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A collection of 72 posts

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Strategy Byte - Week 73 - The Next Peak

Table of Contents 1. The Next Peak 2. The VR Headset 3. Industry Analysis - Why do we care? 4. Industry Analysis - Relevant The Next Peak During Week 72, we completed our revisit of macro economic variables which is something that we, as finance professionals need to keep an

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Strategy Byte - Week 72 - IMF WEO Report Analysis

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Before the War 3. Impact of War - Global Growth Forecast 4. Impact of War - Inflation Forecast 5. Medium Term Outlook 6. Risks to Outlook 7. Rare Earths & Oil Disruption I was about to move forward to the next phase of our

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Strategy Byte - Week 71 Macro Variables & Strategy

Table of Contents 1. Strategy Link 2. Macro Economic Variables 3. Moving Forward Strategy Link Over the last couple of weeks, we discussed several macro-economic variables. Now why did we do that? And what has that to do with strategy? Roger L Martin's latest definition of strategy is

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Strategy Byte - Week 70 The Journey ends - Supply

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Supply 3. Law of Supply 4. Supply Determinants 5. Supply Curve / Supply Schedule 6. Change in Supply 7. Elasticity / Inelasticity of Supply 8. Market Equilibrium Recap Last week, we revisited the topic of Demand by defining the Law of Demand as: Other things remaining

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Strategy Byte - Week 69 The Journey so Far Part IX

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Law of Demand 3. Demand Schedule 4. Change in Demand 5. Elasticity / Inelasticity of Demand 6. Understanding Demand Recap We continue our journey to understand strategy by looking back & reviewing our steps which will help us gain perspective on the subject & also

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Strategy Byte - Week 68 The Journey so far Part VIII

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Market 3. Competitive Market 4. Price 5. Demand Recap We continue our journey to understand strategy by looking back & reviewing our steps which will help us gain perspective on the subject & also guide us moving forward. Last week, we discussed Fiscal Policy

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Strategy Byte - Week 67 The Journey so far Part VII

Table of Contents 1. Fiscal Policy 2. Government Revenue 3. Government Expenditure 4. Fiscal Surplus / Fiscal Deficit 5. Reasons for Government Deficit 6. Types of Fiscal Policy We continue our journey to understand strategy by looking back & reviewing our steps which will help us gain perspective on the subject

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Strategy Byte - Week 66 The Journey so Far Part VI

We continue our journey to understand strategy by looking back & reviewing our steps which will help us gain perspective on the subject & also guide us moving forward. Last week we reviewed the drivers of interest rate which are : 1. Supply & Demand 2. Central Banks through 1. Open

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Strategy Byte - Week 65 The Journey so Far Part V

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Interest Rate Drivers 3. Supply & Demand 4. Central Banks - OMO 5. Central Banks - Reserve Requirements 6. Central Banks - Discount Window 7. Central Banks - Set Base Rates 8. Central Banks - Forward Guidance Recap We continue our journey to understand

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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