First-Mover Advantage

Strategy

A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim, involving resource allocation and competitive positioning.

Competitive Advantage

A condition or circumstance that puts a company in a superior business position relative to competitors.

Porter's Five Forces

A framework for analysing competitive forces in an industry: rivalry, new entrants, substitutes, buyer power, and supplier power.

SWOT Analysis

A strategic planning tool evaluating Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats facing an organisation.

Core Competency

A unique capability or advantage that distinguishes a company from its competitors and creates sustainable value.

Go-to-Market Strategy

A plan that specifies how a company will reach target customers and achieve competitive advantage with a new product.

Due Diligence

A comprehensive appraisal of a business or investment undertaken to establish its assets, liabilities, and commercial potential.

Mergers and Acquisitions

The consolidation of companies through various types of financial transactions including mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers.

Corporate Governance

The system of rules, practices, and processes by which a company is directed and controlled.

Scenario Planning

A strategic planning method creating multiple plausible future scenarios to improve decision-making resilience.

Strategic Foresight

A systematic approach to thinking about the future to inform present-day decisions and strategy.

Ecosystem Strategy

A strategic approach that leverages partnerships and collaborative networks to create collective value.

An outsourcing arrangement where a service provider assumes responsibility for the ongoing management, operation, and optimisation of defined business or technology functions.

The strategy a company uses to generate income from its products or services.

The practice of entrepreneurial behaviour within an established organisation to drive innovation.

A justification for a proposed project or undertaking based on its expected commercial benefit.

The way an organisation delivers value, encompassing people, processes, technology, and governance structures.

The measurement framework for evaluating the financial returns of AI and automation investments, considering cost savings, productivity gains, error reduction, and revenue impact.

Financing provided to early-stage, high-potential startup companies in exchange for equity ownership.

An organisation's ability to rapidly adapt to market and environmental changes in productive and cost-effective ways.