O papel das pequenas empresas (parte III)

Pela calada, longe dos holofotes, longes das carpetes e corredores ministeriais... empresas pequenas com casos amorosos com clientes, fornecedores e produtos, podem concentrar-se em servir nichos que as grandes, pesadas e lentas empresas ou não servem, ou servem mal.
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Volto a uns recortes do livro "BEATING THE GLOBAL CONSOLIDATION ENDGAME - Nine Strategies for Winning in Niches" de Fritz Kroeger, Andrej Vizjak e Michael Moriarty para alimentar a reflexão:
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"What are the foundations of a stable, defendable, and profitable niche? How can businesses create a successful niche strategy (or at least know when one is found)? And what can businesses do to keep running as long as possible? The three elements that make up an Endgame niche are ...
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1. Segmentation. Specialty market segments allow niche companies to play in the global business arena. Global leaders cannot both pursue a juggernaut strategy and address the specialized needs of every customer segment. The market leaders all give lip service to providing customized products and services, catering to geographic and market differences, and addressing the needs of different buying behaviors; however, the truth is, their main priority is their own bottom line.
This is not an editorial comment, but economic reality. If companies did not take this approach, shareholders would not buy their stock, their weighted average cost of capital would rise, and they would lose their competitiveness and fall victim to another industry leader that was more than happy to take the business. There is an upside in all this for niche fighters, however. Since the consolidators are almost exclusively fixated on the bottom line, this opens opportunities for smaller companies to come in and sweep up unserved needs that fall behind in the process—as long as they make the right moves."
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O próximo elemento a analisar é o foco, a concentração na criação de valor.
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"2. Value-added focus. The second element of an Endgame niche is that niche players must focus on an area of the value chain different from that addressed by the market leader.
This allows the niche fighter to win by capitalizing on a business opportunity in which the scale leader not only has little interest, but also has less capability to exploit the scale advantages it enjoys elsewhere. Here, the difference between the mainstream market and the niche market is particularly relevant and becomes an obvious Endgame niche market opportunity. If we differentiate between basic costs and segment costs in the value chain and compare an Endgame
niche fighter with a scale leader, it is clear that the niche fighter has a higher share of segment costs. These costs must be proportionately high, so as to provide a barrier to scale leaders that seek to arbitrage their lower basic costs."
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Por fim, algo relacionado com a discussão sobre o dilema da produtividade:
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"3. Complexity. The third element of an Endgame niche is that fighters must be dynamic and innovative. This requires not only mastering the skills of specialization and market focus,
but also finally (in the context of the Merger Endgame Theory) being able to differentiate themselves from the scale leaders, which leads to more complexity."
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Adoro esta história dos nichos, permite que empresas pequenas, com as movimentações adequadas, flexíveis e rápidas repitam a lição da batalha de Canas.
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Associado a este tema dos nichos temos o tema da criação de valor. Esse é o TEMA!!!