Beyond Porter – A Critique of the Critique of Porter The writings of the American managementguru and Harvard-Professor Michael E-Porter are considered to be among the most influential of their subject – and among the most critiqued ones. Porter had a lasting influence on strategic management with his books about competitive advantages on industry level and on global level‚ which were written in the eighties. Porter’s models like the Five Competitive Forces‚ the Value Chain or Porters Diamond have
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Limitations of Porter’s Five-Force Model Chaitanya K Mandyam American Public University System Michael Porter observed and explained the different levels of profitability across firms and industries by his “Porter’s Five - Forces”. The main factors that affect the difference are: 1. Threat of Substitutes‚ 2. Buyer Power‚ 3. Supplier Power‚ 4. Barriers to Entry/Threat of Entry and 5. Rivalry. He analyzed the importance of all these forces minutely and provided
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10. CybAero AB Porter Five Forces analysis (Aerospace and Defense Industry) Threat of substitute products and services: MEDIUM There are currently many alternatives to aircraft travel‚ including cars‚ rail‚ and ship. Depending on distance‚ air travel has a significant advantage as far as speed and convenience. High speed rail may be a significant competitor. Also‚ as more people use the internet to teleconference‚ air travel may become less necessary in the business community. Other aerospace products
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Threat of new entrants Profitable markets that yield high returns will attract new firms. This results in many new entrants‚ which eventually will decrease profitability for all firms in the industry. Unless the entry of new firms can be blocked by incumbents‚ the abnormal profit rate will trend towards zero (perfect competition). The existence of barriers to entry (patents‚ rights‚ etc.) The most attractive segment is one in which entry barriers are high and exit barriers are low. Few new firms
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PESTEL ANALYSIS POLITICAL FACTORS/ CHINA | KEY DRIVERS | IMPACT ON KOYO JEANS | * Government interference | Threat | * Government stability | Opportunity | * High Government controlled financial institutions | Threat | ECONOMIC FACTORS /CHINA | KEY DRIVERS | IMPACT ON KOYO JEANS | * Level of disposable income | Opportunity | * Low Economic freedom index rating | Threat |
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The Online Retail Industry Competitive Rivalry 1995-2004 The Threat of New Entrants The Power of Suppliers Degree of Competitive Rivalry Buyers Substitutes Introduction Before venturing into the online retail industry you need to be able to answer yes to the following questions. Are you entering an industry in which product development and innovation (as opposed manufacturing and marketing)‚ play a central role in bringing products/services to markets? Is the industry structure
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position in PCs? Apple is a successful company today but it is also a relatively old firm in the personal computer industry with a complex life. This organization´s history has been already discussed but this section will include a brief description of the stages of the company through time focused on the personal computer´s (PC´s) area. Apple has been in the top of this industry more than one time‚ but it has been nearly broken as well. At the end of the seventies Apple was a leader on the personal
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Analysis of “Shipping Industry” in India Business Group: Container Line Compiled by: Ashok Lalwani Introduction: There are many factors which directly or indirectly affect the present day businesses like government policies‚ regulations‚ laws‚ human rights‚ competition‚ technology‚ international organisations‚ world trade bodies‚ child labour‚ minimum wage‚ pollution‚ accidents‚ risks‚ violence‚ security‚ labour‚ supplies etc. Therefore it becomes important for every business to determine
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Threat of entrants • High entry cost because of great capital is need for start up the business • Difficult for the small sized companies to enter the market‚ i.e. the top brands are well established company linked to multi-production. • Operating the business is challeging because of costly machiery repairing and professionally quality control is weariness. • Market maturity and saturation which exiting nearly 100 brands and numourous little brands in the market • Entrants are still willing
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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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