| Sears Holding Company | Individual Paper | | Gregory A. Squires | 10/15/2010 | | Contents HISTORY 4 Vision Statement 10 Mission Statement 12 Key Leaders 16 Organizational Culture 20 Organizational Structure 23 NAICS/SIC Codes 26 General Environmental Forces 28 Porter’s Five-Forces Model 35 Key Competitors 40 Competitive Profile Matrix 43 General Discussion on Stakeholders 46 Top 70 Stakeholders 47 Nutt&Backoff Model 53 Finn stakeholder Model 55
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Rescue Sears Background summary: Sears is one of the largest retail stores in the US and has a wide range of subsidiaries. It established major national brands‚ such as Kenmore‚ Craftsman‚ Lands End‚ and DieHard which are all highly valued. After it merged with Kmart in 2005‚ the company began renovating some Kmart stores and converting them to the Sears format. Its current products are diverse‚ including household hardware‚ home appliances‚ electronics‚ clothing‚ office supplies‚ etc. Sears‚ like
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Introduction The model of the Five Competitive Forces was developed by Michael E. Porter in his book „Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors“ in 1980. Since that time it has become an important tool for analyzing an organizations industry structure in strategic processes. Porters model is based on the insight that a corporate strategy should meet the opportunities and threats in the organizations external environment. Especially‚ competitive strategy should
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applying Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model. Internal rivalry (competitors) The competitive rivalry is very high and intense. In United States‚ there are several discount department stores which sell the same or very similar products. Target competes directly against them. Because Target and these companies have similar portions of market share‚ each company wants to become the market leader‚ and as a result‚ rivalry intensifies. The major competitors are Wal-Mart‚ Costco and Kmart. Supplier power
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bargaining power of suppliers‚ and the threat of substitutes. In order to make this Porter’s Five Forces Model complete or perfect‚ the managers should combine this model with other external models such as the PEST model‚ the Porter Diamond‚ competitive generic strategies‚ the industry life cycle and any other external factors models which will give the a very detailed overview the threats and opportunities of an
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aspects. (Porter‚ 1980). Michael Porter’s five forces model was also subject of other author’s criticism‚ such as Lynch. He explains that although the market is more laid out‚ there are no changes in the industrial environment. The analysis should be used continuously when using this tool. (Lynch‚ 2009‚ p. 101-102) Downes has developed three new forces‚ named Digitalization‚ Globalization‚ and Deregulation. Downes refers to Porter’s five forces model as ‘obsolete’. The three new forces mentioned
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Porter’s 5 Forces Jasmine Tomczak - 1152995 Porter’s 5 Forces Re: Fast Food Industry Commerce 4PA3 - C03 Jasmine Tomczak - 1152995 September 25‚ 2014 Porter’s 5 Forces Jasmine Tomczak - 1152995 The fast food industry is one which affects many lives in Canada. The following is a Porter’s 5 Force’s analysis that will determine how attractive this industry is as a whole. To determine the threat of new entrants‚ one must first consider the barriers to entry. Firstly‚ the start-up costs associated
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Criteria – Threat of New Entrants Yes (+) No (-) Comment 1. Do large firms have a cost or performance advantage in your segment of the industry? Yes There is a fierce price and performance competition in the telecommunication industry. All the big players aim to provide services at cheaper costs and make high performance promises in order to develop an integrative relationship with the customer. 2. Are there any proprietary product differences in your industry? No The products are not propreitary
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3. Porter’s Five Forces on Woolworths Porter’s five forces analysis was formed by Michael E. Porter in 1979 and this framework has had immense influence on industry analysis and strategy development (Davenport and Prusak‚ 2003). These five forces determine the competitiveness of the company and the attractiveness of the market‚ as a result‚ a well understanding of five forces may help a company get to know more about its industrial structure and find out a proper position with both high profitability
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THE FIVE –FACTOR MODEL James Baron and David Kreps had given the Five-Factor model‚ which is based on Michael Porter’s Five Forces model of business analysis (Porter‚ 1980). These factors will influence the Competitive Intelligence system in any organization. These factors are External Environment‚ Workforce‚ Organizational Culture and Structure‚ Organizational Strategy‚ and Technology of Production and Organization of Work (Baron & Kreps‚ 1999). Lack of correspondence between any one of these factors
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