CASE #4: 3M Canada: Industrial Business Division PROBLEM RECOGNITION * The target is to increase growth rate from 3-5% to 12-15% in 18 months * OEM market is mature with limited prospects of expansion * Ultimately shifting overall focus from OEM market to MRO market * High unfamiliarity and low exposure to the MRO market * IBD’s share of distributor sales was 2% of distributors’ revenue * Transitioning focus from Special and Niche accounts to Large National accounts
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INNOVATION AT 3M CORPORATION: CASE STUDY There are two major issues highlighted in this case study: 1. Is the ‘lead-user’ process‚ an effective method for research and subsequent product innovation? 2. Should the Medical-Surgical Markets Division (MSMD) lead-user research team present its revolutionary new approach to treating infection to senior management despite the fact that it challenged the existing business strategy? QUESTION 1 The answer to the first question is ‘yes’. By the
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3. Porter’s Five Forces on Woolworths Porter’s five forces analysis was formed by Michael E. Porter in 1979 and this framework has had immense influence on industry analysis and strategy development (Davenport and Prusak‚ 2003). These five forces determine the competitiveness of the company and the attractiveness of the market‚ as a result‚ a well understanding of five forces may help a company get to know more about its industrial structure and find out a proper position with both high profitability
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INTRODUCTION A framework for diagnosing industry structure‚ built around five competitive forces that erode long-term industry average profitability. The industry structure framework can be applied at the level of the industry‚ the strategic group (or group of firms with similar strategies) or even the individual firm. Its ultimate function is to explain the sustainability of profits against bargaining and against direct and indirect competition. IN RESPECT TO THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT: Laws
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Introduction The model of the Five Competitive Forces was developed by Michael E. Porter in his book „Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors“ in 1980. Since that time it has become an important tool for analyzing an organizations industry structure in strategic processes. Porters model is based on the insight that a corporate strategy should meet the opportunities and threats in the organizations external environment. Especially‚ competitive strategy should
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Submitted by: Group 1 Alok Aswathy Ashwini Nayanshree Sai Sujeetha Shivani INTRODUCTION The 3M Company‚ formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company‚ is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in St. Paul‚ Minnesota. 3M headquarters are in the St. Paul suburb of Maplewood‚ Minnesota. Five businessmen founded 3M in Two Harbors‚ Minnesota‚ in 1902. Originally a mining venture‚ the goal was to mine corundum‚ but this failed because the
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environment Porter’s Five Forces will be used. This tool is primarily used to analyze the competitive environment in terms of five main categories; the threat of new entrants‚ bargaining power of both supplier and buyers‚ threat of substitute products and how intense the current rivalry is among existing competitors. In each of the five categories there are conditions/ sources that further provide insight to each; they will be analyzed in terms the car industry. This model is very helpful in determining
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the bargaining power of buyers‚ the bargaining power of suppliers‚ and the threat of substitutes. In order to make this Porter’s Five Forces Model complete or perfect‚ the managers should combine this model with other external models such as the PEST model‚ the Porter Diamond‚ competitive generic strategies‚ the industry life cycle and any other external factors models which will give the a very detailed overview the threats and opportunities of an
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Porter Five Forces Model in the internet era: How internet opens and restricts new avenues of Porter Five Forces BADM 470-02 Background: “It is not possible to ignore the ability of the internet to unlock a company’s wall‚ to discover and exploit opportunities outside its existing businesses…” “The use of internet has not changed the basic economic laws‚ but has changed the way the world does business” Cooperation of key industry players would facilitate innovation and thus increase
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familiar and conduct a Porter’s Five Forces analysis. 2. What are the key success factors of the organisation identified? Businesses worldwide experience some form of competition whilst operating in their respective industry. In the macro-environment there are factors that exist that can determine whether or not an organization gains competitive advantage or becomes viable. Michael Porter developed a Five Forces model to aid in analyzing the industry. These Five forces are:- • Competitive rivalry
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