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What is a SPACE Analysis?
Space analysis is an approach to strategic analysis used to develop a business strategy. SPACE is an acronym that stands for Strategic Position and Action Evaluation. The process for carrying out a SPACE Analysis is outlined below. 
A SPACE analysis involves both an internal and external analysis.
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External Analysis
The external environment is evaluated based upon:
⦁	Environmental Stability (ES) - Stability includes such factors as: 
⦁	technological change, 
⦁	inflation rate, 
⦁	demand volatility, 
⦁	price range of competitive products, 
⦁	price elasticity of demand, and
⦁	pressure from the substitutes
⦁	Industry Attractiveness (IA) - Industry Attractiveness includes the following factors: 
⦁	growth potential, 
⦁	profit potential, 
⦁	financial stability, 
⦁	resource utilization, 
⦁	complexity of entering the industry, 
⦁	labor productivity, 
⦁	capacity utilization, 
⦁	bargaining power of manufacturers
Internal Analysis
The internal environment is evaluated based upon:
⦁	Competitive Advantage (CA) - Competitive advantage includes the following factors:
⦁	Market Share
⦁	Product Quality
⦁	Product Lifecycle
⦁	Innovation Cycle
⦁	Customer Loyalty
⦁	Vertical Integration
⦁	Financial Strength (FS) - Financial Strength includes the following factors:
⦁	Return on investment, 
⦁	Liquidity, 
⦁	Debt ratio, 
⦁	Available versus required capital, 
⦁	Cash flow, 
⦁	Inventory turnover
Each of these factors are assigned a value of 0-6 (or 0 through -6 for CA and ES). The average of these factor scores constitutes the value of the category. These values are plotted on a matrix with four quadrants. 
  
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Each of the respective quadrants represents a strategic business behavior. The strategic behaviors are as follows:
⦁	Aggressive position - Generally, this position is for a company in a stable industry within a protectable competitive advantage. Though new entrants into the market by competitors is a threat. Strategic objectives might include mergers or acquisitions, growing market share, or diversifying products/services.
⦁	Competitive position - Generally, this position is for a financially stable company in an unstable environment. The company has some level of competitive advantage. There is generally opportunity in business combinations/partnerships, efficiency improvement, and a stronger cash flow. 
⦁	Conservative position - Generally, this position is for a highly stable company in a stable industry. Generally, the company has a strong market share and competitive position, but a low growth rate. There is opportunity through focusing on successful products and new product development. 
⦁	Defensive position - Generally, this position is for a company in a competitive industry that lacks a strong competitive advantage. The company must generally compete on efficiency and other cost-reduction methods. Though it should strongly consider pivoting or leaving the industry. 
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How Porter’s Five Forces Can Help Small Businesses Analyze the Competition
Use this tool to determine how profitable a business may be compared with other businesses in the industry.
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Alternatives to Porter’s Five Forces
Knowing who your competitors are and how their products, services and marketing strategies affect you is critical to your business’s survival. Whether you’re a Fortune 500 company or a small, local business, competition has a direct influence on your success.
One way to analyze your competition and determine your industry standing is to use Porter’s Five Forces model. Originally developed by Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter in 1979, the Five Forces model looks at five factors that determine whether a business can be profitable in relation to other businesses in the industry. 
Using Porter’s Five Forces and other analytics models will help you understand where your company fits in the industry landscape.
Understanding Porter’s Five Forces model
Porter’s Five Forces model is a competitive analysis method that’s considered a macro tool in business analytics. It looks at the industry’s economy as a whole; in contrast, a SWOT analysis is a microanalytical tool that focuses on a specific company’s data and analysis.
“Understanding the competitive forces, and their underlying causes, reveals the roots of an industry’s current profitability while providing a framework for anticipating and influencing competition (and profitability) over time,” Porter wrote in a 2008 Harvard Business Review article. “A healthy industry structure should be as much a competitive concern to strategists as their company’s own position.” 
Porter theorized that understanding the competitive forces at play and the overall industry structure is crucial for effective, strategic decision-making and the development of a compelling competitive strategy for the future.
Here are the five forces in Porter’s model:
1. Competitive rivalry
This force examines marketplace competition intensity. It considers the number of existing competitors and what each one can do. Rivalry competition is high when these conditions are met:
⦁	Only a few businesses sell a product or service.
⦁	The industry is growing.
⦁	Consumers can easily switch to a competitor’s offering for little cost. 
When rivalry competition is high, advertising and price wars ensue, which can hurt a business’s bottom line.
