returns will attract new firms. This results in many new entrants‚ which eventually will decrease profitability for all firms in the industry. Unless the entry of new firms can be blocked by incumbents‚ the abnormal profit rate will trend towards zero (perfect competition). The existence of barriers to entry (patents‚ rights‚ etc.) The most attractive segment is one in which entry barriers are high and exit barriers are low. Few new firms can enter and non-performing firms can exit easily. Economies
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MARKETING PLAN For McDonald’s By: Ali Shaafy‚ Zomin Yazeed & Azima Ahmed Situational Analysis PESTEL Analysis: Political Factor: Generally‚ McDonalds are affected by government policy on the regulations of Fast Food Company such as health and hygiene policy. Government realized health problem have been a big concern for everyone‚ people are having diseases such as cardiovascular and cholesterol because they are eating too much fast food. Furthermore‚ hygiene policy also is a big concern
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12.6 Does structure follow strategy? A key message of this chapter is that strategy and structure should fit together. But which determines which? Alfred Chandler‚ Professor of Business History at Harvard Business School‚ proposes one of the fundamental rules of strategic management: ‘unless structure follows strategy‚ inefficiency results’.1 This logical sequence fits the ‘design’ lens for strategy‚ but does assume that structure is very much subordinate to strategy: structure can easily be
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services” (Tracy)1. These businesspeople help build our economy by creating jobs‚ increasing productivity and partnering with other firms to help reach success. Entrepreneurship is so crucial to society because “it’s the entrepreneurs who serve as the spark plug in the economy’s engine‚ activating and stimulating all economic activity…” (Tracy)1. Entrepreneurial firms highly impact the economy by creating jobs‚ which is essential in fueling our economy. When an entrepreneur begins to expand their
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FIVE FORCE MODEL Introduction Michael Porter (1980) has identifies five forces that determine the intrinsic long run attractiveness of a market or a market segment in other words the competitive structure of an industry can be analysed using Porter’s five forces. Attractiveness in this context refers to the overall industry profitability. The overall industry attractiveness does not imply that every firm in the industry will return same profitability. Firms are able to apply their core competences
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The process one would follow to analyze the key business activities that would sustain a competitive advantage for the given company XYZ‚ would be Porter ’s Five Force Model. The Five Force model gives focus to the external environment of the organization. It reveals the source of competition in an industry‚ and the external influence‚ including the threats and opportunities that an organization has to face in order to gain a competitive advantage. The Value chain on the other hand‚ focuses on the
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Vonkel Enterprises have recently purchased Thembeka‚ a company that specializes in the sale and distribution of gold and diamond jewelry. This company designs‚ manufactures and markets fine jewelry throughout South Africa. It had previously been a family run business‚ and following the death of the founder and CEO‚ family members decided to sell the enterprise. Vonkel saw the potential for this business and purchased it‚ with intentions of improving supply chain performance. The domestic supply
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1. Discuss Porter’s Five Forces of industry competition‚ with relation to the entry of Southwest Airline in the airline market. The Porter’s Five Forces are as followed: Rivalry: The rivalry factors that could influence Southwest include high fixed costs‚ excess capacity‚ low differentiation‚ and price war. Fixed costs in the industry mean the costs of planes‚ fuel‚ pilots‚ flight attendants‚ and additional staff for luggage and customer service. All of these factors need to meet governmental
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EXPLAINING THE WATER-DIAMOND PARADOX One of the most famous puzzles in economic theory is why Diamonds are more expensive than water. In our case we consider GOLD in case of DIAMONDS. Water is essential for life; it is so useful that without its consumption one cannot live or survive. On the other hand‚ diamonds‚ though attractive and beautiful‚ satisfy less human important needs than water. Then‚ how it can be that in the market a less useful commodity like diamonds is so expensive and a useful
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Based on the movie “Blood Diamond” directed by Edward Zwick‚ it talks about a rare diamond discovered in a diamond mine located in Africa‚ where its plot is regarding the abusing of humanity for the high prices of diamond trade. Danny Archer is a diamond smuggler in Africa who seeks for a large amount of money which enables him to leave Africa for good. Due to his strong survival instinct‚ he made himself the key player in the conflicting business of diamonds. However‚ when he met Solomon in the
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