determine how this competitive environment affects the competence in our evaluated firm. Then comes the internal analysis to determine if Apple has or not the tools to be considered as a firm with a competitive advantage above its rivals. Porter´s Five Forces Analysis: New Entrants’ Threat: * Because of standardization of PC components and thanks to the economies of scale‚ the prices came down significantly in this industry‚ this represents a great barrier to new entrants who has to decide
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Li and Fung’s Core Strengths One of the core strengths of Li and Fung was acquisitions as they saw it as a means to sustain growth momentum. Most of the time they tried to “fill in the mosaic” by acquiring competitors in areas where they lacked positioning‚ expertise or talent. They just did not acquired companies they made them integrated with the old ones to make When they acquire companies Li & Fung’s strategy is to integrate incoming staff and streamline operations seamlessly within 100
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NETWORKS Global Supply Li & Fung Ltd. N. Viswanadham n.viswanadham@gmail.com Source: Harvard Cases‚ Book by Jerry Wind et.al Ecosystem Aware Global Supply Chain Management Contents l l l l l Li & Fung Competencies of Li & Fung The Service Chain Process @ Li & Fung Price Target Ecosystem Model – Resources – Service Delivery Mechanisms – Institutions l l l Performance Governance Conclusions N.Viswanadham Ecosystem Aware Global Supply Chain Management Li & Fung N.Viswanadham
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Li & Fung is a Hong-Kong based company that provides value-added services across the entire supply chain. Li & Fung has been operating for about a century. It was founded in Guangzhou‚ china‚ in 1906 by Fung Pak-Liu and Li To-Ming. Li & Fung was a family owned business until the 1970s where it transformed into a public company that is professionally managed. The Li & Fung Group is an international group specializing in exports sourcing‚ distribution‚ and retailing. In August 2000 Li & Fung invested
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your reference. The take home assignment for the SM course is as follows: 1. Please do a analysis of your Industry using the five force framework. 2. Identify a cost leader/differentiator in your industry and explain how they achieved it. Please ensure that the analysis is not just qualitative but backed up by facts and data. I have attached an analysis of TV industry (for 5 force framework) just as a example of the kind of assignment that I am looking for. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION....................
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Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis of French Automobile Industry and Extent of each competitive force The five forces are environmental forces that impact on a company’s ability to compete in a given market. The purpose of five-forces analysis is to diagnose the principal competitive pressures in a market and assess how strong and important each one is. Threat of new entrants | small It’s true that the average person can’t come along and start manufacturing automobiles. There are substantial commercial
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riony [pic] Li & Fung : Case Study Analysis Executive summary Aim This report aims to examine the Li & Fung business model and illustrate the challenges faced by the trading industry in the global market place. Factors Conclusions It is concluded that: Recommendations It is recommended that Li & Fung : Situation Analysis • Li&Fung achieves operating margins consistently around or above 3% and has become the largest trading company in Hong Kong. • In 1997 the
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iMac and Macbook. Analysis of this report is on the strategies being used by Apple to sustain and also increase its market share in the industry. Evaluation has been done on Apple’s SWOT analysis‚ the external environment (PEST analysis)‚ Porter’s Five Forces and the Ohmae 3Cs Analysis. After critically analysing this it was found that there is a declining demand for Personal Computers as consumers are now switching to substitute products like the tablets and mobile phones. Apple enjoys customer loyalty
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Porter’s Five forces Porter’s five forces tool will assist in analysing the competitive nature of the airline industry in order to assess the position of Flyafrica. This will enable FlyAfrica to make strategic decisions in order to increase geographical presence and profitability. Entry Barriers (Threat of new entrance) Threat of New Entrants This aspect has a low threat for the Zimbabwean airline industry because there are extremely low switching costs. Additionally‚ there are no proprietary
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Li & Fung is an export trading company from Southern China that was founded back in 1906 by Fung Pak-Liu and his partner Li To-Ming. Li & Fung grew from a traditional export trading company to global supply chain management company it is today. After the passing of Liu‚ To-Ming decided to sell his shares. After both graduating from Harvard‚ Fung’s sons‚ Victor and William took over the company in 1974 and moved it to Hong Kong. The Fung brothers were both highly intelligent individuals. They
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