Strategy

A collection of 63 posts

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Strategy Byte - Week 64 The Journey so Far Part IV

Table of Contents 1. Term Structure / Yield Curve 2. Debt Security 3. Bonds 4. Yield Curve Relevance We continue our journey to understand strategy by looking back & reviewing our steps which will help us to gain perspective on the subject & also guide us moving forward. Last week we

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Strategy Byte - Week 63 The Journey so Far Part III

Table of Contents 1. Foreign Exchange 2. Interest Rates - Forex Driver 3. Relative Inflation Rates 4. Current Account Balances in BoP 5. Economic Growth Rate & Competitiveness 6. Interest Rates We continue our journey to understand strategy by looking back & reviewing our steps which will help us to

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Strategy Byte - Week 62 The Journey so Far Part II

Table of Contents 1. External Analysis Framework 2. Systems Thinking 3. P.E.S.T.L.E 4. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 5. Balance of Payments (BoP) We continue our journey to understand strategy by looking back & reviewing our steps which will help us to gain perspective on the

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Strategy Byte - Week 61 The Journey so Far - Part 1

Table of Contents 1. The Journey 2. The Why 3. Competitive Advantage 4. Customers 5. Competitive Landscape Recap The Journey We started our journey to understand strategy together with a framework based on patterns I made out from books, podcasts or articles I consumed. I grouped these concepts under : 1.

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Strategy Byte - Week 60 Horizon of Uncertainty

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. The Horizon of Uncertainty 3. Exploit vs Explore 4. Turn to the Future 5. Customer Impact 6. References Recap During Week 59, we discussed the third point in our framework (in bold) : 1. What are the current trends in the industry & it'

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Strategy Byte - Week 59 The Crystal Ball - Part 2

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Profit Pools 3. Profit Pool Shift 4. References & Citations Recap During Week 58, we started analyzing the trends & paradigms changing the automotive sector to understand how the future will look like for the industry. To give a structure to our thinking, we

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Strategy Byte - Week 58 The Crystal Ball - Part 1

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. The Framework 3. Current Industry Trends & Challenges 4. Transformative Disruption Recap During Week 57 which was the penultimate episode of the automobile industry, we explored the below efficiency metrics of the automobile industry : 1. Asset Turnover Ratio 2. Inventory Turnover Ratio & 3.

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Strategy Byte - Week 57 Efficiency Metrics

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Asset Turnover Ratio 3. Capacity Utilization 4. Inventory Turnover Ratio 5. OEM Efficiency Benchmark 6. References & Citations Recap Following our exploration of cost metrics in Week 56, this penultimate analysis of the automotive industry focuses on efficiency metrics and their strategic integration with

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Strategy Byte - Week 56 Automotive Cost & Efficiency Metrics

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Cost & Efficiency Metrics 3. Cost to Income Ratio 4. Citations with Links Recap During Week 55, we explored the underlying drivers behind the performance of the automotive sector under : 1. Market characteristics 2. Cost Structure Market Characteristics Each industry has different characteristics in

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Strategy Byte - Week 55 Automotive Industry - Market Drivers

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Market Characteristics 3. Value Stick 4. Industry Structure 5. Competitive Intensity 6. Capital Investments Recap Last week, we did a long recap of our analysis into automotive industry till date. I feel it's important to have context behind our journey & hence

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Strategy Byte - Week 54 Industry Profitability

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Industry Profitability 3. EBIT / Operating Margin 4. Industry Numbers 5. Historical Perspective 6. Value Chain Breakup Recap From Week 49, we started our exploration of industry analysis with the automotive industry. We started with industry segmentation to understand how the industry is structured. We

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Strategy Byte - Week 53 - Competition & Profitability

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Porter's Five Forces 3. Industry Profitability 4. Industry Profitability Variations 5. Source Link Recap During Week 52 of Strategy Bytes, we deep dived into the Automotive industry. We started from the top of the Pyramid (inspired from Barbara Minto's Pyramid

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Strategy Byte - Week 52 Automotive Industry - Lay of the Land

