Porter's Five Forces

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.

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.

Blue Ocean Strategy

A business theory that suggests companies create new market spaces rather than competing in existing ones.

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

A situation where a customer is dependent on a vendor for products and services and cannot easily switch.

The systematic creation of new businesses from scratch within a corporate or studio environment, providing capital, talent, infrastructure, and strategic guidance from inception.

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

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

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

A plan integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations into core business operations.

The strategic upgrading of an organisation's technology infrastructure from legacy systems to modern architectures, enabling agility, scalability, and integration with AI capabilities.