Generation Strategies and Competitive Advantage in the Market for Off-Road Vehicles: Phenomenological Analysis of the Ford Model Release Ecosport In BrazilDOI:10.5585/remark.v10i1.2203l
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https://doi.org/10.5585/remark.v10i1.2203Keywords:
Phenomenological Analysis, Strategy Business, Competitive Advantage.Abstract
The central focus of this paper is to identify the innovations and entrepreneurship resulting from Ford Brazil main strategies, used in the Ford Ecosport launch in 2003. Using as a theoretical reference are the concepts of the RBV (Resource Based View) complemented by Mintzberg el al schools, as follows: Entrepreneurship, Positioning and Environmental. The target was to identify resources generating competitive advantages using phenomenology method with qualitative research and pos-factum analysis through interviews with Off-Road specialists, Ford executives and car dealers. The research results showed the phenomenology methodology adequate, once it was able to identify the following resources being used by Ford: presence of an entrepreneur leader, targeted product positioning and production capacity accordingly to the environmental demand.
DOI:10.5585/remark.v10i1.2203l