Strategy Alternatives Strategy Choice Structuring Implementing Results Strategy Formulation Strategy Implementation

11 Feedback Goal / Objectives The Strategic Planning Process Environmental Scan CI:IP Strategy Alternatives Strategy Choice Structuring Implementing Results Strategy Formulation Products / Markets Processes Strategy Implementation

12 Strategy Formulation Process Environmental Scan External Environment PEST: Macro Environment Political Economic Social Technology / RD

13 Industry Structure: Porter s 5 Forces Model BARRIERS TO ENTRY Absolute cost advantages Proprietary learning curve Access to inputs Government policy Economies of scale Capital requirements Brand identity Switching costs Access to distribution Expected retaliation Proprietary products SUPPLIER POWER Supplier concentration Importance of volume to supplier Differentiation of inputs Impact of inputs on cost or differentiation Switching costs of firms in the industry Presence of substitute inputs Threat of forward integration Cost relative to total purchases in industry DEGREE OF RIVALRY -Exit barriers -Industry concentration -Fixed costs/value added -Industry growth -Intermittent overcapacity -Product differences -Switching costs -Brand identity -Diversity of rivals -Corporate stakes BUYER POWER Bargaining leverage Buyer volume Buyer information Brand identity Price sensitivity Threat of backward integration Product differentiation Buyer concentration vs. industry Substitutes available Buyers' incentives THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES -Switching costs -Buyer inclination to substitute -Price-performance trade-off of substitutes

14 Traditional Competitor s Analysis: Sources of competitor data

15 BENCHMARKING Looking at World-Class Competitors World-class competitors are proving that the best way to match your rivals' strengths is to, well, copy them.

16 Not only is it both legal and ethical, the practice is virtually mandatory for any company that hopes to be considered a world-class competitor.

17 Benchmarking is: The formal process of measuring, and comparing a company's operations, products, and services against those of top performers (both within and outside that company's primary industry).

18 The aim of this process is to identify the leading companies' secrets to success, and copy them. Benchmarking as a management practice, has been growing explosively as it directs a company's focus outside its own walls, and is aimed directly at the marketplace and the competition

19 The Competitive Intelligence Cycle Planning & Direction Feedback Collection Dissemination Analysis Source: Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals

20 Competitive Intelligence is a systematic and ethical program for gathering, analyzing, and managing external information that can affect your company's plans, decisions, and operations

21 Competitive Intelligence Sources Sources of CI (by extent of use) High Use Trade journals External (on-line) databases External hard copy documents Employees Industry experts Trade organizations Low Use Government records Direct observations Clipping services Security analysis Competitors (contact directly) Personal interviews Suppliers Moderate Use Sales representatives Customers Internal documents Internal databases / CD-ROM Telephone interviews Very Little Use Product purchasing Freedom of information act Focus groups Case studies Mail questionnaires 2002 Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals Based on the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals 1997 Salary Survey

22 Competitive Intelligence is a process which gives insight on the future direction of the market. This process involves stages from data to information to intelligence.

23 Competitive Intelligence is a systematic and ethical program for gathering, analyzing, and managing external information that can affect your company's plans, decisions, and operations

24 Difference Between Competitive Analysis and Benchmarking Competitive Analysis Benchmarking State of Mind Catch up with Competitor Over take competition Reach Excellence Methodology Sphere of activity Source of Information Measure Performances Compare costs Quantity Gaps Direct Competitors Sector-based comparisons Sector-based analysis of competitors Understand Mechanisms Compare Processes Indentify Positive Solutions Inter-sector-based comparisons competitors or not Leader Companies in their sector Fields of Application Enter field of Activity Organization / Product One method / one Function

25 Feedback The Strategic Planning Process Objectives Environmental Scan: External & Internal Strategy Alternatives Strategy Choice Structuring Implementing Results Strategy Formulation Strategy Implementation

26 Strategy Formulation Process Environmental Scan: Internal Environment Strengths and Weaknesses: RBV: Tangible & Intangible Intangibles: R&D, IP, HR, Internal Processes, L&G BSC: L&G, Internal Processes

27 28 28 Intellectual Property Strategic Resources Innovation Patents Utility models Brand Trademarks Design Industrial Designs Analysis of Intellectual Property portfolios of competitors may reveal a great deal about the competitors strategies.

28 Comparative advantage Input costs Competitive advantage Innovation Less Relevant More Important

29 Innovation Process 1 Market Need / Problem recognition Introduce Change to 2 Idea Generation Products Services 3 R&D / Feasibility (Technical and Financial) Processes 4 Implementation Marketable Value Added 5 Commercialization

30 To introduce change to products, services, or processes with added value to the market through the management of knowledge, sciences, and technology.

31 The Balanced Scorecard Financial Customer Internal Business Processes Learning and Growth

32 Feedback Goal / Objectives The Strategic Planning Process Environmental Scan CI:IP Strategy Alternatives Strategy Choice Structuring Implementing Results Strategy Formulation Products / Markets Processes Strategy Implementation

33 Thank You