The document outlines 10 concepts for dealing with competition. It discusses analyzing competitors' strategies, strengths, and weaknesses using industry and market analyses. Companies can play the role of market leader, challenger, follower, or nicher. Effective marketing strategies involve studying competitors and competitive forces to gain a competitive advantage.
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1. Dealing with Competition Rye Gutierrez Ateneo Graduate School of Business www.rye-gutierrez.blogspot.com Top 10 Concepts Visual
2. Outline: Dealing with Competition Concept 1: Effective marketing strategies involve studying competitors and competitive forces. (who?) Concept 2: The 5 Competitive Forces Concept 3: Marketers need to identify competitors' strategies, objectives, strengths and weaknesses. (what?) Concept 4: A company should identify competitors by using both industry- and market-based analyses.
3. Outline: Dealing with Competition Concept 5: There are four roles that firms can play in a market: the market leader, the market challenger, the market follower, the market nicher. Important to business success (why?) Concept 6: If you are the market leader, you must continuously innovate to retain and expand position. Concept 7: If you are the market challenger, you must address areas that the market leader cannot serve.
4. Outline: Dealing with Competition Concept 8: If you are the market follower, you must know how to hold current customers and win a fair share of new ones. Concept 9: If you are the market nicher, you must be a leader in a small market. Concept 10: Companies should not overdo emphasis on competitors.
9. Concept 5: There are four roles firms can play in a market . Strategies Competitors Competitive Forces 5 Forces Identify Competitors Roles
10. Concept 6: Market leaders control major share of the market . Strategies Competitors Competitive Forces 5 Forces Identify Competitors Roles Leaders
11. Concept 7: Market challengers like to gain share from the leaders and followers . Strategies Competitors Competitive Forces 5 Forces Identify Competitors Roles Leaders Challengers
12. Concept 8: The market follower holds current customers and wins new ones. Strategies Competitors Competitive Forces 5 Forces Identify Competitors Roles Leaders Challengers Followers
13. Concept 9: The market nicher is a leader in a small market. Strategies Competitors Competitive Forces 5 Forces Identify Competitors Roles Leaders Challengers Niche Followers
14. Concept 10: Companies should maintain a good balance of consumer and competitor monitoring to satisfy the needs of today's global market. Strategies Competitors Competitive Forces 5 Forces Identify Competitors Roles Leaders Challengers Niche Balance Followers
15. Summary: Dealing with Competition is Necessary Focused on consumers and competitors Depends on Market Position Involves everybody (who?) Changing
16. My Conclusion: Dealing with Competition Overcoming competition requires attention to competitors as well as consumers
17. Dealing With Competition Rye Gutierrez Ateneo Graduate School of Business www.rye-gutierrez.blogpsot.com Top 10 Concepts THE END