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State Of Competitiveness

Critical Evaluation of State of Competitiveness of 100 Indian Firms

Submitted By:

Group 4

ArpitHarinkhere (08P131)
Kunal Malhotra (08P144)
Mayank Agarwal (08P147)
Pratik Agarwal (08P157)
Siddharth Maheshwari (08P166)

Contents

Executive Summary 4

Introduction 5

Theoretical Background 6

Definition 6

Competitive analysis 6

Benefits of conducting a competitive analysis 6

Some Key Terms: 8

Competitive Advantage 8

Competency 8

Regional Competitiveness 11

Competitiveness of the national economy 12

Competiveness of Companies 13

The competitive strategy 14

Cost Competition 14

Innovation 15

Some Key Points 16

Competitive Positioning and Vehicles to Competitiveness 16

Competitive advantage through environmental actions 19

Environmental ethics and business 21

The Hypothesis of Competitiveness (For Country and Companies) 24

Views on Competitiveness 25

Myths of Global Competition 26

Structural analysis of an enterprise 27

The positioning in the industry 28

Building a competitive advantage 30

Lowering risk 30

Process improvements 31

Product stewardship 32

Preserve a competitive advantage 33

Industries to Study 34

Auto Industry 34

Mines and Metal Industry 35

Fertilizer Industry 36

Oil and Gas Industry 37

IT sector 37

Steel Industry 38

Power and Heavy Industry 38

Financial Industry 39

Miscellaneous Industry 41

Analysis of 100 Indian Firms 42

Analysis of Current State of Companies (Ref. Table 1) 42

Analysis of Keywords (Ref. Table 2) 45

Analysis of Key Reasons (Ref. Table 3) 55

Analysis of Impact on Performance (Ref. Table 4) 64

Analysis of Future Plan (Ref. Table 5) 68

Research Methodology 76

Annexure 77

Table 1 (Current State) 77

Table 2 (Key Words) 84

Table 3 (Key Reasons) 95

Table 4 (Performance) 105

Table 5 (Future Plan) 114

References 124...