2. The bargaining power of suppliers
This force analyzes a supplier’s power and control over price increases. When a B2B vendor has extensive control over pricing, their client business’s profit margins can suffer. 
This force also assesses the available number of suppliers of raw materials and other resources. The fewer suppliers in the supply chain there are, the more power they have. Businesses are in a better position when there are many suppliers. 
3. The bargaining power of customers
This force examines consumer power and its effect on pricing and quality. Consumers have power when there are fewer sellers because they can easily switch to another seller. Conversely, buying power is low when consumers depend heavily on a single seller. When a business has more customers, the buying power of each individual customer is low.
4. The threat of new entrants
This force considers how easy or difficult it is for competitors to join the marketplace. The easier it is for a new competitor to gain entry, the greater the risk that an established business’s market share will be depleted. Barriers to entry include absolute cost advantages, access to inputs, economies of scale, and strong brand identity.
5. The threat of substitute products or services
This force studies how easy it is for consumers to switch from a business’s product or service to a competitor’s offering. It examines the number of competitors, how their prices and quality compare with the business being examined, and how much of a profit those competitors are earning — which, in turn, would determine if they can lower their costs even more. The threat of substitutes is informed by switching costs, both immediately and in the long term, as well as consumers’ inclination to change. 
FYI
To fully understand the threat of substitute products or services, you must ensure you can correctly calculate the cost of goods sold.
Example of Porter’s Five Forces
There are many examples of how Porter’s Five Forces can be applied to various industries. 
The ultimate goal is to identify the opportunities and threats that could affect a business. 
In this example, the financial education company 365 Financial Analyst looked at the competitive position of retail giant Walmart. Here’s how it breaks down:
⦁	Competitive rivalry: Walmart has a significant reach, a strong brand identity, a physical and online presence, and low prices that make it difficult for small challengers in the retail space to compete. However, Walmart does face sustained challenges from large, established competitors such as Target, Costco and Amazon. Overall, Walmart faces a moderately competitive rivalry space.
⦁	Bargaining power of suppliers: A diverse supplier base limits supplier bargaining power. Additionally, due to Walmart’s size, purchasing power and consumer reach, each individual supplier exerts very little influence on the company.
⦁	Bargaining power of customers: Walmart has a massive customer base of small buyers, weakening the power of any single customer and granting the company significant leverage. The company’s low prices, established locations and online presence further reduce the power of any single customer. However, customers can switch to other retailers at little or no cost, affording them some power. Overall, buyer bargaining power is medium to low.
⦁	Threat of new entrants: Walmart maintains a substantial edge in sales, marketing, distribution and established business locations. It also has a highly developed and deployed online presence to complement its physical locations. Due to its size and established network, Walmart also has the advantage of selling to multiple customers while being able to purchase at scale from various suppliers. All of these factors, as well as the established nature of large rivals such as Amazon, make the threat of new entrants low.
⦁	Threat of substitute products: Walmart’s economies of scale, reach and size ensure it carries almost all brands and products a customer would like, with the exception of specific in-house brands that its rivals offer. Even then, Walmart can leverage economies of scale to offer products and a range of substitutes at low costs. As such, the threat of substitute products is low.
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Walmart's economic impact on the communities where it opens stores can be both positive and negative. It can serve as an anchor store that drives additional business, but it can also lower wages locally.
Strategies for success
Once your analysis is complete, it’s time to implement a strategy to expand your competitive advantage. To that end, Porter identified three generic strategies that can be implemented in any industry and by companies of any size.
Cost leadership
Your goal is to increase profits by reducing costs while charging industry-standard prices, or to increase market share by reducing the sales price while retaining profits.
Differentiation
To implement this strategy, your company’s products must be significantly better than the competition’s, thereby improving their competitiveness and value to the public. It requires thorough research and development, plus effective sales and marketing.
Focus
Successful implementation entails the company selecting niche markets in which to sell its goods. It requires an intense understanding of the marketplace, as well as deep knowledge of the business’s sellers, buyers and competitors. (Consult Porter’s 1985 book Competitive Advantage for more information.)
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While Porter's Five Forces model is helpful, it's inherently backward-looking. Consider conducting modeling exercises regularly while accounting for business trends and marketplace shifts to keep models up to date.
Alternatives to Porter’s Five Forces
While Porter’s Five Forces is an effective and time-tested model, it has been criticized for failing to explain strategic alliances. In the 1990s, professors Adam Brandenburger, then at Harvard Business School and now at New York University’s Stern School of Business, and Barry Nalebuff, of the Yale School of Management, created the idea of a sixth force, “complementors,” using game theory insights. (Consult their book, Co-Opetition, for more information.)
