International Strategic Management Introduction

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Course Outline

  1. Strategic Management Vocabulary
  2. Competitive Advantage Through Chess
  3. Internationalization Definition and Scope
  4. Market and Capability Drivers
  5. Efficiency and Strategic Asset Drivers
  6. Internationalization Opportunities and Risks

1. Strategic Management Vocabulary

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Economies of scale: cost advantages obtained when production becomes more efficient, lowering the cost per unit
  • Business model: the framework for how a company creates, delivers, and captures value
  • Merger strategy: a plan to join two separate companies into a single new legal entity
  • Blue ocean strategy: creates a new, uncontested market space where competition is irrelevant
  • VRIO analysis: a framework for evaluating a firm's resources through Value, Rarity, Imitability, and Organization

2. Competitive Advantage Through Chess

📌 Competitive advantage means doing better than any other competitor can do, while strategy is how the firm plans to win the game.

  • The chess analogy presents five business strategy principles:
    • control the center
    • develop the pieces
    • castle
    • do not waste moves
    • connect the pieces
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1. What is internationalization?

2. Before internationalizing, which combination should a firm assess to support its strategic decisions?

3. Which action best represents controlling the center in business strategy?

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What are economies of scale?

Cost advantages from more efficient production lowering cost per unit.

What does a merger strategy plan to do?

Join two companies into a single new legal entity.

What is a business model?

A framework for how a company creates, delivers, and captures value.

What does a blue ocean strategy create?

A new, uncontested market space where competition is irrelevant.

What is VRIO analysis?

A framework evaluating resources by Value, Rarity, Imitability, and Organization.

What does competitive advantage mean in business?

Doing better than any other competitor can do.

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