February 2018
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
12h 7m
English
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Index
a
- activities
- peripheral activities
- primary activities
- support activities
- alliances see strategic alliances
- asset productivity see resource velocity
b
- benchmarking
- blue ocean strategy
- business cooperation see cooperation
- business model
- components
- definition
- innovation
- sensing
- thinking
- business transformation
c
- capabilities
- change management
- chemical industry
- challenges
- characteristics
- geographies
- segments
- CHIMEA
- commodity chemicals
- company’s purpose
- definition
- examples
- competition
- intensity
- law
- competitive advantage
- competitive positioning
- convergence
- cooperation
- cooperative
- core competences
- cost
- advantage
- contracting costs
- drivers
- leadership
- structure
- crisis
- cultural fit
- customer
- bargaining power
- centricity and loyalty concept
- segments
- value proposition
d
- design thinking
- differentiation strategy
- downstream
- dynamic capabilities
e
- earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)
- EBITDA
- economies of scale
- environment
- experience curve
f
- feedstock alternatives
- flexible adaptation to change
- fine chemicals
- firm performance
- focus strategy
- fundamental fit
- future of strategy
g
- generic strategies
- globalization
h
- hierarchical governance mechanism
- human resources
- development
- management
i
- industry analysis
- Porter Five Forces
- industry change
- drivers
- megatrends
- innovation
- balance between product and process innovation
- relevance in the chemical industry
- internal rate of return
j
- joint ventures
k
- key performance indicator
l
- Lean Six Sigma
m
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