In this model, complementors sell products and services that are best used in conjunction with a competitor’s product or service. For example, Intel, which manufactures processors, and Lenovo, a computer manufacturer, could be considered complementors.
These additional modeling tools can inform your understanding of your business and its potential:
⦁	Value chain analysis: A ⦁	value chain analysis helps companies understand where their best productive advantage lies.
⦁	BCG matrix: The ⦁	BCG matrix helps companies identify which products will likely benefit most from increased investment.
⦁	PEST analysis: Businesses should also consider conducting either a ⦁	PEST analysis or a PESTLE analysis. These analyses take into account how external political, economic, sociocultural and technological forces — as well as legal and environmental forces, in a PESTLE analysis — can affect the business environment. This analysis should be conducted alongside Porter’s Five Forces to provide a thorough overview of factors and challenges that influence a business and its industry. 
Navigating the economic environment
All business decisions contain elements of risk and uncertainty. Conducting routine analyses of the business, industry and overall economic environment is vital to the success of any company, regardless of its size. Porter’s Five Forces model provides a clear framework that business leaders can employ to understand how their business fits into the larger industry. 
Using Porter’s Five Forces alongside additional analytical tools and models — like a SWOT analysis, a BCG matrix and a PEST(LE) analysis — can help business leaders navigate the broader economic environment with greater confidence and, ultimately, reap increased odds of success. 
Jeremy Bender and Katherine Arline contributed to this article. 
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What Is a BCG Matrix?
We're breaking down how a BCG matrix helps businesses analyze their current and future competitive landscape.
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Using a BCG matrix to analyze your products
Business models are based on providing products or services that are profitable now, but a good business strategy also asks, “What about the future?” Created by the Boston Consulting Group, the BCG matrix – also known as the Boston matrix or growth-share matrix – provides a strategy for analyzing products according to growth and relative market share. The BCG model has been used since 1968 to help companies gain insights on what products best help them capitalize on market share growth opportunities and give them a competitive advantage. 
More than 50 years after its inception, the BCG matrix model remains a valuable tool for helping companies understand their potential.
What is a BCG matrix?
A BCG matrix is a model used to analyze a business’s products to aid with long-term strategic planning. The matrix helps companies identify new growth opportunities and decide how they should invest for the future. 
Most companies offer a wide variety of products, but some deliver greater returns than others. The BCG matrix gives the business a framework for evaluating the success of each product to help the company determine which ones they should invest more money into and which they should eliminate altogether. It can also help companies identify a new product to introduce to the market. 
The matrix is divided into four quadrants based on market growth and relative market share. Each of these quadrants is discussed in more depth later in this article.
Did You Know?
Anytime you're considering making a pivot in your business, it's helpful to also perform a SWOT analysis. This can help you understand the potential consequences of a major business decision.
How do you create a BCG matrix?
To analyze your company, you’ll need data on your products’ or services’ relative market share and growth rate. 
When examining market growth, you need to objectively analyze your competition and think in terms of growth over the next three years. (Porter’s Five Forces is one useful framework for this type of analysis.) If your market is extremely fragmented, however, you can use absolute market share instead. Next, you can either draw a BCG matrix or find a BCG matrix template program online. Several are free, while others are available for subscription or offered as part of another charting program.
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In this four-quadrant BCG matrix template, market share is shown on the horizontal line (low left, high right) and growth rate is found along the vertical line (low bottom, high top). The four quadrants are designated Stars (upper left), Question Marks (upper right), Cash Cows (lower left) and Dogs (lower right).
Place each of your products in the appropriate box based on where they rank in market share and growth. Where you set the dividing line between each quadrant depends in part on how your company compares to the competition. Here is a breakdown of each BCG matrix quadrant.
Stars quadrant
The business units or products with the best market share and generating the most cash are considered Stars. Monopolies and first-to-market products are frequently termed Stars too. However, because of their high growth rate, Stars consume large amounts of cash. This generally results in the same amount of money coming in that is going out. Stars can eventually become Cash Cows if they sustain their success until a time when a high-growth market slows down. A key tenet of a BCG strategy for growth is to invest in Stars.
Cash Cows quadrant
A Cash Cow is a market leader that generates more cash than it consumes. Cash Cows are business units or products with a high market share but low growth prospects. Cash Cows provide the cash required to turn a Question Mark into a market leader, cover the administrative costs of the company, fund research and development, service the corporate debt, and pay dividends to shareholders. Companies are advised to invest in cash cows to maintain the current level of productivity or to “milk” the gains passively.
