BHS0027: Strategic Management Hong Kong 2013/14 Written Individual report Task Using Porter’s Generis Strategies model‚ critically analyse IKEA’s competitive strategy. You must also recommend a course of action or direction that the organisation should take. Use the case study as a starting point and source relevant company information from their web site and other suitable sources. Style: report Word limit: 2500 words Deadline: 19 August 2013 Approximate weighting of marks and suggested structure:
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which give increased incentive to win plane orders. Because of high switching costs for buyers‚ there is increased incentive to be the preferred supplier. Entry – Low threat to long run profits The high fixed costs (FC) and a long development period (5 yrs) create large barriers to entry. The FCs provide an incentive to sell at nearly any price with a positive contribution margin‚ making the entire industry less profitable. Airlines have a high cost of switching suppliers because the total cost of
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Michael Porter’s Factor 1) Threat of New Entrants - The easier it is for new companies to enter the industry‚ the more cut-throat competition there will be. Factors that can limit the threat of new entrants are known as barriers to entry. Some examples include: Existing loyalty to major brands Incentives for using a particular buyer (such as frequent shopper programs) High fixed costs Scarcity of resources Government restrictions or legislation Entry protection (patents‚ rights‚ etc.)
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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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Bargaining power of suppliers: Medium The aircraft suppliers for Qantas are the only two largest aircraft manufacturers: Boeing and Airbus. Fuel will be supplied by companies like Shell and BP. For the IT sector‚ companies such as IBM and NCR handle the operations‚ automations and logistic systems. Hotels and catering service are also provided to the customers as well as crew members in different destination of its operations. Qantas need to maintain a fairly good communication with its suppliers
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Power of suppliers: medium The power of content producers has been greatly increased due to the multiple outlets they have the option of choosing. More content producers are making an effort to expand vertically to decrease any reliance on the companies within this industry. However‚ the target of the industry may move to smaller content producers which allow for less expensive means of obtaining content. Power of customers: high With the advent of streaming technology‚ the consumers have begun
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Dell is very famous for custom-built PC and other computer related products and selling them online. Dell is very efficient in terms of dealing with its suppliers and keeping the inventory near to zero level which helps the company to adapt JIT method which lowers the prices to the final user. According to common assumption‚ power is high where the brand is powerful. Therefore‚ Dell is assumed to have far higher bargaining power than the suppliers. Dell has been successfully managing its competitors
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Question 1 asked to complete a five forces analysis of the US Express Mail Industry. A five forces analysis is done to rate the attractiveness of an industry. Threat of new entry is low because the barriers to entry are high. Newcomers to the industry would require an enormous amount of up front capital to set up the distribution networks and infrastructure‚ such as establishing hubs‚ and acquiring aircraft and a large amount of ground transportation vehicles (vans‚ trucks‚ ect). Economies of scale
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reinforcing ‘Government’ as the Sixth Force Lecturer Name: Ms. Arual Dewi A/P P. Arunachalam Student Name Student ID Tutorial Group Thanneermalayan Narayanan 09018003 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ASSIGNMENT 1: The Need for reinforcing ‘Government’ as the Sixth Force……………….2-9 References……………………………………………………………
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Porters 5 forces on Tesco: Porter’s five forces look’s into the external factors impacting on a company. Competitive Rivalry: Tesco’s has a very high competitive rivalry in many aspects of the market from some major competitors in the food retail Industry like Asda‚ Sainsbury‚ Morrison and Waitrose. They compete with one another through price‚ product and promotions periodically. Tesco’s express’ main rivals are the Sainsbury local and the Co-op one way in which they compete with Tesco’s
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