Leg 2 from Lisbon to Cape Town. Segmentation themes.
Dear all: The boats have raced fast during the last two days. I am fascinated with the sailing adventure of these teams. If you follow their videos and pictures, what you […]
Leg 2 from Lisbon to Cape Town. Segmentation.
Have a pretty day. The Lisbon port has said goodbye to the 7 teams. The stop at the Portuguese shore is finished. Done. And all the teams have started to […]
Leg 1. Recap Leg 1. Understanding “Core Business”. Part II.
Good morning to all. Each 29th of September, the World Heart Day is celebrated each year. Many monuments and buildings in several important cities turned red illuminating its surroundings in support […]
Leg 1. Summary. Understanding “Core Business”. Part I.
Dear all: Hope you are doing super well. The Volvo Ocean Race Leg 1 finished last Saturday. Leg 2 is a 7,000 nautical miles run south, starting from Lisbon next […]
Strategic Reflection from our heart. Love you, always.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you have not found it yet, keep looking. Do not settle. As with all matters of […]
Leg 1. Understanding Core Business. Part IV. Vestas 11th Hour Racing won!.
Dear All: “Vestas 11th Hour Racing has won Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race, crossing the finish line in the River Tagus in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday afternoon”. Congratulations! […]
Leg 1. Understanding Core Business. Part III.
Good Morning! Bonjour a Tous! The 7 sailing teams at the Volvo Ocean Race are near Lisbon. It seems they will be ready to arrive tomorrow. I would like to […]
Leg 1. Understanding “core business”. Part II.
The core business is one of the most important concepts we must understand in our companies when we wish to strategize. We profit from the “core”… and if you think […]
Leg 1. Understanding “Core Business”. Part I.
The Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018 started last Sunday. We can follow the race “LIVE” at their website: Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018. Also if you wish to get used to the Volvo […]
Why did I choose the Volvo Ocean Race as my strategy route for you?
Today someone asked me why did I choose the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018 as the figure to share with you my knowledge, why didn’t I choose an African Safari or […]
Leg Zero. Wrap up Leg Zero. The compass of Strategy.
Hi to all of you!!!! I hope you are happy, happy, happy with this weekend arrival. We are going to start with the Volvo Ocean Race this weekend. In Alicante. I […]
Leg Zero: Threat of Entry. Porter´s Industry Analysis. Part III.
Have a happy day. Today I will like to continue with the topic of retaliation and corruption as accepted ways of threats of entry. Moreover, what terrifies me is that […]
Leg Zero: Threat of Entry. Porter´s Industry Analysis. Part II.
Good morning to all of you. I hope you have started your week and you are really doing well with all your activities. Last Saturday I promised to continue with the […]
Strategic Reflection from our heart. Marriage wishes
I am obsessed with the idea of marriage. To be single and heterosexual makes me pray every single day for that miracle. I have no idea who will marry me, […]
Eleonora Escalante Strategy Ocean Race 2017-2018
Dear all: Find my first approach of themes to cover for our 2017-2018 strategy ride. The content is designed to be understood by everyone who´leads or has beautiful businesses, entrepreneurs, […]
Leg Zero: Threat of Entry. Porter´s Industry Analysis. Part I.
Have a beautiful Sunday. As I promised previously, I wished to deliver the section of the fifth force of Porter: Threat of Entry. I couldn´t upload my file yesterday because […]
Leg Zero: The Bargaining Power of Buyers. Porter´s Industry Analysis. Part 2.
Have a beautiful day, I wish you are happy and well. October is full of beautiful days. October as much as September are months full of amazing colors. The sky […]
Thought of the day. The meaning of helping others…
I have written a new version of this post today (September 4th, 2024). I have kept the old original version below (October 12th, 2017). I hope you can correspond with […]
Leg Zero: The Bargaining Power of Buyers. Porter´s Industry Analysis. Part 1.
Today is the turn of the fourth force of Porter: Bargaining Power of Buyers. Let me start today, by sharing with you, what Professor Robert Grant has written in relation […]
Leg Zero: Successful Differentiation for market leadership…
Successful Differentiation creates lasting market power and influence over customers or competitors. The traditional metric to measure market power and influence has been the “relative market share”. Relative market share […]
Leg Zero: The Bargaining Power of Suppliers. Porter´s Industry Analysis. Part 2.
Dear all: Find attached my set of slides about the Bargaining Power of Suppliers. These key determinant factors are likely to be important in determining the bargaining power of suppliers […]
Leg Zero: The Bargaining Power of Suppliers. Porter´s Industry Analysis. Part 1.
Good day to all of you. Let´s pray for peace in this world, please. I can´t explain how horrified I was to see at the TV the latest attack in […]
Leg Zero: For the purpose of this blog, I use the American English-Short Scale System.
Good morning to all of you: Meanwhile, I am writing about the determinants factors of Suppliers and Buyer´s Bargaining Power, I can´t wait to clarify the following. I perform my […]
Strategic Reflection from our heart. There are things in life without substitutes…
Today I will like to share with you the following: There are things in life without substitutes… such as having a baby, for example. There are no substitutes for having […]
Leg Zero: Substitutes of “Toys R Us” as a retailer of toys.
Dear and beautiful audience: Someone posted a question, asking why did I consider the rest of retailers as substitutes of “Toys R Us”, instead of naming the substitutes of “Toys […]
Leg Zero: “Toys R Us” – An example of the Pressure from Substitutes.
Dear all: Yes, I know it is Saturday, and we deserve to rest. But I wished to share this video about “Toys R Us” before going to my Saturday fitness […]
Leg Zero: Pressure from Substitutes: Porter´s Industry Analysis Model. Part V.
Today I will like to continue with the Threat of Substitutes Porter´s Force. I set up the table with “Toys R Us” example because I wished to share with you […]
Leg Zero: Pressure from Substitutes: Porter´s Industry Analysis Model. Part IV.
Good Morning to all. Hope you are thriving in every possible way. As I promised last week, I will continue with Porter´s Threat of Substitutes Force. I hope to finish […]
Strategic Reflection from our heart. What can we do when we can´t help with money?
It has been raining. And natural disasters are happening. But, what to do, when natural disasters happen frequently, such as Harvey, Irma, José, and María? And recently, the two Mexican […]
Leg Zero: Pressure from Substitutes: Porter´s Industry Analysis Model. Part III.
Have a beautiful weekend for tous: Please remember, Porter´s industry competitive analysis has been a wonderful starting point. Do not dismiss Porter even though there are other strategy models around. […]
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