Strategic Management ASSIGNMENT 1 Academic Report – Harley-Davidson WORD COUNT: 5492 Main Body: 3300 Appendix: 2192 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction…………………………………………………..…..3 2.0 Business Level Strategy ...………………………………….....3 2.1 Cost Leadership…….…………………………………..5 2.2 Differentiation Strategy…………………………….......6 2.3 Focus Strategy………………………………………….7 3.0 SWOT Analysis………………………………………………….7 4.0 PESTLE Analysis…………………………………………….....9 5.0 Corporate
competitors of the automotive industry due to the economy and the large capital requirements needed in order to be successful. For example, at General Motors alone the company must raise an estimated minimum of $15 billion in new capital to stay competitive within the industry (New York Times). The new capital requirements will mostly be used to perform research and development. This
organizational strategy. It begins with an explanation of the term strategy and offers a basis for how to identify a company’s particular strategy. Next, it explores the importance of striving for competitive advantage in the marketplace and examines the role strategy plays in achieving this advantage. The chapter then explores the idea that strategy is partly proactive and partly reactive. Next, a discussion on strategy and ethics is given. This is followed by a close look at the relationship between
Efforts to market to a broad segment thus become more difficult in the face of the complex ‘brandscape’ Further, some new or desperate competitors may be motivated to take risks or attempt unusual approaches. The result can be destabilization of the competitive dynamics. There is also an enhanced motivation to copy anything that is successful, in part because the risks of