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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy VRIO Framework | ![]() Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis | ![]() Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | 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 | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | Half day | Mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 3-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative |
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