BHS0027: Strategic Management Hong Kong 2013/14 Written Individual report Task Using Porter’s Generis Strategies model‚ critically analyse IKEA’s competitive strategy. You must also recommend a course of action or direction that the organisation should take. Use the case study as a starting point and source relevant company information from their web site and other suitable sources. Style: report Word limit: 2500 words Deadline: 19 August 2013 Approximate weighting of marks and suggested structure:
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Bargaining Power of Suppliers In the apparel industry‚ commodities and undifferentiated products‚ such as cotton‚ are purchased in the manufacturing of goods sold to customers. Also‚ cheap labor is abundant overseas for manufacturing needed products. Switching costs are low for this industry‚ allowing firms to easily pick and choose which suppliers they would like to do business with since suppliers offer very similar products‚ which gives suppliers in this industry low bargaining power. Price
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2. FAST FASHION 4 3. ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS 4 3.1. Political Factors 4 3.2. Economical Factor 5 3.3. Social Factors 6 3.4. Technology Factors 6 4. INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 6 5. H&M 8 6. STRATEGY 10 7. SEGMENTATION 11 8. TARGETING 13 9. POSITIONING 14 10. CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR 15 11. MARKETING 17 12. SUPPLY CHAIN 22 13. CONCLUSION 24 14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 25 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The fashion industry
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price and high quality dinners. The opportunities and threats are mainly the same for that strategic group‚ the entry into another group might be desirable and would result in a diversification strategy. Industry Structure According to Porter’s Five Forces Model‚ the restaurant industry is highly competitive. The rivalry among established companies is
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Lead‚ Direct‚ and Assess In 2003‚ Major General David H. Petraeus led the 101st Airborne Division as they deployed to Iraq to conduct combat operations. The combat portion of that deployment was short-lived and the 101st soon found themselves tasked with rebuilding a nation that was struggling from the aftermath of war and the policies of its former government. MG Petraeus moved the 101st into the Nineveh province and began the challenging task of providing stability and restoring essential services
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This paper addresses the use of Porter’s Five Forces model and how it can benefit Broadway Cafe by identifying and analyzing the effect of these forces on its business. The benefits include improved decision making‚ faster time to market‚ better productivity‚ improved competitive advantage‚ more profits and greater customer satisfaction. It also helps in achieving operational excellence. Porter’s Five Forces Model Threat of Entrants Porter’s First force is the threat of Potential Entrants. Statistics
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Five forces framework is proposed by Michael Porter. It draws upon Industrial Organization economics to derive five forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Attractiveness in this context refers to the overall industry profitability. An "unattractive" industry is one in which the combination of these five forces acts to drive down overall profitability. 1. Competitors In current the main competitors of Tsingtao beer are Budweiser‚ YangJing‚ Blue
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Porters Five Forces Current Competitive Force Porter ’s first force that Porter describes is current rivalry among existing firms. In the specialty eateries industry‚ Starbucks ’ current and direct U.S competitors are Diedrich Coffee‚ Seattle ’s Best Coffee‚ and Einstein/Noah Bagel Corporation (hoovers.com). The competition‚ however‚ is not equally balanced. Diedrich Coffee operates 370 coffeehouses in 37 states and 11 countries (hoovers.com). Seattle ’s Best Coffee operates 160 coffee cafes
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5 forces of Porter The 5 forces of Porter are named after Michael E. Porter. This model classifies and examines the competitive forces that characterize every single industry plus it helps to give a clear understanding of what the strengths and weaknesses are of each type of industry. In addition to this‚ the 5 forces of Porter were mainly designed as a response to the famous “SWOT Analysis”. These 5 forces are the following: 1. Competition in the industry 2. Potential of new entrants
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Strategic analysis of Business/Industry for both the countries. Keeping this in mind Q1: Conduct a Strategic Analysis using Michael Porters Five Forces and on the basis of said analysis recommend the Country that is more feasible for investment? Michael Porter’s competitive forces model * Provides general view of firm‚ its competitors‚ and environment * Five competitive forces shape fate of firm a. Traditional competitors b. New market entrants c. Substitute products and services
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