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ISBN 9781135186357. Retrieved 2018-06-17. Strategic management is the process of assessing the corporation and its environment in order to meet the firm's long-term objectives of adapting and adjusting to its environment through manipulation of opportunities and reduction of threats.A corporation-oriented view.
The Business Model Canvas is a strategic management template used for developing new business models and documenting existing ones. [2] [3] It offers a visual chart with elements describing a firm's or product's value proposition, [4] infrastructure, customers, and finances, [1] assisting businesses to align their activities by illustrating potential trade-offs.
Multi-level marketing (MLM) is a controversial business model that involves selling products or services through a network of distributors who earn commissions based on their own and their recruits' sales. MLM is also known as network marketing, direct selling, referral marketing, or pyramid selling. This article explains the history, legality, criticism, and types of MLM, as well as some ...
COB – Close of Business. COC – Cost of Credit [2] or Cost of Capital [3] COD – Cost of Debt [4] or Cash on Delivery. COE – Center of Excellence or Cost of Equity [5] COGS – Cost of Goods Sold. Corp. – Corporation. COO – Chief Operating Officer. CPA – Certified Public Accountant. CPI – Consumer Price Index.
Two-sided market. A two-sided market, also called a two-sided network, is an intermediary economic platform having two distinct user groups that provide each other with network benefits. The organization that creates value primarily by enabling direct interactions between two (or more) distinct types of affiliated customers is called a multi ...
Business-to-business (B2B or, in some countries, BtoB) is a situation where one business makes a commercial transaction with another. This typically occurs when: A business sources materials for its production process for output (e.g., a food manufacturer purchasing salt), i.e. providing raw material to the other company that will produce output.
Competitor analysis. Competitive analysis in marketing and strategic management is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors. [1] This analysis provides both an offensive and defensive strategic context to identify opportunities and threats. Profiling combines all of the relevant sources of competitor ...
Subscription business model. The subscription business model is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service. The model was pioneered by publishers of books and periodicals in the 17th century, [1] and is now used by many businesses, websites [2] and even pharmaceutical ...