Competition in the Bottled Water Industry 1. List and describe the dominant economic characteristics of the bottled water industry. Market size and growth rate The industry is size is worldwide with a growth rate averaging nearly 9% from 1996-2001 (with a U.S. per capita growth from 20 gallons per year in 2001 to 26 gallons per year in 2005.) Number of buyers There is a significant number of buyers in the U.S. and internationally. No one buyer accounts for a significant fraction of
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the competition in the market creating better and prices‚ something that Virgin Blue always wanted. The airline industry is a hard market to break into and Jetstar will the backing of Australia’s largest domestic airline to help ensure their success. TABLE OF CONTENTS Industry Analysis 3 Porters Five Forces Analysis 4 The Threat of New Entrants 4 The Bargaining Power of Customers 5 The Bargaining Power of Suppliers 5 The Availability of Substitute Products 5 Jockeying
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calculated that of 200 customers who completed the questionnaire at the rock festival‚ the mean age was 23. The age distribution conformed to a curve of normal distribution with a standard deviation of 5. Calculate the number of customers aged 33 and over who featured in Sonia’s survey (33-23)÷5 = 2 2% of 200= 4 Answer= 4 2) With reference to the report on the UK smoothie market (appendix 2) analyse two limitations of using secondary sources as the basis of Sonia’s decision making
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sometimes believe we choose how we think and or how we view people but in reality someone is influencing us individuals. Many of the people that influence us can be someone in your family‚ someone famous‚ or it can be your friends. But some individuals believe they influence how we view other or the world. However family will always have a big impact and influence how we view everyone. Family influence or impact they way one views others and the world. In Robert Lake’s letter “An Indian Father’s
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What is Porter’s 5 Forces? Porter’s fives forces model is a strategic analysis model that can help analyse a particular environment of a market/sector. It considers the impact and influence of 5 main forces: 1) Competitive Rivalry 2) Power of suppliers 3) Power of buyers 4) Threats of substitutes 5) Threat of new entrants. The above five main factors are key factors that influence industry/market performance; hence it is common sense and practical to find out about these factors when working
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trade partners of Eastern Europe - Italy - and on two industrial sectors in which the latter is specialised in production and exports - textiles and clothing‚ which are also of paramount importance in Eastern Europe ’s exports. A few data on production‚ employment‚ investment and foreign trade may suffice to show the enormous importance of these industries for Italy. In 1993 this country produced almost 40% of the entire EU production of textiles‚ including knitwear. The other major EU countries followed
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Élan and the Competition Ski Boat Industry Robert Visser‚ 5002930146 Punnapa K. Pusayanonda‚ 4702641038 Patumporn Srikrisanapol‚ 4702640642 Thammasat University Case Study‚ Strategic Management Fall 07 Group 5 Prof. James P. Fitzpatrick Deadline: 19. September 2007 1. Company Overview 3 2. SWOT Analysis 4 2.1 Strength 4 2.2 Weakness 4 2.3 Threat 5 2.4 Opportunity 6 3. Situation Analysis 8 3.1 Financial Analysis 8 3.2 Marketing Analysis 9 3.3 Management Critique
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Industry Definition: The industry analyzed is specialty coffee retailing in North America. Threat of New Entrants: 1. Economies of Scale are low. The price of opening a new store does not gain substantial economies of scale when a firm already has many stores. Variable prices such as Aribica beans‚ cups‚ whipped cream‚ etc. will benefit from some economy of scale‚ but not enough to deter new entrants. 2. Capital Requirements are low. Property and inventory costs are not substantial enough to deter
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PORTERS FIVE FORCES Threat of new entrants: Since nokia was a profitable market. It becomes bait and other companies would like to join. Unless the new entry firms can be blocked‚ the revenue or profit will reduce. However in other to be able to compete with established firms‚ new entrants will need to invest highly in technology and marketing. Hence the threat of new entrants is very low. Power of suppliers: Nokia has a number of suppliers who provide them with equipment’s. Hence nokia could
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Porters 5 forces Pestle? Business plan The unexpected Incongruities‚ Process needs‚ Industry structure‚ Demographics Changes in perception‚ New knowledge Idea‚ Invention‚ Innovation‚ Diffusion Companies own assets Physical Intangible Human In the past Competitive advantage came from physical assets such as property/land/Financial clout Still important (anyone fancy taking on Apple?) but Intellectual property (patents) and key process management (we know how to do this) i.e. what we
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