Dogs quadrant
Dogs, sometimes also referred to as Pets, are units or products with a low market share and low growth rates. They frequently break even, neither earning nor consuming much cash. Dogs are generally considered cash traps because businesses have money tied up in them, even though they bring back almost nothing in return. These business units are prime candidates for divestiture.
Question Marks quadrant
These parts of a business have high growth prospects but a low market share. They consume a lot of cash but bring little in return. Question Marks lose a company money. However, since these business units are growing rapidly, they have the potential to turn into Stars in a high-growth market. Companies are advised to invest in Question Marks if the products have potential for growth, or to sell if they do not. 
What are the benefits of a BCG matrix?
Here are some of the benefits of using a BCG matrix to analyze your products.
Provides a straightforward view
The BCG matrix is a simple framework that all companies can use to evaluate their products. Anyone can look at the matrix and grasp which of the business’s products are performing the best. 
Helps you identify what’s working and not
In addition to giving a bird’s-eye view of how products are performing, the matrix helps identify what factors make each product successful or unsuccessful. It also lets you see how your products stack up against one another. 
Highlights opportunities
The BCG matrix is also a useful tool for uncovering new opportunities in your market and eliminating poorly performing products, which can save your company a lot of money in the long run. 
What are the limitations of a BCG matrix?
Here are some of the limitations of using a BCG matrix to analyze your products.
Does not provide a complete picture of success/failure
One limitation of using the BCG matrix is it doesn’t account for any factors beyond market share and growth. This means it won’t give you the complete picture as to why your products are succeeding or failing. While the BCG matrix is a great starting point, it’s not enough on its own to guide the future of a company. In many cases, it won’t provide enough information for handling complex business problems.
Does not factor in synergies
The BCG matrix doesn’t acknowledge the synergies between different products. For example, it only measures products individually rather than as units, which can make all the difference. 
Assumes stable growth
The BCG matrix lacks the ability to factor in new products, market competitiveness and other factors that might impact the products’ future growth. It’s merely a snapshot in time rather than an everchanging framework.
Key Takeaway
The BCG matrix isn't a predictive analytics tool and won't help you account for new products that could disrupt the market in the future.
How do you use the BCG matrix to strategize?
Once you know where each product stands, you can evaluate them objectively and strategize the future of your business. The BCG matrix helps you identify which products you should prioritize and which need to be cut altogether. 
Here are four ways to use the BCG matrix to strategize for your business:
⦁	If your goal is to focus on innovation, increase your investment in Stars and Question Marks. For example, you may be able to push a Question Mark into a Star and, later, a Cash Cow, by investing more in it.
⦁	If you can’t invest more into a product, keep it in the same quadrant and leave it alone. One of the advantages of a Cash Cow is that it’s a well-established product that takes less effort to maintain.
⦁	Reduce your investment and take out the maximum cash flow from a product, which increases its overall profitability. This strategy is best used for Cash Cows.
⦁	Divest the amount of money invested in a product and apply it elsewhere. This strategy is best for Dogs.
Since consumer preferences are constantly changing, it’s impossible to predict the long-term growth of any product. That’s why you should regularly revise and update your BCG matrix as market conditions change. For instance, a product that was a Question Mark could quickly turn into a Dog, so you should be ready to walk away if the stakes get too high. 
Bottom Line
At the end of the day, the goal isn’t to succeed in any one area – it’s to create a diversified portfolio. You need products in every quadrant of your BCG matrix to keep a healthy cash flow and offer products that can secure your company’s future.
What is the role of cash flow in the BCG matrix?
Understanding cash flow is key to making the most of the BCG matrix. In 1968, BCG founder Bruce Henderson noted that four rules should guide your approach to product cash flow strategies:
1.	Margins and cash generated are a function of market share. High margins and high market share go together.
2.	To grow, you need to invest in your assets. The added cash required to hold shares is a function of growth rates.
3.	High market share must be earned or bought. Buying market share requires an additional increment or investment.
4.	No product market can grow indefinitely. You need to get your payoff from growth when the growth slows – you lose your opportunity if you hesitate. The payoff is cash that cannot be reinvested in that product.
That last point is more important now than ever. The market moves more quickly now than it did 50 years ago, and BCG has since published recommended revisions on how to analyze and act on the matrix information. Maintaining a healthy supply of Question Marks readies you to act on the next trend. Cash Cows, conversely, need to be milked efficiently because they may fall out of favor – and profitability – more quickly. [Learn why profit margins are important for your business.]
What is a real-life BCG matrix example?
