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: 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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: Pressure from Substitutes: Porter´s Industry Analysis Model. Part I.
Have a good day. Today we will start with the second force from Porter´s Industry Analysis Model. It is called Substitutes. Competition depends on the extent to which products in […]
Leg Zero: Winds of Change…
I wished to share with you about PewDiePie video in which he explains more less how he designed and created his Youtube value proposition yesterday because his success is part […]
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 Industry Analysis. Learning Strategy takes time…
Bonjour a tous ! I would like to clarify, it will take to me at least 6 weeks to explain Porter’s Industry Analysis. I decided to go slowly and explaining […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s five forces model explained: Force number One: Industry Rivalry (part II)
Good day for all! I am so happy to share with you today again. Yesterday we covered the meaning of concentration. We learned to calculate the concentration “CR4” and we […]
Leg Zero: Porter´s five forces model explained: Force number One: Industry Rivalry (part I)
Even with the limitations of Porter Five Forces model, I always start my industry analysis with it because it is quite a good starting point. Believe me. I do […]
Leg Zero. Since the beginning of August, I have been writing to you from a mini Tablet
Dear all I really, really, really apologize so deeply I have not been able to continue with the business model canvas and the industry competitive analysis. I am doing miracles […]
Leg Zero. Competition with ethics…
No matter how fierce the competitors in each industry, ethics do matter the most when doing strategic industry analysis and when doing strategic decisions. The consequences of not considering ethics […]
My laptop is broken.
Dear all Hope you are doing fine and well. I apologize for not writing last week. But two reasons stopped me: 1. My red HP laptop is broken, and the […]
Strategy Regatta 2017-2018. Preparing ourselves for it.
Wishing you a beautiful Friday and coming weekend. As a prelude, we are preparing ourselves to compete in the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018 regatta. Yes. Indeed we will do a […]
Book review. Business is beautiful…
Bonjour a tous!!! I am so happy to share with you a beautiful book… “Business is beautiful, The Hard Art of Standing Apart” by Jean Baptiste Danet. Throughout my 46 […]
Value Proposition (XI). Strategy and business models…
Why have I spent more than a month to talk about business models?… and what is the relationship between a business model and strategy? A business model is like a […]
Value Proposition (II). Value Proposition Canvas explained
It is Friday!!! Yes, indeed, we are happy because the weekend will start soon. I hope you had a productive week. I will share 2 videos about what is Value […]
Small beginnings
I am a big fan of the Shark Tank TV series. I loved it from the first episode I could see through my TV local cable provider. Of course, I […]
Eleonora Escalante MBA-MEng, Strategic Corporate Advisory Services.
Starting a blog in Corporate Strategy. It is going to be interesting. I promise.
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