“The Five Forces That Shape Strategy” Article Review by Caroline Doan Porter‚ Michael E. "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86‚ no. 1 (January 2008). Introduction Michael E. Porter’s article‚ “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy”‚ is an extension of his first work‚ “Porter’s Five Forces”. This article addresses forces beyond the existing competition and creates a framework that helps strategists understand
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The ITC group has segmented its 66 hotels across India into four different brand categories after an extensive in-house re-branding exercise. This segmentation is in line with the global practice wherein hospitality companies have different brands for different market segments and different price points. The seven super deluxe hotels will be under the ITC banner‚ and another seven five-star luxury hotels will be under the Welcom brand‚ followed by the 15 mid-market full service hotels
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In Smartphone Market‚ It’s Luxury or Rock Bottom By CHRISTOPHER MIMS Feb. 1‚ 2015 8:53 p.m. ET (WSJ) For Apple Inc. and Xiaomi‚ the Chinese smartphone maker often described as the “Apple of China‚” it is the best of times. For most of the companies’ competitors‚ not so much. In December‚ Xiaomi became the world’s most valuable tech startup‚ worth $46 billion. And last week’s blowout quarterly results for Apple were credited to just about everything—from consumers’ lust for big phones to Chief Executive Tim
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Firstly I will provide an overview of how the prices in the vertical chain for music compact discs correlates with how prices are divided according to the mentioned links in production chain of the music industry. Secondly I will by use of Porter’s five forces explain the pattern of this. Very few big record companies heavily control the music industry. This is also known as Oligopoly‚ which makes the record companies price setters in the music industry and leaves them with significant more power
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In this paper‚ we will examine the video game console industry and apply Porter’s Five Force model to SONY. Sony is a big media conglomerate with businesses in the gaming‚ music‚ movies/entertainment and electronics industries. It has a strong brand image‚ a wide product range and had over $75 billion in sales in 2010. For the purposes of doing this analysis‚ we will concentrate on Sony’s performance in the video game industry‚ understand its current position with respect to its competitors and recommend
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INDUSTRY ANALYSIS:- About ITC Market Capitalization :- US $ 18 billion Turnover :- US $ 4.75 billion Diversified presence in • Cigarettes‚ • Hotels‚ • Paperboards & Specialty Papers‚ • Packaging‚ • Agri-Business‚ • Packaged Foods & Confectionery‚ • Information Technology‚ • Branded Apparel‚ • Personal Care‚ Greeting Cards‚ Safety Matches and other FMCG products Corporate Strategies:- • Developing a portfolio of world class • Continuous
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A Five Forces Analysis of Allscripts‚ An Electronic Health Records (EHR) technology company Robert A. Brinker GBA 530 – Management Information Systems Professor Billie Whitfield February 6‚ 2012 The purpose of this paper is to identify competitive forces at work based on Michael Porter’s Five Competitive Forces from his Competitive Analysis Model (McNurlin‚ 2009) and provide recommendations to Allscripts‚ an electronic health records (EHR) technology company
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FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS WORKSHEET Exhibit III-1 Five Forces Affecting Industry Structure ENTRY BARRIERS Economies of scale Proprietary product differences Brand identity Switching costs Capital requirements Access to distribution Absolute cost advantages Proprietary learning curve Access to necessary inputs Proprietary low-cost product design Government policy and international treaties Expected retaliation RIVALRY DETERMINANTS Industry Growth Fixed (or storage) costs/value-added Intermittent overcapacity
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Target’s Industry According to Michael Porter’s five forces model‚ the Target brand proves to be capable of making a high profit. Target’s industry faces several barriers to entry. First‚ Target and its current nation-wide competitors enjoy significant economies of scale. Purchasing inputs in bulk enables Target to reduce pricing in their stores. Also Target benefits from brand loyalty with their customer which makes it difficult for competitors to gain customers. Due to its high level of power
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