2/11/13 Netflix: Buy or Sell? I. Porter’s Five Forces Rivalry Among Existing Firms. In terms of the video rental industry‚ Netflix now has very few competitors. Blockbuster was the main one‚ but has since lost steam. Outside of DVD rentals however‚ the competition is much more intense. Netflix directly competes with cable companies like Charter‚ On-Demand channels‚ and even Tivo. Online streaming companies such as Hulu are also major competitors. Barriers to Entry. The difficulty in entering
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power of suppliers‚ and the bargaining power of buyers. In analyzing Blockbuster’s business model and current position‚ it is evident that it faces issues in all five areas. Barriers to entry In the brick and mortar movie rental industry‚ Blockbuster is clearly the leader. With the merger of Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery‚ that leaves on two major players in the brick and mortar movie rental industry. Essentially‚ this has created many barriers for traditional mom-and-pop video stores to
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becoming frustrated with the lack of service and late fees these video rental stores where providing. Netflix’s original strategy of targeting the early technology users helped them gain a lead when the use of DVD players became the majority of what customers where buying. As the company matured‚ they developed the business strategy of appealing to online customers. This strategy paid off for the company boosting them from a beginning customer base of 107 in 1999 to 1‚487 customers in 2001. From the
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Journal of Small Business Management 2006 44(3)‚ pp. 407–425 Entrepreneurs Use a Balanced Scorecard to Translate Strategy into Performance Measures by Andra Gumbus and Robert N. Lussier Although 50 percent of Fortune 1000 companies currently use a balanced scorecard (BSC)‚ few small businesses are using a BSC. A review of the literature finds no BSC papers in leading small business/entrepreneurship journals. This article begins with a discussion of the BSC and why a small business should
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Strategies: Low prices: $1.2 per day -$3 cheaper on average Convenience: Packed into high traffic locations Supermarkets McDonald’s Drugstores Increase kiosk locations Since 2009 locations have increased from 20‚000 to 34‚600 The se strategies are unique and cost efficient Unique because no other movie rental company uses kiosks Which in turns reduces initial investment and operating costs SWOT: Strengths Own websites Return any movie at any Kiosk Cheap prices
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DVD movie rental service. The service has created a new movie market niche which has secured them a competitive first-mover advantage in this new high-tech venture. The popularity of the service has sparked the interest of market competitor Blockbuster who may become a growing threat to Netflix should they enter the online movie rental market (Perreault‚ 2004). Netflix was founded by Reed Hastings‚ Netflix was incorporated on August 29‚ 1997 and began operations on April 14‚ 1998. Netflix began
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industry because of the enormous amount of money that is spent on today blockbusters. Star Wars: The Force Awakens cost over 200 million to make and The Avengers were budgeted at 220 million USD. With the upcoming blockbuster The Avengers: Infinity War‚ the budget is rumored to be 1 Billion! This is obviously different to indie films who pride themselves on making award winning films on a budget but thats what makes blockbusters so great. They do not how back on equipment and supplies‚ design and effects
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Business strategy We focus on business strategy because we consider our organisation as a strategic business unit (SBU) which is any business that supplies goods or services to a distinct domain of activity. Porter’s generic competitive strategies A competitive strategy is concerned with how a SBU achieves competitive advantage in its domain of activity. Porter defines 3 possible generic strategies to use as a business. The cost-leadership strategy has for aim to become the lowest-cost organisation
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BUSINESS LEVEL STRATEGY Any given organization may comprise a number of different businesses. Each operating in distinct markets and serving different customers. A market is defined by demand conditions and based on an organization’s customers and potential customers. Industry is determined by supply conditions and based on production technology. Business level strategy is a means of separating out and formulating a competitive strategy at the level of individual business unit. This is sometimes
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