Reference no: EM133213125
Assignment:
Company: Cheesecake Factory
Please read these detailed instructions for your assessment:
Chapter is all about strengthening a company's strategic position. Read the chapter before attempting this board. The chapter covers categories (and concepts) to compete that include (but are not limited to):
1. Offensive & Defensive Actions - the deck (& book) list many examples, you can only choose 2 out of this category
2. Scope of Operations Along the Industry's Value Chain
- Vertical Integration
- Outsourcing
- Forward Integration
- Backward Integration
3. Timing
- First-mover Advantage
- Late-mover Advantage
4. Mergers & Acquisitions
After reading the chapter, take a look at the company you are following and the strategic problems you've uncovered and suggest THREE strategies (detailing the problem and a solution) that is based on one of the concepts in the listed above.
Format
1. State the strategic problem
2. Propose a solution
- State the concept you will use
- Detail your recommended solution that puts the concept into action
- Briefly describe how your proposed solution solves the problem (3 to 4 sentences)
3. You must choose three different concepts, one from EACH category and you CANNOT use a concept more than once.