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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy SWOT Analysis | ![]() Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis | ![]() Business Strategy Three Horizons |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. | Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan |
Tags1 shared | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight |
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