KENYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT COURSE: PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUBJECT: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- NAME: JOSPHAT OMARI ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ADM NO: EMBU/00240 WORKBASED ASSIGNMENT DATE OF SUBMISSION 31/7/2010 DISCUSS HOW MICHAEL PORTERSCOMPETATIVE FORCES BEING IS APPLIED IN THE BANKING SECTOR Introduction:
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conclusion can you draw from this? Degree of Rivalry: Mini mills were being used by the foreign competition which mean they were able to produce steel at less expensive rates passing that on ot their customers. Barriers to entry: Starting in the 1970’s since there were no trade barriers companies overseas were able to manufacture and sell steel for a much lower price here in the United States therefore affecting companies domestically. Supplier power: Once steel became needed again suppliers were
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Industry Dominant Traits of US Major Home Appliances Market size & Growth rate 73.3 million Home appliances market and 2.6 million commercial major appliance makes up market size and this industry is expected to grow at about 1.9 % annually. Number of rivals Major rivals who shared 99% of the market share were Whirlpool‚ General Electric‚ and Maytag‚ AB Electrolux. Others who shared 1% of the market share were Bosch-Siemens‚ Haier‚ Emerson Electric‚ Sub-zero‚ Viking and Wolf. Scope
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medium‚ or low on the Porter’s Five-Forces framework for industry structure. Which is likely to earn the highest returns? (PHBWBL p44‚ Q4 adapted) 4. What are the ways that an organisation can create barriers to entry to deter competition in its business? What factors determine whether these barriers are likely to be enduring? (PHBWBL p44‚ Q8) B. Case Study Inventec Case PHBWBL p48-53 Attempt the following questions (p53) 1. Despite its growth and size why is Inventec not very profitable
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PROJECT REPORT ON [pic] AZIM GROUP LTD. HISTORY AZIM GROUP LTD. is an old well-known company in the Bangladesh garments industry. It was established in November 21‚ 1980. Since then it is operating its business with a high reputation. When it was first established‚ it was a small company. However‚ now it has 22 separate garments companies. It does not sell its product in the local market. AZIM GROUP LTD. exports its product only to USA. AZIM GROUP LTD. has office in
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Structure Conduct Performance EE481: Industrial Economics SCP and NEIO Dr. Wanwiphang Manachotphong Department of Economics‚ Thammasat University 6 Sep 2013 Dr. Wanwiphang Manachotphong EE481: SCP and NEIO Structure Conduct Performance Homework (Problem 1) Due Date: Friday 13 Sep‚ before 2pm at the BE office. Problem 1: Given the following travel requirements You have to take a flight from Bangkok to ChiangMai on Friday September 13th. AND You have to leave between 8:00
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many listening barriers in communication. Specifically‚ this paper focuses on a study done about the frequent listening barriers and how they can affect listening effectiveness. In addition‚ It discuses the many individual listening barriers. It explores six major listening factors that come from the multiple listening barriers. The main study this paper revolves around is conducted by Steven Golen (1990)‚ conducted with university students and their opinions of frequent barriers to effective listening
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alcohol‚ misunderstanding speech‚ body language‚ emotional difficulties‚ health issues and sensory factors. In health and social care settings there are strategies used to overcome these barriers. Some strategies may be more effective than others. It is important to know the strategies and be able to overcome these barriers in health and social care settings because there are many situations where communicating with a person may not be easy. Environmental- It can be hard to communicate if there is a problem
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Explicit and Implicit Barriers: how they impact MNCs Benjamin Osiel International marketing is a concrete field and established on the principle that transactions can be carried out through International marketing much more effectively because of many necessities that are still unsatisfied throughout the world. Hence‚ this particular field could improve the quality of life of each individual (Cayla and Arnould‚ 2008). It is identified that organisations would experience difficulties by exporting
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Profit = (Price – Average Cost) x Quantity [π = (P-AC) x Q] Porters all five competitive forces affect the variables in equation: (1) Rivals: If competition within industry is high‚ profit π will be lower due to lower P . (2) Entry: If barriers to market entry are weak‚ new entrants in industry will boost competition‚ reducing P in order to avert market entry. Or new competitors will increase supply (Q)‚ driving P & π down. In addition to this‚ firms operating at full capacity will be left
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