FIVE COMPETITIVE FORCES OF INDUSTRY Michael Porter has postulated that the intensity of competition in an industry is determined by its underlying economic structure1. And he further contends as we saw above‚ that the industry structure is shaped by five basic competitive forces: the threat of new entrances into the industry‚ the bargaining power of suppliers to the industry‚ the threat of substitute products or services‚ the bargaining power of customers or buyers‚ and the Rivalry among Existing
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and Target‚ supermarkets like Kroger and Roundy’s‚ as well as organic retailers such as Whole Foods Market and Sprouts Farmers Market are competing to woo customers with similar products and trying to increase their market shares. Applying the five forces of analysis Threat of new entry: The threat of new entry is medium to low‚ because the grocery segment is characterized by low margins‚ as the food segment is prone to fierce competition and price cutting. The grocery retailers are able to achieve
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of LinkedIn (Microanalysis) Threats of New Entrants - Moderate LinkedIn has a lot of competition from the new entrants in the industry‚ like BranchOut‚ which provides recruitement services through Facebook‚ and Monster‚ which is again a new recruitment service website. But all these are just entering the industry and will not be able to shake the 300+ million strong company like LinkedIn easily. Yes there is a threat‚ but not something which cannot be sustained by
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Dell vs Lenovo Dell’s direct sales model has restricted the company’s growth in China even as domestic competitors such as Lenovo have raced ahead making the most of China’s still rapidly growing PC market. According to data from industry body IDC‚ Dell had a market share of 9 % of the total PC shipments in China in the second quarter of 2010‚ narrowly beating out rival HP for the first time. But both foreign manufacturers lagged market leader Lenovo by a big margin. Lenovo had cornered nearly
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benefit from this trend. The Porter’s analysis is a powerful tool to identify the company’s current competitive position and determine whether the business has the potential to be profitable in the future perspectives. According to the Five Forces Analysis‚ there are five factors that can determine Akamai’s competitiveness. Let us look at them in detail. Threat of Substitution: Akamai is the leading provider of cloud services staying in business for more than 17 years and considering itself pioneers
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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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Porter’s five forces analysis for IKEA Threat of New Entrants As the current market is saturated‚ there is little attraction for a competitor large enough to threaten IKEA’s position. In addition‚ the significant amount of financial investments and expertise are required to become a discounted furniture retailer in a global scale. There is little threat from new entrants. Threat of substitute products The Threat of substitute products is low. As there are no too many products and services available
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Five forces Analysis of Café de coral 1. Threat of entry is low - Rent - Experience 2. Threat of substitutes is high -Lots of substitutes (McDonald’s‚ Tsui Wah) -Price range (substitutes are cheaper) 3. The bargaining power of suppliers is high - Switching cost is high - The suppliers are concentrated 4. The bargaining power of buyer is high - Lots of substitutes and suppliers - Switching cost is similar or low 5. Degree of rivalry is high - High fixed cost (rent) - Competitors are of the roughly
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Contents The overview——————————————3 Corporate governance about Lenovo—————3 The corporate governance structure—————————————3 Board Composition————————————————————4 Appointment and Election of Directors————————————5 Board Process———————————————————————7 Board committee——————————————————————8 Accountability and audit ——————————————————12 Communication with shareholder———————————————13 The overview on Lenovo Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 0992) is a Chinese multinational computer hardware
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