Georges Obolo MKT 501 Application paper #2 (High cost consumer goods) For this assignment‚ I chose the automobile industry. This paper will focus on BMW key competitors and competitive forces using the Porter Five forces Framework. The globalization is influencing the automobile industry. Auto dealers encounter less and less restrictions to operate in overseas market. However‚ competition is rough with innovation and the increase of people’s sensibility to respect the environment limits and be
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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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Michael Porter’s video discusses how to gain competitive advantage and in the market place using specific strategies. Competitive advantage is the positioning of a company in its competitive environment. The starting point to have superior competitive advantage is to “improve faster than the competitors can catch up”‚ and this requires strategies. One of the strategies is broad differentiation which is defined as having a unique benefit over the competition. In other words you need to market a product
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Why are water bottles harmful? Bottled water wastes fossil fuels to transport and produce. Bottled water production in the United States used the energy of 32 and 54 million barrels of oil to make and transport plastic water bottles in 2007. 80% of bottled water isn’t recycled. Bottling and shipping water is the least energy efficient way to transport water that is used Chemical and physical properties of plastic water bottles Chemical properties: combustible‚ soluble Physical properties: High
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2.1 FACTOR OF PRODUCTION According to Porter (2004)‚ factor conditions are factors of production such as labour‚ land‚ natural resource‚ capital and infrastructure. Moreover‚ a disadvantage might be an advantage. Local disadvantages in factors of production force to innovate to over come their problems. This innovation often results in a national comparative advantage. The big number of population in China provides retailers with a huge and cheap labour power. Furthermore‚ according to Day (1996)
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PORTER’S FIVE FORCES 4 Power of Suppliers Criteria Level Effect on Power Effect on Profit Difference of Inputs High Increases Decreases Cost of Switching Suppliers High Increases Decreases Threat of Forward Integration High Increases Decreases Supplier Concentration High Increases Decreases Difference of Inputs Product differentiation within inputs in the tech industry is largely dependent on how recently the input has been developed (the extent of which it is considered
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It is no secret that bottled water costs more than tap water‚ but is it reasonable to state it costs 1‚000 times more? It is very difficult to give an exact number for the difference between the two‚ but 1‚000 to 2‚000 times more is a reasonable estimate. This is based on the fact that on average‚ a gallon of bottled water costs $1.22. Protesters against bottled water industries use the highest prices of water bottles they can find as a way to show a bigger contrast between the two‚ essentially
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Assignment # 1 Strategic Practice Exercise: (page #81) 1. Score each competitive force in the airline industry and provide a brief rationale for your assessment. · Rivalry Among Existing Firms: (High) When one major company in an industry makes a change in costs or services that could potentially increase their clientele‚ a major competitor almost always follows suit. Price matching is a prime example of that‚ therefore the threat is high. West Jet is one company that offers flights at a discount
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Paint industry Threats of new entrants For a dominant paint manufacturing company which is spread allover India‚ local players act as a very huge threat to them. With a small place for factory and an effective distribution system the local players may pose themselves a huge competition for these nationalized companies. As the local players do not mind quality but sell products for cheap rates they grab more attention of middle class people in India who are of majority. But if the major
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Analysis of “Shipping Industry” in India Business Group: Container Line Compiled by: Ashok Lalwani Introduction: There are many factors which directly or indirectly affect the present day businesses like government policies‚ regulations‚ laws‚ human rights‚ competition‚ technology‚ international organisations‚ world trade bodies‚ child labour‚ minimum wage‚ pollution‚ accidents‚ risks‚ violence‚ security‚ labour‚ supplies etc. Therefore it becomes important for every business to determine
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