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A collection of 47 posts

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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

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Strategy Byte - Week 39 More Supply

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Supply Curve / Supply Schedule 3. Change in Supply 4. Elasticity / Inelasticity of Supply Recap During Week 38, we started exploring supply by defining it as the number of units of goods or services a supplier is willing & able to bring to the market

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Strategy Byte - Week 38 Supply

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Supply 3. Law of Supply 4. Supply Determinants Recap During Week 37, we discussed Law of Demand as : Other things remaining the same, if the price of a good or service increases, it's demand falls & vice versa. Then we explored 1.

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Strategy Byte - Week 37 More Demand

Recap During Week 36, we introduced Demand as The desire or need of customers for goods or services that they want to buy or use. Then we discussed the three aspects of demand as below: 1. There should be a want for a good or service 2. The good or

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Strategy Byte - Week 36 Demand

Recap During Week 35, we discussed at a high level the concepts of Market & Price. A market is any place or venue where buyers & sellers can exchange goods & services. Then we defined Competitive Market as a market where there are a large number of buyers & sellers

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Strategy Byte - Week 35 Market & Price

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Market 3. Competitive Market 4. Price Recap During Week 34, we discussed fiscal policy which results in either 1. Fiscal Deficit or 2. Fiscal Surplus The policy followed by Governments depends on 1. State of the Economy - If the economy is in recession,

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Strategy Byte - Week 34 Fiscal Policy Impact

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Top 15 Countries Ranked by Budget Deficit 3. Reasons for Government Deficit 4. Types of Fiscal Policy 5. National Debt Recap During Week 33, we discussed non-tax revenue which is government revenue not generated from taxes & they are generally classified under : 1. Dividends

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Strategy Byte - Week 33 Fiscal Policy.. Cont'd

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Non-Tax Revenue 3. Government Expenditure 4. Fiscal Surplus / Fiscal Deficit 5. Factors affecting Government Expenditure 6. Factors affecting Government Revenue 7. Financing the Deficit Recap During Week 32, we discussed Fiscal Policy which is : The means by which Government adjusts it's budget

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Strategy Byte - Week 31 Strategy & Problem Solving

Table of Contents 1. A Small Deviation 2. Problem or Situation? 3. Mental Models 4. Systems Thinking 5. Variables 6. Strategy & Problem Solving A Small Deviation This week we take a small deviation from our usual topic of macro-economic variables. We discuss some random thoughts on a core principle

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Strategy Byte - Week 30 Inflation effects

Recap During Week 29, we explored what drives inflation & classified them as : 1. Demand-Pull Inflation 2. Cost-Push Inflation Demand - Pull Inflation Demand-Pull Inflation occurs when the demand for goods exceeds their supplies & due to shortage in supply of those goods & services, their prices increase. This type

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Strategy Byte - Week 29 Inflation Drivers

Recap During Week 28, we explored two hyper-inflationary economies - Zimbabwe & Argentina to understand what drives hyper-inflation & it's impact on an economy as a worst case scenario case study. Let us again revisit the question - What is Inflation? There is inflation when the prices of

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Strategy Byte - Week 28 Inflation - Impacting lives

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Inflation - Deep Dive 3. Zimbabwe 4. Argentina 5. Key Takeaways 6. Causes / Sources of Inflation Recap During Week 27, we introduced inflation as one of the critical variables in analyzing external environment. It is a macro-economic variable closely tied to our daily lives.

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Strategy Byte - Week 27 Inflation

Recap During Week 26, we discussed interest rate drivers where we started with interest rate as cost of money & hence subject to supply & demand of money. More money means higher liquidity and lower interest rates. Less money means lower liquidity & hence higher interest rates. Then we discussed

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Strategy Byte Week 26 - Interest Rate Drivers

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Interest Rate Drivers 3. Supply & Demand 4. Central Banks 5. Inflation Recap During Week 25, we explored term structure or yield curve & how it signals the direction in which the economic winds would blow. A term structure or yield curve is defined

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Strategy Byte - Week 25 Yield Curve

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Term Structure / Yield Curve 3. Debt Securities 4. Bonds 5. Yield Curve Relevance 6. Economic Outlook 7. Market Expectations 8. Yield Curve Update 2024 Recap During week 24, we started with Base Rate (set by the Central Bank or Monetary Authority) & went up

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Strategy Byte - Week 24 Interest Rate - From Base to Prime

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Headline 3. Prime Rate 4. Spreads 5. Reserve Requirement Recap During Week 23, we discussed that Interest rate is the price of money & thus subject to supply & demand of money like any other commodity. From the supply side, 1. An increase in

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Strategy Byte Week 23 - Interest Rates Origin

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Starting Point 3. Monetary Policy & OMO 4. Central Bank Base Rate 5. Natural Rate of Interest 6. Impact of Fed Funds Rate Recap During Week 22, we introduced interest rates as The cost of borrowing money which are normally expressed as a % of