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Apply Porter’s concept of generic strategies to Phillip Morris’s food products.
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Apply Porter's concept of generic strategies to Phillip Morris's food products. What strategies did Phillip Morris pursue? What were the sources of competitive advantage? With total 2000 operating revenues of over $80 billion, the diverse lines of Phillip Morris's businesses include some of the world's most successful companies: * Kraft Foods North America and Kraft Foods International, which together form the world's second-largest food company. * Philip Morris U.S.A. (America's leading cigarette maker) and Philip Morris International, makers of the world's best-selling cigarette brand. * Miller Brewing Company, America's second-largest brewer. * Philip Morris Capital Corporation, the second-largest industrial affiliate leasing company in the U.S.A. Competitive strategies are measure taken that strongly position companies against competitors and that give the company the strongest possible strategic advantage. In general, there are three broad types of competitive advantage: * Low - cost leadership - a competitive strategy based on the firm's ability to provide products or...
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