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Business-Level Strategies Business-level strategies involve plans to gain a comp

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Question

Business-Level Strategies

Business-level strategies involve plans to gain a competitive advantage in a particular market or industry. These strategies enable organizations or divisions within organizations to counter or reduce threats from industry forces, thus raising profits.

It is critical that managers understand the various types of strategies available to them at the business level. In this exercise, you will identify and categorize various business-level strategies.

Roll over each company name to read a description. Use your knowledge of business-level strategies to determine which type of strategy is involved in the situation. Then, drag the name to the appropriate box on the diagram.

Low-Cost

Focused Low-Cost

Differentiation

Focused Differentiation

Reset

Southwest Airlines

Southwest

Walmart

Zephyr Paintball

Zephyr

IKEA

Toyota

Bloomingdale’s

BMW

St. John

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Can you please help me categorize?

Explanation / Answer

Southwest Airlines: Low-Cost

Walmart: Low-Cost

Zephyr Paintball: Focussed Differentiation

IKEA- Focussed Low Cost

Toyota: Low Cost

Bloomingdale's: Differentiation

BMW: Differentiation

St. John: Focussed Differentiation