Strategic choices & advantage · Working
Strategic asset
Also called: key strategic asset
ELI5
A valuable resource important to the strategy.
Used in conversation
“Proprietary distribution data is the strategic asset in this deal.”
Definition
A resource whose control materially supports advantage or future options.
Here “Strategic asset” means: A resource whose control materially supports advantage or future options.
Pitch context
You will see “Strategic asset” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches strategic choices & advantage.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret strategic choices & advantage without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 5
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Strategyzer — Business Model Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- Strategyzer — Value Proposition Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- LEANSTACK — Lean CanvasSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division — Herfindahl-Hirschman IndexSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — Business and economy dataSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16