Strategic Management
Strategic Management
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259420474
Author: Frank T. Rothaermel The Nancy and Russell McDonough Chair; Professor of Strategy and Sloan Industry Studies Fellow
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To determine: The drawbacks and risks to a broad generic business strategy and focused strategy.

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Strategic management refers to formulating and implementing the way to achieve the goals by considering available resource and the internal and external environment. It will be framed by the top management on behalf of an organization.

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Determine the drawbacks and risks to a broad generic business strategy and focused strategy:

The drawback to the business strategy is that the firm might be blinded to the new entrant which enters using a niche approach. The drawback to focused strategy is that the niche that the firm is targeting might decline rather than growing. It is hard to compete with a focused strategy if the economy of scale is important. Economic performance would have higher variability for smaller segments.

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