UNIVERSITY OF LUSAKA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Business Environment (RE140) Assignment #:1 Student Name: Marleen Nakubiana Muttendango Computer No: BRE1621005 Required: Use Michael Porter’s Five Forces model to analyse any Industry of your choice in Zambia Due date: 20th September 2012 Lecturer: Mrs Mutere 1 CONTENTS PAGE 1.0. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 3 2.0. OVERVIEW ...................
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success. However‚ the external environment of this industry is fiercely competitive. So the strategic issue in this case is how Men’s Wearhouse could keep high-paced development in this stagnant industry. Strategic analysis & options Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of Men’s Warehouse: * The bargaining power of buyers is high because the competition of men’s clothing retailers is fierce. Men’s Warehouse is using an off- price policy * The bargaining power of suppliers is medium because merchandise
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Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Porter’s Five Forces and Competitive Strategy Threat of Rivalry 3 Threat of New Entry 4 Threat of Substitute Products 5 Bargaining Power of Buyers 6 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 7 Recommendation of Porter’s Five Forces Strategies 8-9 Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions 10-13 Recommendation
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Five forces : New Entry (Low to Medium) * New entrants will have to deal with high and large fixed cost * incentive because of profitability of zara * newest fashion at an inexpensive price * Zara as part of the Spanish Inditex Group‚ can benefit from the micro-economic concept of the Economies of Scale. Hence it gains cost advantages as production (scale) increases * Zara is operating within the market of “fast fashion” hence size as well as economic efficiency matter. Inditex’s
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framework‚ the external environment is classified into six broad categories: Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technological‚ Environmental and Legal. Changes in these external forces affect the types of products produced‚ the position of them‚ market strategies‚ types of services offered and choice of business. Political Forces: Intel being a multinational company‚ it has to operate according to different government policies of different countries depending on the stability of the countries (Writer
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A WATER UTILITY CONCESSIONER PORTERS FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 1. Rivalry among existing competitors- Low to Non-Existent. Since it is under concession agreement‚ there is no other water utility company that can engage any business similar to A Water Utility concessioner‚ unless granted by the government under special agreement and with full knowledge and approval of A Water Utility concessioner. 2. Threat of new entrants- Low to Non-Existent. Companies that may want to apply for the concession
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Michael Porter’s Value Chain History of Value Chain • Popularized by Michael Porter’s book best seller “Competitive • • Advantage” 1985 Creator of “5 Forces model” Helped Gereffi in the late 1990s develop Global Value Chain. Michael Porter’s Background • Born May 23‚ 1947 in Ann Arbor‚ Michigan • Received MBA in 1971 Harvard Business School • Competition and company strategy • 6 time winner of the McKinsey Award Value • The Value is the extent to which a good or service is perceived by
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“The Competitive Five Forces that Shape Strategy” Hand-in Article Summary In this theoretical piece Porter explains how there are five main forces that shape competition in a company’s external environment. There are various different techniques for identifying strategic opportunities and it differs by industry. The classic five forces are: threat of entry: the risk of new entry by potential competitors‚ the power of supplies: the bargaining power of suppliers‚ the power of buyers: the bargaining
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Michael Porter five force analysis for Essar Oil Limited Threat of new entrant Oil and Gas is a highly capital intensive sector. Huge investments and long gestation periods characterize every component of the value chain right from exploration and production to refining to retailing. The investment required runs into billions of dollars. The oil prices are also quite volatile and the industry also faces high geo-political risk. Taking these factors into consideration the entry barriers are quite
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THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFIT FROM INNOVATION IS; First - the industry evolution‚ in the early stages of an industry‚ a variety of products solution maybe introduced with no clear leader. And once the market chooses the winning set of product characteristics‚ less design heterogeneity is possible and the competition becomes more prices based. The early phase often amounts to standard competition (David and Greenstein‚ 1990). The second factor is the appropriability-
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