Scant comprehensive literature exists about e-commerce risks. Anecdotal evidence indicates that the main risks associated with e-commerce concern hackers‚ viruses‚ and interception of credit card numbers travelling over telecommunication lines. Technological advances can mitigate many perceived risks and recent surveys indicate greater concern over more mundane issues such as running out of stock and high shipping costs. We have categorized risks in three primary areas: information risks‚ technology
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Although e-commerce application is not very popular in Sri Lanka‚ there are several organizations which successfully apply e-commerce in their business. One of the such organization is Kapruka (www.lanka.info). The main objective of Kapruka is to provide online shopping facilities. In addition they have wide range of services for customers. They are gift delivery in Sri Lanka‚ photo print and delivery to customers‚ download Sinhala Mp3‚ rent a car in Sri Lanka‚ astrology services‚ and obtain
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Porter’s 5 Forces Low Threat of Entry Ryanair benefiting from large economies of scale and have massively reduced long run average costs. They have struck deals with Boeing and Airbus for reduced prices (1/3rd of listed price) on 737 aircraft in bulk buying therefore new entrants to the market will not get these reduced prices as they do not hold a similar relationship and they will not be able to order in bulk. Ryanair have struck deals with many local airports over flight paths and
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corporate continuous improvement manager in the auto industry. Porters five force model is utilized in the auto industry to evaluate how the competitive forces are affecting the current market place. Michael Porter‚ a respected figure relating to industry analysis‚ created a way to analyze and estimate the profitability of organizations within an industry (Parnell‚ 2014). The analysis includes five principles which are classified as competitive forces. Existing rivalry‚ barriers to entry‚ threat of substitutes
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ASSIGNMENT 1 1. Michael Porter’s five forces model is a popular framework used for analysing the competitive structure of an industry. With reference to an industry you are familiar with‚ discuss the application of this model in the analysis of the given industry. 2. The success of the Mauritian tourism sector has been attributed to a large extent to the possession of core competences by the tourist operators. (i) Explain the term core competences‚ in relation to the tourism sector. (ii)Discuss
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design the right business strategy to maintain and enhance its competitive advantages in order to respond to challenges. Aim: This study analyzes the five competitive forces of the Chinese electric vehicle industry and the effect of the government policies on the Chinese electric vehicle industry. The research uses Porter‘s Five Forces model and Porter’s Generic Strategies theory to give the strategic guidance to the company. Definition: In this thesis‚ the term ―Electric Vehicle‖ referred
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E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services‚ or the transmitting of funds or data‚ over an electronic network‚ primarily the Internet (Rouse). These business transactions occur in business-to-business‚ business-to-consumer‚ consumer-to-consumer or consumer-to-business (Kinjal‚ 2014). The terms e-commerce and e-business are often used interchangeably. E-commerce is conducted using a variety of applications‚ such as email‚ fax‚ online catalogs and shopping carts and web services (Rouse)
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Porter’s five forces model has been recognized as one of the most useful strategic management tools which can be used to analysis organization external environment‚ so as to help organization build up competitive advantages. However‚ with the development of the world‚ the five forces model has been challenged that it cannot be continued use to adapt today’s dynamic environment. This essay aims to challenge Porter’s five forces model and to identify the problems which hide behind in this model. Meanwhile
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Assignment FIVE FORCE MODEL Introduction Michael Porter (1980) has identifies five forces that determine the intrinsic long run attractiveness of a market or a market segment in other words the competitive structure of an industry can be analysed using Porter’s five forces. Attractiveness in this context refers to the overall industry profitability. The overall industry attractiveness does not imply that every
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multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company ’s best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone and the iPad. Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating system; the iTunes media browser; and the iLife and iWork creativity and production suites. Apple is the world ’s third-largest mobile phone maker after Samsung and Nokia. Established on April 1‚ 1976 in Cupertino‚ California‚ and
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