Abstract
Nowadays, in a stronger context of globalisation, companies have to face more and more complex challenges such as a higher international competition, emerging markets, many economic changes or new technological progresses etc. Strategic management decisions have to be completely successful in this context, otherwise the consequences of any failure or mistake can be dramatic for companies in terms of profits or reputation. Senior executives actually have to use several conceptual models to be efficient particularly in their decision making. First of all, we will determine why conceptual models are so commonly used in strategic management. Then, we will describe and explain the BCG Growth / Share Matrix and finally, we will evaluate the different strengths and weaknesses of this conceptual model by analyzing and synthesizing the views of several authors.
