Abstract—The paper presents existing research results
concerning the importance of the long horizon as a key element
of competitive strategy. Results of research carried out on a
sample of 150 companies were presented, with special focus on
those that create precise plans for an over 5-year-long time
horizon. Strategic management areas such as strategy
formalization, level of strategy expensiveness, competition
strategy, organization of work on strategy, familiarity with the
strategy and tasks were submitted to detailed analysis. The
research helped identify a relation between a clear definition of
future vision and the necessity to formalize the strategy;
dynamic growth as a strategic priority and having significant
competitive advantage; launching products into new market
segments, expanding product portfolio and increasing
competitive edge; organizing and planning work on strategy
and making executive pay dependent upon realization of
strategic goals; all employee’s familiarity with the strategy as
well as the possibility to clearly allocate all tasks to particular
departments in the process of creating and implementing the
strategy.
Index Terms—Planning horizon, strategy, competitive
strategy, strategic management.
Letycja Sołoducho-Pelc is with the Wrocław University of Economics,
Poland (e-mail: letycja.soloducho@gmail.com).
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Cite: Letycja Sołoducho-Pelc, "Planning Horizon as a Key Element of a Competitive
Strategy," Journal of Economics, Business and Management vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 161-166, 2015.