In Michael Porter’s article about The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy‚ he identifies the five forces that shape industry competition as: threat of new entrants‚ bargaining power of buyers‚ threat of substitute products or services‚ bargaining power of suppliers‚ and rivalry among existing competitors. Then he breaks each of these down even further‚ giving information about the factors that should be considered when making assessments in each of these areas. The main underlying purpose
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Running head: PANERA BREAD CASE Title: Panera Bread Strategy Ron Johnson March 1‚ 2009 Southwestern College Professional Studies Abstract This case study is about Panera Bread Company and its strategy it wishes to employ to become the best brand name of fresh bread in the United States. Panera Bread’s use of a broad differentiation strategy has helped their profitability and growth and rivals have found it hard to compete with the competitiveness of Panera Bread. A SWOT analysis will reveal
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Overview Panera bread is a full service restaurant company founded by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich. In 1981 the duo started a company called Au Bon Pain Co‚ Inc which marked the beginning of their legacy. The company gained prominence in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s and then went on to acquire Saint Louis Bread Company‚ a restaurant chain with almost twenty locations in the St. Louis area (Panera Bread‚ 2014). Their acquisition of the Saint Louis Bread Company in 1993 made them a force to be reckoned
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The Five Forces Model (developed by Dr. Michael Porter of Harvard University) serves as a framework for examining competition that transcends industries‚ particular technologies‚ or management approaches. The underlying fundamentals of competition go beyond the specific ways individual companies go about competing (i.e. StrengthsWeaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) analysis; the 4P’s of marketing: product‚ price‚ place‚ promotion). The underpinning of this framework is the
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Porter Five Forces Analysis STRUCTURE AND REMAIN CONCEPTS: The threat of the entry of new competitors Profitable markets that yield high 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 tend towards zero (perfect competition). The existence of barriers to entry (patents‚ rights‚ etc.) The most attractive segment
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industry‚ with a view to starting a business in this arena. I intend to investigate competitive rivalry using ‘Porters Five Forces Framework’ to describe how each forces impacts business choices‚ either positively or negatively and therefore increasing/decreasing competitive rivalry. 1. The Threat of New Entrants The internet reduces barriers to entry such as the need for a sales force‚ access to channels and physical assets. New entrants to an industry can raise the level of competition‚ thereby
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The Five Forces Model was developed by Michael Porter in 1979 as a tool to analyse and classify an industry as well as identify profit potential areas in an industry. The model uses five forces of the industry to help identify three major aspects of an industry; competition‚ profitability‚ and attractiveness of the industry Rivalry among existing firms in the confectionery industry is very high + gain market share from their competitors + creating new products‚ changing existing products‚ or
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Topic: Panera Bread Company Case Study An analysis of Panera Bread Company’s business strategies was requested. I have evaluated Panera’s performance in regards to their competitive position in the food industry‚ as well as‚ their internal characteristics. My thorough assessment follows the restated question. 1. What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What type
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