Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

les leviers de compétivité de l'entreprise

English translation:

the company's competitive advantages

Added to glossary by Claire Nolan
May 25, 2010 00:41
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French term

les leviers de compétivité de l'entreprise

French to English Bus/Financial Finance (general)
Menée en face-à-face alors que la crise faisait encore durement ressentir ses effets, cette étude révèle des résultats surprenants à plus d’un titre. En, effet, si la crise a affecté les entreprises, on ne peut pas dire pour autant que le pessimisme soit le trait dominant qui émerge des résultats de l’enquête. Fondamentalement, pour les dirigeants européens la crise apparaît comme le moment privilégié où l’on réfléchit à de nouvelles solutions et surtout où l’on réfléchit en profondeur sur les leviers de compétitivité de l’entreprise et où l’on essaie de répondre à la question suivante : dans un environnement durablement affecté, qu’est-ce qui permettra à mon entreprise de retrouver le chemin de la croissance ? La lecture de la presse économique ferait facilement penser que les entreprises n’ont qu’une obsession : la chasse aux coûts. Or, c’est loin d’être le cas et on constate que pour beaucoup d’entreprises une des priorités est entre autres de mieux valoriser le capital humain, capital perçu comme une des clés du renouveau des entreprises. Là aussi, la crise agit comme un révélateur : face à des contraintes de toute sorte, il s’agit de mieux valoriser et ce à tous les niveaux : qualité de services, renforcement des compétences clés, qualité du recrutement, de la formation, capacité à innover, etc.
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May 30, 2010 14:43: Claire Nolan Created KOG entry

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the company's competitive advantages

levier = something that gives the company a boost, hence an advantage



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Donald Katz, founder of the first audio information and entertainment service on the Internet, discusses his COMPANY'S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES.

http://www.allbusiness.com/interview/11758854-1.html

Strategic analysis is intended to identify a COMPANY'S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES and indicate the markets, products, and services for which these competitive advantages are most applicable

http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/55208544.h...

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Or ''the business's competitive advantages''
Peer comment(s):

agree joehlindsay : exactly.
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Thanks, joehlindsay.
agree Catharine Cellier-Smart : yes, this is business-speak
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Thanks, Catharine.
agree Chris Hall
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agree mimi 254
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Thanks, mimi 254.
agree Catherine Gilsenan
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Thanks, Catherine.
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company's points/sources of competitive leverage

Competitive Advantage and Competitive Leverage
A firm's ability to survive and operate with long-term profitability in a competitive setting is determined by its relative competitive advantage it holds within that given business environment. A firm's competitive advantage relative to its rivals in the market place can be easily measured by the competitive leverage.


Theory and policy of international competitiveness
By Fidelis Ezeala-Harrison

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http://tinyurl.com/2b8frav
Peer comment(s):

agree Julie Barber : doing research, I saw "levers for competitive advantage"
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Thanks, Julie!
agree EricBT : I have also found "competitive levers": for instance "A definition of human capital as a key competitive lever" http://xrl.in/5ft5
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Thanks Eric! Definitely. Good example.
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business enablers

http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/business_enablers...

Company managers in Europe are thinking long and hard about the most appropriate business enablers for their companies
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