Competition in the Movie Rental Industry in 2008: Netflix and Blockbuster Battle for Market Leadership June 15‚ 2012 Contents Introduction 2 Netflix 3 Inside Netflix 3 Current issues at Netflix 5 Netflix strategies 5 SWOT Analysis 6 Netflix Strengths 6 Netflix Weaknesses 6 Opportunities for Netflix 7 Threats facing Netflix 7 Application of Techniques of Strategic Analysis 8 The Five-Force
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Netflix: Flex to the Max Gregory Allan Noah MBA 575: Contemporary Management Dr. Hinkes January 22‚ 2009 Summary To revolutionize how people rent movies‚ Reed Hastings founded Netflix. He also is trying to revolutionize how managers work. There are five principles that guide the human resources at Netflix: pay higher-than-average salaries‚ provide compensation choices‚ foster talent hunters‚ let subpar employees go with their dignity intact‚ and limit rules to improve innovation. It
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Introduction Netflix is the world’s largest online television service provider‚ which controls the market globally generating over 50 million subscribers. The company has consolidated its position as an online television industry. It provides its users with a fast Internet delivery service of television shows and movies directly on computers‚ television‚ and mobile devices worldwide. The video streaming and broadband connection help users around the globe download and watch large video files from
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“As a result Netflix is leading in the United States for consumer time‚ averaging two hours per subscriber per day‚ with content arriving faster than subscribers can consume it” (Munson‚ 2015‚ para 4). Netflix faces an uncertain future‚ due to the ever changing market and innovative designs. As DVD products may have reached it level of maturity and possibly near extinction‚ Netflix will need to make strategic changes in order to remain competitive in the future. Until the ever changing innovations
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The business model for Blockbuster and the one for Netflix have many variations. Blockbuster was solely a “brick-and-mortar” company having no online affiliations. It made its money mostly from continuously providing customers with new movie releases to rent. Building thousands of Blockbusters countrywide also helped lead to the company’s success‚ for by doing so‚ customers were provided with the convenience of location. Both Blockbusters late fee system‚ which guaranteed the timely return of rented
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the reasons that Netflix has been able to maintain their competitive advantage is the due to many people have already chosen Netflix as their online movie rental choice and it would be very hard for a new comer to take Netflix’s business. It would also be very hard to offer the same choices at the same price‚ and a lower price. Another reason that Netflix can sustain its competitive advantage is due to the theory of first-mover advantage. 2.) Perform a SWOT analysis for Netflix. What are its biggest
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Blockbuster Inc. and Movie Gallery are currently the two strongest competitors in the market‚ and therefore pose the biggest threats to Netflix. Amazon‚ Intelliflicks‚ and Cleanfilms are all present in the market‚ but don’t possess enough force at this time to be considered a threat to Netflix. Blockbuster As of right now‚ Blockbuster is the biggest competitive threat to Netflix. Blockbuster was incorporated in 1989 in Delaware and is a major renter of home videocassettes‚ DVDs and video games throughout
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liabilities. This ratio shows how fast Netflix is able to pay off their short-term liabilities using their current assets. Netflix’s biggest competitor is Amazon and in comparison‚ Netflix has a better current ratio than Amazon (Yahoo Finance‚ 2015). In 2014‚ Netflix’s (NFLX) had a current ratio of: $3‚940‚469 / $2‚663‚154 = $1.48 and Amazon’s (AMZN) current ratio was $31‚327‚000 / $28‚089‚000 = $1.12. You can conclude that every dollar of debt that Netflix owes they have $1.48 to back it up
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industry look like? How attractively is Netflix positioned on the map? Why? 4. What key factors will determine a company’s success in the movie rental industry in the next 3-5 years? 5. What is Netflix’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approach that Netflix is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Netflix trying to achieve? 6. What does a SWOT analysis of Netflix reveal about the overall attractiveness
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Marketing is a very complex concept that involves a detailed process. The types of strategies for marketing focus on a target audience and are directly related to what is known as the 4 P’s of the Marketing Mix. The Marketing Mix has been defined by many as the controllable variables a company puts together to satisfy its target market... If any parts of a Marketing Mix get out of balance‚ the target market will be insufficiently served. This model of the Marketing Mix was first introduced by Neil
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