Strategic Audit of The Gap‚ Inc. Submitted by: Chris Bess‚ Teddy Ormsbee‚ Tiffany Sayers‚ and Jeremey Williams Submitted to: Professor Ditmore 13 April 2010 Table of Contents I. Current Situation: The Gap in 2002 3 A. Past Corporate Performance 3 B. Strategic Posture 4 II. Corporate Governance 5 A. Board of Directors 6 B. Top Management 7 III. External Environment: Opportunities and Threats 8 A.) Societal Environment 8 B.) Task Environment 10 IV. Internal
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The Leisure- Cruise Industry Major: Marketing Porter’s Six Forces I. Threat of New Entrants: Low * Barriers to entry: High * High Capital Requirements: The capital required to start up a cruise line is one of the key factors contributing to this industry’s high barriers to entry. With the average cost of building a cruise ship rising‚ the amount of capital needed to start up a cruise line is estimated at one billion dollars. Therefore discouraging any new entrants into the industry.
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Intensity of Rivalry and competitive forces of Competitors in industry This industries is very competitive‚ this usually means that companies within this industry are likely to suffer lower returns due to the expenses associated with competing. The more competition the more brand loyalty comes into effect. This is when the quality of the product being produced and packaged comes into play. Implication of the Competitive Forces and Rivalry The five forces reveal why industry profitability is
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Porter’s Five Forces Model versus A Blue Ocean Strategy Porter’s Five Forces Model‚ provided by Michael Porter‚ is an external environmental analysis tool for a specific market. This model emphasizes that in any existing industry‚ there are five competition forces: threat of new entrants‚ power of suppliers‚ power of customers‚ threat of substitute products‚ and intensity of competitive rivalry. In addition‚ these five forces can influence and determine the profitability of the enterprise. Using
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from opening more supercenters to opening smaller stores‚ giving them more accessibility to more ideal locations‚ such as large developed areas where real estate is at a premium and where a large format store would not be welcomed. Over the last five years leading to 2014 the industry has enjoyed steady growth‚ largely in part to the recession. Many consumers saw a decrease in disposable income‚ due to an unstable economy and increases on
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Criteria – Threat of New Entrants Yes (+) No (-) Comment 1. Do large firms have a cost or performance advantage in your segment of the industry? Yes There is a fierce price and performance competition in the telecommunication industry. All the big players aim to provide services at cheaper costs and make high performance promises in order to develop an integrative relationship with the customer. 2. Are there any proprietary product differences in your industry? No The products are not propreitary
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service quality‚ Parasuraman‚ Zeithaml‚ and Berry (1985) developed the "Gap Model" of perceived service quality. This model has five gaps: Gap 1. Consumer expectation - Management perception gap Gap 2. Management perception - Service quality specification gap Gap 3. Service quality specifications - Service delivery gap Gap 4. Service delivery - External communication gap Gap 5. Expected service - Experienced service Gap One--Positioning Between customer’s expectation and management’s perceptions
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Porter’s Five Forces After the analysis of Jetstar’s societal environment with the use of PEST‚ the Porter’s Five Forces can be used to analyse another aspect of the external environment; the task environment. Porter’s Five Forces is a framework that consists of five competitive forces‚ threat of entry‚ power of supplier and buyer‚ threat of substitution and competitive rivalry. These forces facilitate the analysis of the task environment of an industry or company (Wheelen and Hunger‚ 2009)
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Porter’s Five Forces Rivalry Among Competing Sellers: HIGH/MODERATE The rivalry among competing sellers‚ often the strongest competitive pressure‚ is also fairly high for Panera in the restaurant industry. No switching costs‚ numerous competitors‚ and an increase in the availability of healthy food For a company in the restaurant industry‚ there are no switching costs for consumers. It is not like‚ for instance‚ the cable industry where cancellation fees are prevalent or an electronics industry
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POTER’S FIVE FORCES MODEL The enviornment analysis can be done through “five forces model”. It is also known as Poter’s Diamond. It helps to identify the sources of competition in an industry. Industry is the group of firms producing the same principal product. This model is used for the industry analysis :- POTER’S FIVE FORCES ON COCA-COLA The environment analysis of coca-cola industry can be done as :Buyers There are many companies to buy the soft drink products. The companies that purchase
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