To ensure you understand a BCG analysis, it can be worthwhile to look at a real-life BCG matrix example. A famous BCG matrix example is that of The Coca-Cola Company, which owns many more drink lines than just its titular brand.
In the Coca-Cola BCG matrix example, Diet Coke and Minute Maid are Question Marks, as these products attract a modest audience, but still have room to grow. Its bottled water brands Kinley and Dasani are Stars since they dominate the market in, respectively, Europe and the U.S., and show no signs of slowing growth. Its titular drink is a Cash Cow since it experiences low growth and a high market share. However, Coca-Cola is also a Dog because legislation against soft drinks – not to mention public sentiment turning against them – has decreased soda sales. 
The Coca-Cola company’s real-life BCG matrix example provides an important takeaway: Sometimes a product can fall into more than one quadrant. 
Tip
One of the best ways to improve your sales is through sentiment analysis. Sentiment analysis can help you determine how consumers feel about your brand and products. You can also do a PEST analysis to consider political, economic, social and technological factors.
What are alternative matrix models?
While a great tool, the BCG matrix isn’t for every business. Some companies find they don’t have products in each quadrant, nor do they have a steady movement of products among the quadrants as their product life cycle progresses.
Some consultants advocate using the GE/McKinsey matrix instead, which measures products according to business unit strength and industry attractiveness rather than market share, the complexity of which may be outside an individual company’s control. Comparing the two models can reveal hidden insights that fuel increased growth for your company.
Using a BCG matrix to analyze your products
If you implement the BCG matrix into your business, it can serve as a great tool to analyze the success and potential of your products. However, it’s best to use it along with other methods, as it does have its limitations that can sway its data. For example, it can’t provide a full, accurate view of why your products are succeeding or failing, or whether they will continue to do so in the future. Use it for its many benefits, but don’t expect it to be the end-all-be-all tool.
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MY DNP project (you will refer to this):
At the Fort Lauderdale Behavioural Centre, a significant practice gap exists regarding the inadequate use of thorough pressure ulcer prevention methods specifically designed for the distinct requirements of the mental health patient demographic. Patients in psychiatric settings often exhibit diminished mobility, malnutrition, and adverse effects from psychotropic medicines, which all increase the likelihood of pressure ulcer formation. Existing guidelines, that have been largely centred on general healthcare settings, do not sufficiently address the behavioural and psychological factors that influence patient adherence and mobility (Graves et al., 2021). This deficiency leads to an increase in the incidence of pressure ulcers that also worsens patient health outcomes by increasing morbidity and length of hospital stays, while also putting a strain on healthcare resources through longer treatment periods and increased demand for specialised wound care. Pressure ulcers in this environment weaken the overall quality of treatment and also reduces patient confidence and satisfaction with the facility's services.
Two practical DNP project ideas that fit the present clinical paradigm are relevant and doable to handle this pressing problem. The first suggested project is the creation and execution of a customized Pressure Ulcer Prevention Initiative that is primarily aimed at the mental health patient population at Fort Lauderdale Behavioural Centre. This initiative aims to combine evidence based forms of treatments with behavioral health initiatives, promoting a multidisciplinary approach such as it is the case of frequent skin evaluations and also tailored treatment plans, and improved staff and patient training programs (Edsberg et al., 2022). This proposed project is in line with the DNP focus since it has the ability to combine clinical practice with therapies that are based on research in order to improve the results for treatment of patients. Another initiative that I would like to suggest isthe creation of a continuous professional development program that is aimed at improving the proficiency of nursing personnel when it comes to preventing pressure ulcers. This program will include advanced training courses, competency tests, and the incorporation of best practices gained from present academic research. The present staff education infrastructure and the ongoing commitment to professional quality inside the institution help to demonstrate the project's feasibility. 
Key stakeholders that would be essential for the success and sustainability of these programs are represented by nursing personnel, together with the multidisciplinary team members but also patients and institutional leadership. EEngaging these stakeholders necessitates a collaborative approach that promotes transparent communication but also inclusive decision making processes, and shared accountability . Nursing staff may participate in the collaborative creation of preventative procedures to guarantee feasibility and compliance, while leadership may provide the required funding and encouragement for ongoing implementation. I would also like to mention that including patients in the development of personalised treatment plans may enhance adherence and outcomes by addressing their specific needs and preferences (van Rooijen et al., 2021). I am personally interested in and work hard to improve patient-centered care in mental health settings, and this suggested project fits in well with the mentioned goals. I am resolutely driven to bridge this practice gap by my steadfast dedication to enhancing professional practices and patient results. This connection drives my dedication to the success of the project and keeps me focused on including thorough and evidence based mental health treatment techniques.