calculated that of 200 customers who completed the questionnaire at the rock festival‚ the mean age was 23. The age distribution conformed to a curve of normal distribution with a standard deviation of 5. Calculate the number of customers aged 33 and over who featured in Sonia’s survey (33-23)÷5 = 2 2% of 200= 4 Answer= 4 2) With reference to the report on the UK smoothie market (appendix 2) analyse two limitations of using secondary sources as the basis of Sonia’s decision making
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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: Section 1: Critique and evaluation of Porter’s Generic Strategies = 20%
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by Lau Yee Leong‚ Mike Master of Management‚ Taylors University Lakeside Contents No. | Description | Page Number | | | | 1.0 | Market Assessment | 3 | | | | 2.0 | Internal Rivalry | 4 | | | | 3.0 | Barriers to Entry | 5 | | | | 4.0 | Supplier Power | 6 | | | | 5.0 | Buyer Power | 7 | | | | 6.0 | Substitutes | 9 | | | | 7.0 | Conclusion | 10 | | | | 8.0 | List of References | 11 | | | | 9.0 | Appendices (A to W) | 16 | |
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Michael Porter’s Factor 1) Threat of New Entrants - The easier it is for new companies to enter the industry‚ the more cut-throat 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 Government restrictions or legislation Entry protection (patents‚ rights‚ etc.)
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Porters 5 forces on Tesco: Porter’s five forces look’s into the external factors impacting on a company. Competitive Rivalry: Tesco’s has a very high competitive rivalry in many aspects of the market from some major competitors in the food retail Industry like Asda‚ Sainsbury‚ Morrison and Waitrose. They compete with one another through price‚ product and promotions periodically. Tesco’s express’ main rivals are the Sainsbury local and the Co-op one way in which they compete with Tesco’s
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industry is Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model‚ which is described below: Michael Porter described a concept that has become known as the "five forces model" to help understand how competition affects your business. Porter’s 5 forces analysis is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development developed by Michael E. Porter in 1979 of Harvard Business School. It uses concepts developed in Industrial Organization (IO) economics to derive 5 forces that determine the competitive
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Porter’s Five Factor Model and the Hotel Industry: Review and Recommendations Management Information Systems Introduction The combined forces of an economic recession and H1N1 epidemic are causing the hotel industry to suffer in a time of great challenge. Business travel is down because of the recession and the pandemic has significantly reduced tourism. This paper considers three types of hoteliers in current market conditions in light of Porter’s theories. Now‚ more than ever‚ Porter’s
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Student Name: Dan Kaltz ------------------------------------------------- Date: 10th May 2013 Porter ’s 5 Forces Analysis of the Retail Banking Industry in Australia Retail banking can be defined as an industry where financial institutions offer mass market banking in which individual customers use local branches of larger commercial banks. Services offered include savings and checking accounts‚ mortgages‚ personal loans‚ debit/credit cards. Retail banking aims to be the one-stop shop for
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Five Forces This model focuses on the study of the competitive influences or ‘forces’ on a business. When we discuss competitive factors on a firm‚ we usually consider other firms within the same industry selling similar products. [1] and although it is true that other firms in the same industry present competition‚ Porter challenged this over simplified view by considering other forces that will also affect the firms competitive ability . The diagram below highlights the 5 main forces.
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For the external analysis I will do a Porter 5-Force analysis on the Micro environment of JYSK on the Chinese market. First I want to have a look at the Industry competitors‚ so the rivalry. If we take a look on the Chinese market‚ we can see that there is already a fierce competition going on the market. Domestic and foreign retailers like IKEA or Wal-Mart have already successful penetrated the market. The number will increase constantly‚ because everybody wants a piece of the cake. If we look
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