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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis | ![]() Business Strategy VRIO Framework | ![]() Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Half day | 90-180 min | Mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-6 | 2-6 researchers plus sample |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Value Chain Map, Lever List | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative |
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