Table of contents I. Introduction 4 II. The case 5 III. Analysis: competitive assessment 6 1) Confectionery sector overview. 7 2) Relevant product market 9 3) Relevant geographic markets 11 4) Unilateral Effects 11 IV. Our results: pro-collusive effects and efficiency gains. 14 V. Conclusions 15 Bibliography 16 I. Introduction Kraft is a worldwide food and beverage company active in more than 150 countries with annual revenues of $48 billion while Cadbury is a worldwide producer
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Name: Abigail Natasha Godinho. Roll no: 15 Business Planning And Forecasting. Michael Porter has developed a model that lists five forces which affect an industry. The paper below uses this model to analyze the business environment of the newspaper Midday. The English daily‚ Midday‚ is the chief publication of Midday multimedia ltd. The target audience of this fun filled‚ masala paper is the youth. * Rivalry: Midday faces a lot of competition especially from the famous broadsheet ‘The
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Industry Overview Walmart’s NAICS code is 45291 which is the code for supercenters and warehouse clubs and the SIC code is 5399. Though this is the main code for the overall business of Walmart they fall under several other codes‚ 452112 discount stores‚ 445110 supermarkets and other grocery stores‚ 452990 all other general merchandise stores‚ 443142 electronic stores‚ and 446110 pharmacies and drug stores. Walmart was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 in Rogers‚ AK. By 1970 Walmart became a publicly
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5 FORCE MODEL: Threat of new entrants: Due mostly to the industry that ONGCis in‚ its hard for there to be many new entrants. The only real threat that might arise would be another government funded Oil and Gas company. The reason for this is that a government would not have as hard a time raising funds and gaining access to resources. This is assuming that the company would be researching and developing on domestic soil. There is really not much of a threat because there are two main barriers
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Porter’s Five-Force model consists of rivalry‚ threat of substitutes‚ buyer power‚ supplier power and threat of new entrants and entry barriers. I believe Porter’s Five-Force model offers a corporation a solid backbone foundation in developing an international business strategy. The first part of Porter’s Five-Force model is rivalry. According to Porter‚ rivalry focuses on two main factors which are a high concentration ratio and a low concentration ratio. A high concentration ratio indicates
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The twelve year return-on-equity data for the Tobacco Industry of 27.9% is substantially above the all-industry average of 14.1% given in the Business Week data. Examining Porters five forces reveals the keys to the Tobacco industries superior profit performance. The price customers are willing to pay for a product depends‚ in part‚ on the availability of substitutes. The absence of close substitutes in the case of cigarettes means that consumers are comparatively insensitive to price increases
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Kraft Foods By Anuradha Ganesh Aashish Tripathi Reetu Bhagat 7/29/2013 1 7/29/2013 7/25/2013 2 2 History and Evolution – Kraft Foods Started in 1903 with J L Kraft using a rented horse wagon to purchase wholesale cheese and selling to small stores 1909: J L Kraft & Bros. Incorporated 1914-1916: Buys first cheese plant‚ begins producing cheese in 3-1/2 and 7-3/4 ounces tins and gets patent for the same 1920: Purchases MacLaren’s Imperial cheese to enter Canada. 1924: Changes
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Porter’s 5 Forces Before the idea of Ryanair or indeed any low cost carrier was even devised the European airways industry was‚ as already illustrated‚ highly regulated. Therefore post 1992 and deregulation‚ great changes came about. By identifying with Porter’s “five forces‚” one is able to ascertain what this meant for Ryanair within the European air transport market. These five factors are threat of entry‚ competitive rivalry‚ bargaining power of suppliers‚ bargaining power of buyers and the
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PESTLE Forces 1. Political “Various federal‚ state‚ and local regulatory agencies…have jurisdiction over the operation of our dealerships‚ repair facilities‚ and other operations with respect to matters such as consumer protection‚ workers’ safety‚ and laws regarding protection of the environment‚ including air‚ water‚ and soil.” (pg. 21) Similar to the car and auto industry‚ the boating industry and its products are under heavy restriction regarding the environmental effects of vehicles manufactured/sold
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to ensure the quality of their suppliers‚ and also support continuous improvement by maintaining staff stability to preserve and develop the company’s know-how. Contrarily‚ due to the variety of entities along supply chain‚ it would be difficult to force the others to operate in the same
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