Individual Research Paper 3M Prepared for: TC Sydney Graduate School of Management By: Surbhi Suri: 16453584 Submitted On: 09/11/2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3M is a multinational company with branches operating all over the globe. 3M is looking to grow in the new markets for its long term strategy‚ and decided to service China‚ India‚ and Singapore. 3M expansion in the international markets and business strategy is build around its core competency of innovation. 3M has adopted product differentiation
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Q3 Porter five forces model is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development. It draws upon industrial organization economics to derive five forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Porter’s five forces include -three forces from horizontal competition: the threat of substitute products or service‚ the threat of established rivals‚ and the threat of new entrants‚ and two forces from vertical competition: the bargaining power
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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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Competitive Analysis In 1941‚ Coach was first established as a small family run premium leather goods manufacturing business‚ which was seen as a premium brand with superior leather goods. In 1980‚ Coach opened its retail store and in 1985 Coach was sold to Sara Lee. Coach then began to experience paid expansion and growth including accessories‚ luggage‚ and brief cases into the product line. Today Coach is known for being one of the leading luxury accessories brand in the US and internationally
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strong competitive advantage have large moats‚ and therefore higher profit margins. And investors should always be concerned with profit margins. This article looks at a methodology called the Porter’s Five Forces Analysis. In his book Competitive Strategy‚ Harvard professor Michael Porter describes five forces affecting the profitability of companies. These are the five forces he noted: 1. Intensity of rivalry amongst existing competitors 2. Threat of entry by new competitors 3.
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[pic] Topic Of The Report: The Analysis Of Porter’s Five Forces Model Towards OCBC Banking Industry Table Of Contents Table Of Contents...................................................................2 1. Introduction.........................................................................3 1.1 Introduction of the work......................................................3 1.2 Relative backgrounds of OCBC Bank............................
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Philips versus Matsushita Case Analysis Competing Strategic and Organizational Choices Erik F. Spear Lynelle C. Vidale Vannessa. D. Williams IMAN601‚ Section 9040 Dr. Mariana Feld November 2‚ 2010 Philips versus Matsushita Case Analysis Competing Strategic and Organizational Choices Introduction Royal Philips NV and Matsushita (owner of the Panasonic brand among others) are two of the world’s biggest electronics multinationals. After successfully building their global empires in
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Five Forces Model for Competition Analysis Porter ’s five forces analysis is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development. Three of Porter ’s five forces refer to competition from external sources: threat of substitute products‚ the threat of established rivals‚ and the threat of new entrants. The remainders are internal threats: the bargaining power of suppliers and the bargaining power of customers. This analysis is based on the Structure-Conduct-Performance paradigm in
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3M Optical Systems: Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship MST550 – Capstone Professor Jack Raiton HBSP Case #395-017 Discussion Questions 1. What practices make 3M such an innovative company? 2. What is Any Wong’s role as the OS Unit’s general manager? How effective has he been? 3. What is Paul Guehler’s role as division vicepresident? How effective has he been? 4. What should Andy Wong do with the computer screen AFE? If he gets the AFE‚ should Guehler fund it? Case Outline • • • • • •
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organization with which you are 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
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