UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE
La Verne, California
Bus 510 Management of Information Technology
Professor Nicole Lytle
Yuxi Deng
Jialin Dong
Binfeng Chen
Ao Wang
11/16/2012
Table of Contents Summary of Porter’s Models Article. 3 Porter 's Five Forces Model Analysis 4 Bargaining Power of Buyers 4 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 6 Threat of Substitute Products 7 Threat of New Entrants 7 Rivalry among Existing Competitors 8 The Three Generic Strategies 9 The Value Chain Analysis 10 References . 12
Summary of Porter’s Models Article
As the whole world relies heavily on information systems, it has become one of the most efficient ways for all business corporations to gain business opportunities and wealth. All the companies are facing the impact of the information revolution not only on the product properties, processes, company nature, and industries, but also on competition itself. Companies will able to collect a vast amount of information to store on a computerized database. That information will support companies extrapolate information about their buying trends and behaviors and their preferences. It also will help companies with making their business strategies, improving their processing, and gaining more market shares from their competitors.
Strategy Significant
IT effects the whole operation by which companies create their products such as their package of physical goods, services, and delivery. IT also changes the enterprise 's performance through the value chain system which is a combination of many technologic and economical activities which are interdependent. The higher the value, the higher opportunity a buyer is willing to purchase that product or service. As a successful business requires that the value it creates exceeds the cost of performing the value activities. (Porter, M. E., & Millar, V. E.2001)
The new information also will help corporations be aware of the market trends,
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