1. Threat of New Entrants - The easier it is for new companies to enter the industry‚ the more cutthroat competition there will be. Factors that can limit the threat of new entrants are known as barriers to entry. Some examples include: • Existing loyalty to major brands • Incentives for using a particular buyer (such as frequent shopper programs) • High fixed costs • Scarcity of resources • High costs of switching companies • Government restrictions or legislation Power of Suppliers
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August 13‚ 2007 Nokia’s New Chipset Strategy Let the chips fall where they may ♦ Nokia announced a new chipset strategy including the use of standard 2G chipsets and the licensing of its protocol stack for merchant market chipset suppliers. ♦ Broadcom‚ STMicroelectronics and Infineon are the clear winners (in that order). ♦ To varying degrees all other chipset suppliers are losers while Texas Instruments faces a “two birds in the bush” situation. Signals Flash provides timely information
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• Potential Competitors: Medium pressure o Grocers could potentially enter into the retail side. o Entry barriers are relatively high‚ as Wal-Mart has an outstanding distribution systems‚ locations‚ brand name‚ and financial capital to fend off competitors. o Wal-mart often has an absolute cost advantage over other competitors. • Rivalry Among Established Companies: Medium Pressure o Currently‚ there are three main incumbent companies that exist in the same market as Wal-Mart: Sears‚ K Mart
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BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS The main items that Wal-Mart procures to pursue its operations can be classified into 3 main categories of merchandise‚ labor‚ and stores. Given the size of Wal-Mart’s operations and its focus on continuous cost improvement‚ none of these suppliers have significant bargaining power on Wal-Mart. When analyzed in detail: * Merchandises * As the biggest retailer in U.S. with up to 30% market share in some categories‚ Wal-Mart is the single biggest buyer for most
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Nokia Case Problem statement Until recently‚ the mobile phone industry’s sole profitable market was the developed one. Today‚ low end‚ emerging markets are growing rapidly and are proving to be profitable; the emerging market accounts for 60% of Nokia’s revenues alone. Determining which market to target affects both the production of phones as well as the services that need to be developed. Nokia is now faced with two options: should they continue operating in both the developed and emerging
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“Pricing Techniques” Studied in- Mobile Industry Company- Nokia Background of the study: Pricing Techniques: are the methods adopted by a firm to set its selling price. It usually depends on the firm’s average costs‚ and on the customer’s perceived value of the product in comparison to his or her perceived value of the competing products. Different pricing methods place varying degree of emphasis on selection‚ estimation‚ and evaluation of costs‚ comparative analysis‚ and market
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Part # 1 : Introduction 1.1 # Basic Information Regarding Nokia Company: Nokia is the world leader in mobility‚ driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. It make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music‚ navigation‚ video‚ television‚ imaging‚ games‚ business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services‚ as well as our enterprise solutions and software
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Project background‚ the company and its product Nokia‚ a Finnish icon was the world’s leading mobile phone maker. Established in 1865‚ its principal products are mobile phones and portable IT devices. It also offers internet services such as games‚ music‚ media and applications through its Ovi platform. Ever since the revolution of Apple entering the phone market accompanied with the fast changing trend of smartphones‚ Nokia has since lagged behind. Nokia wish to examine and understand their target market
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Assignment 1 – Nokia Case Study Introduction: As a former global leader in the cell phone industry‚ Nokia have a history of great ability to adapt new markets with a solid strategy. Formed in 1865‚ Nokia started out as a lumber mill and moved on to the production of electricity and rubber. In 1992‚ Nokia decided to focus solely on the cell phones industry and rapidly obtained great market share‚ and later became pioneers of the wireless revolution which derived the smartphones. Despite this impressive
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Management Nokia Description of Company Nokia envisions a world where connecting people to what matters empowers them the most of every moment Nokia’s CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo Generation of Nokia NOKIA’S FIRST CENTURY: 1865-1967 • The first Nokia century began with Fredrik Idestam’s paper mill on the banks of the Nokianvirta river. Between 1865 and 1967‚ the company would become a major industrial force; but it took a merger with a cable company and a rubber firm to set the new Nokia Corporation
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