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 […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
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: 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: 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 […]
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. […]
Leg Zero: Pressure from Substitutes: Porter´s Industry Analysis Model. Part II.
Good morning to all. I decided to start this blog some months ago because I really wish to help others. I decided to help people through knowledge explained in the […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s Model Explained. First Force: Industry Rivalry. Summary.
Hello, here in my hometown is the celebration day of Independence from Spain. The celebrations included several parades with students marching bands, military bands, parades of the Salvadoran legends characters and […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s model explained (Part X). Industry Rivalry. Corporate Stakes.
We have almost finished with the first competitive force, Industry Rivalry. I have tried to explain with common words, with simple terms and humble examples, what is the meaning of […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s model explained (Part IX). Industry Rivalry. Information Technology.
Bonjour a tous!!! Today we will continue with the first competitive force of Porter´s Model. This day is the turn to understand the meaning of the next key determinant factor: […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s model explained. Industry Rivalry. Switching Costs. (Part VIII)
Bonjour a tous again! This day is the turn of Switching Costs. SWITCHING COSTS are the costs a consumer incurs when he or she decides to change product brands, suppliers, services […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s model explained. Industry Rivalry. Economies of Scale and the Ratio of Fixed to Variable Costs. (Part VII)
Bonjour a tous! Today we will continue with the industry rivalry force. As I mentioned previously, it will take me at least 6 weeks to cover the whole Porter´s Competitive […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s model explained. Industry Rivalry (part VI). Brand Identity.
Good day to all of you. Today is the turn of Brand Identity. We are still stuck at Porter´s Model Force Number One, and Brand Identity is the key determinant […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s model explained. Force number One: Industry Rivalry (part V)
Let´s continue learning about Porter´s model. Porter´s model of competitive analysis identifies five forces in an organization´s environment that influence competition. Some academics have added a sixth force called Complementors. […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s model explained. Force number One: Industry Rivalry (part IV).
Hope you are doing well. We will continue with the first force of Porter´s model, called Degree of Rivalry: Industry Rivalry between established competitors. We have already covered three determinant […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s model explained. Force number One: Industry Rivalry (part III).
Monet knew about Product Differentiation. Hope all is well and wishing you a beautiful week. This coming Friday is the beginning of September, one of my favorite months. It is the […]
Leg Zero: One model to analyze the competition of your beautiful business…
Professor Michael Porter originally published his own interpretation on how to analyze the state of competition in an industry in the year 1979. This model name is called “Porter’s Five Forces […]
Value Proposition (X). Business models change…
When we design a business model it is reasonable to be open minded. The business model will change several times. Let´s go to the case example shared with you last […]
Value Proposition (IX). Metro Rail San Salvador Business Model Version 1.0
I do hope you are well and fine to start this week with energy and positive thoughts. As I mentioned before, I wouldn´t spend time by sharing you the concepts […]
Value Proposition (VII). Next week: Business Model Generation
Hi to all: Find the general explanation about the business model generation whole picture. Don´t lose sight, please. Value Propositions are just the beginning of an ample canvas for business […]
Value Proposition (V). San Salvador needs a Metro Rail System…
Metro Rail San Salvador… A dream to come true? Hope you are thriving in all your endeavors for this “juilliet” week. I am not an English Native Speaker, I do […]
Value Proposition (III). From roasting and selling coffee to “inspiring and nurturing the human spirit”…
Last week, I shared Alex Osterwalder-Ives Pigneur videos about designing value proposition canvas. Today, I would like to clarify that the “Value Proposition Canvas” is just the first step when […]
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