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Industry Analysis - Market Size 3. Core Value Chain 4. Ancillary Segments 5. Segment Contribution 6. Core Value Chain - Deep Dive 7. Market Concentration 8. Summary 9. Next Steps 10. Supporting References & Assumptions Recap We started our deep dive into Industry Analysis

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Strategy Byte Week 51 - Automotive Industry Analysis - Part II

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Value Chain Analysis - Level 2 3. Key Players Recap During Week 49 of Strategy Bytes, we started our journey into industry analysis with the Automobile industry. Why did we start with automobile industry? Because it holds a special place in our hearts -

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Strategy Byte - Week 50 Strategy & Finance

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. The Fascination 3. The Inspiration - Playing to Win 4. The Framework 5. The Compass - From Strategy to Finance Introduction It's been 50 posts on Strategy. Thought I will do a slight detour from Industry Analysis to my reflections on the

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Strategy Byte - Week 49 Automotive Industry Analysis

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Our First Car 3. The Automotive Industry 4. Industry Segmentation 5. Value Chain Analysis - Level 1 6. Value Chain Analysis - Level 2 Recap During week 48, we answered the question - Why Industry Analysis? Why is it required & important as part

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Strategy Byte - Week 48 Industry Analysis - Why?

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Discussion Template 3. Value Chain 4. Why do we care? Recap During week 47 of Strategy Byte, we explored one of Porter's Five Forces - Threat of New Entrants. It means how easy or tough it is for new entrants to set

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Strategy Byte - Week 47 New Entrants

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Threat of New Entrants 3. Regulatory 4. Capital Requirements 5. Distribution 6. Brand Loyalty 7. Economies of Scale Recap During Week 46, instead of just discussing the theory behind Five Forces, we emphasized the mindset required to understand & analyze how the five forces

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Strategy Byte - Week 46 Porter's Five Forces

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Mindset for Five Forces 3. Rivalry Among Existing Competitors 4. Supplier Power 5. Buyer Power Recap During Week 45, we introduced Porter's Five Forces using the analogy of a gourmet burger stall at a food festival. But first, the definition The Five

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Strategy Byte - Week 45 Industry Structure - Porter's Five Forces

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. The Food Festival 3. Porter's Five Forces Recap During Week 44, we broke down Industry analysis under two layers : 1. Business / Non -Financial Layer & 2. Financial Layer We provided the below sub-classifications under Business / Non-Financial layer : 1. Industry Structure 2. Competitors

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Strategy Byte - Week 44 Industry Analysis - Strategic GPS

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Business / Non-Financial Layer 3. Financial Layer 4. Mental Framework Recap During Week 43, we stepped in the next leg of our journey to understand Strategy by introducing "Industry Analysis". We defined "Industry" as : A specific group of companies that operate

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Strategy Byte - Week 43 Industry Analysis

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Industry 3. Sector 4. Industry Analysis 5. Operator 6. Investor 7. Layers of Industry Analysis 8. Summary Introduction From this week, we begin the next stage of our journey to understand strategy & use these insights to build a better business or do our

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Strategy Byte - Week 42 Case Study Monzo

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Case Study 2 - Monzo 3. Having a Digital Focus 4. Customer Focused Offerings 5. Managing Uncertainty 6. Summary Recap During Week 41, we discussed how the various issues surrounding the Brazilian Banking system from the customer perspective as well as the economic situation

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Strategy Byte - Week 41 Case Study - Nubank

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Systems Perspective 3. Case Study 1 - Nubank 4. The Problem 5. Check the temperature 6. The Strategy Recap Over the last 40 weeks, we discussed several variables in macro-economic environment affecting from high level to low: 1. Single or multiple countries 2. Multiple

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Strategy Byte - Week 40 Market Equilibrium

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Market Equilibrium 3. The Bathtub Theorem 4. Moving Forward Recap During Week 39, we dived deep into Supply by discussing Supply Curve / Supply Schedule. A supply schedule is a tabular representation of the relationship between the price of a good or service & the