“technology-based self-service” (Dabholkar et al. 2003). Such developments are changing the way that service firms and consumers interact‚ and are raising a host of research and practice issues relating to the delivery of e-service. E-service is becoming increasingly important not only in determining the success or failure of electronic commerce (Yang et al.‚ 2001)‚ but also in providing consumers with a superior experience with respect to the interactive flow of information (Santos‚ 2003). Online service
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What are the five competitive forces described by Michael Porter? Comment on them briefly 1. Threat of entry New entrants to an industry bring new capacity and a desire to gain market share that puts pressure on prices‚ costs‚ and the rate of investment necessary to compete. Particularly when new entrants are diversifying from other markets‚ they can leverage existing capabilities and cash flows to shake up competition‚ as Pepsi did when it entered the bottled water industry‚ Microsoft did when
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The Six Forces Model developed by Porter is a tool that determines the competition level in any industry and the attractiveness of the industry. The six Forces are: • Competition – this parameter is determined by the number of the competitors and their aggressiveness. If in your industry you have many competitors‚ and your competitors might be drawn into price wars‚ this will cause the profit rate to drop towards a competitive level (perfect competition) • New Entrants – if your industry is highly
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question of this paper is: Which lessons are to be learned from the case of Novo Nordisk in China? Keywords: global strategy‚ foreign market entry‚ offshoring‚ R&D‚ pharmaceutics JEL Classification: F21‚ F23 1. Introduction and Method The forces of globalization are continuously changing the business landscape. Outsourcing and offshoring have been used by multinationals for decades. Global value chains stretch across the world and incorporate a diverse range of people and cultures. With
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Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis = Suppliers‚ Customers‚ New Entrants‚ Substitute Products‚ Competitors What is Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis? Porter’s 5 forces analysis represents the competitive environment of the firm. It is a strategic foresight to avoid putting the competitive edge at risk and ensure the profitability of products on a long term. For the company this vision is quite important because the firm is able to direct its innovations in terms of choice of strategies and investments. The
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Introduction As a company‚ it always faces the complicated environment. There is only dependent on resource that it has. Human resource is very important power in the value chain. It should be valued by directors. Be different from other resource‚ it can be affected by cultural factor. How to attract and keep employee would be arduous task. Employees should distribute time in the work and life reasonably. On the one hand‚ that way make employee can enjoy the healthier and happier life. On the other
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Date: 19th October 2012 Introduction Since world trade began and the economy grows quickly‚ Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are playing a very important role in the global economy in the last few decades. They produce and allocate goods and services for different nations‚ also help to share ideas‚ technology and increase innovations throughout the world. Nowadays‚ there are more than 82‚000 MNCs and around 810‚000 affiliates operating all over the world and 500 biggest corporations
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M&A ATTRACTIVENESS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD Mergers and acquisitions form the majority of FDI deals in the developed world‚ but remain relatively scarce as a mode of entry in the developing world. The infrequent use of M&A as a foreign direct investment (FDI) entry modality into developing regions has motivated this study. As a first step in exploring the M&A paradigm in developing markets this paper will classify and rank the M&A attractiveness of 117 developing economies. Further‚ the distinction
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Threat of new entrants Profitable markets that yield high returns will attract new firms. This results in many new entrants‚ which eventually will decrease profitability for all firms in the industry. Unless the entry of new firms can be blocked by incumbents‚ the abnormal profit rate will trend towards zero (perfect competition). The existence of barriers to entry (patents‚ rights‚ etc.) The most attractive segment is one in which entry barriers are high and exit barriers are low. Few new firms
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retail goods. References: http://www.target.com.au http://www.amazon.com Threat of new entrants-Barriers to entry is very low‚ since there are readymade platforms available for people to create their own website without any issues. A new online shopping store can be setup with much less hassle than a retail store therefore anyone can come up with similar products. Bargaining power of suppliers- Bargaining power of the supplier is high‚ since there are so many sites which sell goods online
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