Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Use SWOT to turn strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a clearer decision, with a worked rainwear example and practical steps.
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Frameworks for reading a company and the industry around it before choosing where to compete or invest.
Founders, strategists, and operators making a positioning or investment choice.
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Ansoff Matrix
Compare four growth directions with the Ansoff matrix, a worked business example, and practical checks on demand, delivery, and risk.
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Value Chain Analysis
Map the activities behind a customer promise, examine cost and differentiation together, and choose a practical improvement with value chain analysis.
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VRIO Framework
Evaluate a resource through value, rarity, imitation, and organization, using an evidence worksheet that separates useful capabilities from durable advantage.
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BCG Matrix
Use the BCG growth-share matrix to compare businesses, test investment choices, and avoid treating stars, cash cows, question marks, and dogs as verdicts.
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Business Model Canvas
Map the nine Business Model Canvas blocks, connect customers to costs and revenue, and choose which assumptions to test before investing.
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PESTEL Analysis
Scan political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal changes, then turn the evidence into strategic choices and monitoring triggers.
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Porter's Five Forces
Understand who puts pressure on industry profits, with clear explanations of all five forces and a worked independent-bookshop example.
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