SI422 Midterm Review Guide Module #1: Introduction____________________________________________________________________ Operational effectiveness -The extent to which a firm performs similar activities better than rivals -Necessary but NOT sufficient for long-term competitive advantage Strategy -Refers to performing different activities from rivals or performing them in a different way -Choose the right configuration of activities‚ incentives‚ systems. -Make the right trade-offs -Strategy
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their food is safe to eat: supplier interventions‚ advanced tools to eliminate pathogens‚ framer supply training‚ and enhanced restaurant procedures. Last‚ intense competition could have a long term effect on Chipotles future outlook. Porters Five Forces model is an excellent illustration of how the competitive landscape of a company is impacted by competitive rivalry. Consumers are growing weary of Chipotles basic menu and high prices; the company will have to invest more in advertising and offer
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professeur in Harvard Business School developed a popular model that is still used today to develop strategies that increase companies’ competitive edge. These are commonly known as the Five Forces that demonstrate how information technology and information systems can make a company more competitive. One of the forces was the bargaining power of suppliers in the market. In the renewable energy industry the suppliers don’t have as much bargaining power today as they did in the past as the number of
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LTL Industry 5-Forces Analysis Power of Suppliers – High Suppliers in this industry: Labor‚ truck manufacturing‚ and fuel The power of the suppliers in this industry is relatively high because of the inability of the companies to control these suppliers. In the case of labor‚ the unions frequently battle the companies for higher wages and benefits. These unions also set up strikes which cripple companies who use union workers as their main labor force. These unions have high power since the companies
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Contents WORKSHEET 2a – PORTER’S 5 FORCES MODEL - EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 2 WORKSHEET 3 – DRIVING FORCES OF CHANGE - EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 3 WORKSHEET 6a – COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS PROFILE - EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 6 WORKSHEET 8 – GENERIC COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES 8 WORKSHEET 10 – KEY FINANCIAL RATIOS - INTERNAL ANALYSIS 9 WORKSHEET 11 – INTERNAL ANALYSIS PROFILE - INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 12 WORKSHEET 12 – SWOT ANALYSIS - INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 13 WORKSHEET 2a – PORTER’S 5 FORCES MODEL - EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
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Porter’s five forces framework 1. The threat of new entrants. In terms of economies of scale‚ Southwest fleet grew to 537 Boeing 737 aircraft providing service to 64 cities in 32 states throughout the United States‚ with 397 city pairs being served nonstop‚ by the end of 2008‚ thus has reached sufficient economies of scale. And Southwest Airline gains its cost advantage through the implementation of “low-cost strategy”. It not only flew planes point-to-point—short-haul flights bypassing the
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structure and the method or plan used to run its business. In his book‚ Porter identified 5 external forces that will affect an industry or a market. The type of forces can help us to understand or to analyze how a company makes its profits‚ or how it could attract others to do business with. Porter also helps to identify the specific company’s competitor. We may use Porter’s competitive forces to analyze how it can have an impact to the operations of Cold Storage. Threat of New Entrants For
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their business processes. The second part of the assignment is about how the company could create a competitive advantage from the rivals using IT or improving their actual information system‚ in this part will have Porter´s five forces model so that will be a detailed analysis. The third part will be more involved with each activity of the primary inputs of Porter´s value chin‚ and it will be put in practice of IT could help the enterprise to improve its activities. Last part of this assignment will
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Netflix Analysis Industry Analysis Being the first company to enter the online DVD rental market‚ Netflix has been able to attract quite a following. Though their major competitor‚ Blockbuster‚ is somewhat a household name‚ its delayed entrance into the online market has really put them at a disadvantage in competing with Netflix. However‚ in order to specifically analyze the online DVD rental industry‚ we consider the Porter’s Competitive Forces Model (Appendix 1). One of the major forces
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Apple-Merging Technology‚ Business‚ and Entertainment 1. What might have happened to Apple if its top executives had not supported investment in iPods? Apple was lacking creativity and innovation before the iPod came along. Due to Porters’ Five Forces had they not introduced the iPod; rivalry amongst competitors would have allowed for Microsoft to introduce Zune first‚ and apple would not have the reputation it has now for portable music. The threat of new entrants could have also allowed for
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