2008 | hbr.org STRATEGY STRATEGY by Michael E. Porter Peter Crowther SHAPE THE FIVE COMPETITIVE FORCES THAT Editor’s Note: In 1979‚ Harvard Business Review published “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy” by a young economist and associate professor‚ Michael E. Porter. It was his first HBR article‚ and it started a revolution in the strategy field. In subsequent decades‚ Porter has brought his signature economic rigor to the study of competitive strategy for corporations‚ regions
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Executive Summary What are the secrets of India’s success in information technology? By using Porter’s Diamond Model‚ this article tries to answer that question. Based on the analysis‚ it seems the only determinant in the Porter’s Diamond that creates India’s success is Factor Condition (i.e. the Indian intellectual capital and “Indian connection” in Silicon Valley). The supporting determinant outside the diamond is the outsourcing trend in current global competition‚ which can be considered as the
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Case background in brief FedEx Corporation‚ known worldwide‚ provides customers (individuals and businesses) with a portfolio of transportation & logistics‚ e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of over $44 billion‚ the company offers solutions through operating companies competing together and managed collaboratively‚ under the FedEx brand. FedEx is consistently ranked among the world’s most admired and trusted employers. Its workforce consists of more than 300‚000 members
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Porter five forces Prepared by Dean Content 1. Introduction 2. Explanation of the Porter Model 3. Porters five forces Automobile industry 4. Conclusion and weaknesses 1. Introduction Audi History It all began with August Horch‚ one of Germany’s pioneering personalities automobile engineers. He set up business on his own in 1899‚ establishing Horch & Cie. Motorwagen Werke in Cologne on November 14 of that year. August Horch left the company in 1909 and immediately
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[Type the company name] FedEx vs. UPS Brief History of FedEx & UPS In 2004‚ the U.S. and China agreed to increase their air transportation flights‚ which delivered their goods between one another. This agreement represented the most dramatic liberalization of air traffic in the history of the two nations‚ and therefore FedEx Corporation and United Parcel Service‚ Inc. (UPS)‚ the only domestic cargo carriers who were permitted to serve
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for Value‚ FedEx Corp. vs. United Parcel Service‚ Inc. The purpose of this memo is provide a recommendation on whether to invest in FedEx or UPS‚ given that the air transportation market in China is now open to both companies. Outlined in this memo are an assessment of the strategic approaches and an evaluation of the financial and non-financial performance of both companies‚ which led to the conclusion that UPS is the superior investment opportunity. 1.0 Strategic Approaches for FedEx and UPS FedEx
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FEDEX Corporation Form 10-K Analysis Jeffrey D. Simmons Ashford University BUS 630: Managerial Accounting Professor Dr. Isabel Wan September 5‚ 2011 Abstract This paper has several goals. First‚ the managerial accounting question to be analyzed is business strategy. Utilizing financial reports management is able to analyze forward-looking statements of FEDEX Corporation current
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Competitive strategy is a field of great interest to managers and is mainly based on a thorough understanding of the industrial‚ trade and service‚ competitors and environment. However‚ until the 80s‚ has offered few comprehensive analytical methods to obtain it. The competitive analysis and formulate corporate strategy‚ planning also helps to finance‚ marketing‚ value analysis and many other aspects of daily life of a business. One interesting for corporate strategy planning approach has been proposed
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Introduction L’Oréal is the company that I choose to be discussed. The reason why I choose this company is because they are the world leading cosmetic and beauty product’s company and they have a strong strategy for me to discuss on. L’Oréal is a cosmetics and beauty products’ company and it was founded at Clichy‚ France in 1909. Eugène Schueller is the founder of the company‚ who became an instructor at the Sorbonne after completed his study in the Institute for Applied Chemistry in Paris. L’Oréal
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I. Rivalry: In the traditional economic model‚ competition among rival firms drives profits to zero. But competition is not perfect and firms are not unsophisticated passive price takers. Rather‚ firms strive for a competitive advantage over their rivals. The intensity of rivalry among firms is very large in case of jewelry business. There are a lot of big brands and even small small jewelers are present in the market. II. Threat Of Substitutes In Porter’s model‚ substitute products refer
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