Strategic Management: Managing Dell Case 1 Dayna Gibson 100371286 BUSI 4701-003 Word Count:712 Question 1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers- HIGH Although there were many suppliers for computer components‚ “microprocessors were supplied by only a handful of companies.” Pg.3. Microsoft and Intel monopolized the suppliers market as‚ “between 85% and 90% of computers sold conformed to Microsoft/ Intel Standards.”pg.3. With such a high percentage of computers being sold using Microsoft and Intel
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PESTLE Forces 1. Political “Various federal‚ state‚ and local regulatory agencies…have jurisdiction over the operation of our dealerships‚ repair facilities‚ and other operations with respect to matters such as consumer protection‚ workers’ safety‚ and laws regarding protection of the environment‚ including air‚ water‚ and soil.” (pg. 21) Similar to the car and auto industry‚ the boating industry and its products are under heavy restriction regarding the environmental effects of vehicles manufactured/sold
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Google’s Five Forces Supplier Power * As long as Google continues its dominance as the number one internet search engine in the world‚ supplier bargaining power will remain low. * Thanks to programs like AdSense and AdWords‚ which forms the framework of the advertisement system that Google has in place‚ both the advertiser and the user of the search engine are Google customers. * Google has also formed a joint relationship with Android to increase their sales market and bottom-line
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is to focus on three key drivers: demand‚ supply‚ and retail. To increase demand‚ strategies include further increasing brand awareness and customer loyalty‚ developing sophisticated statistical analytics to enhance efficiency of search engine marketing spending‚ and increasing the traffic coming to websites through search engine optimization‚ customer relationship management‚ private label channel‚ and Orbitz for Business. To increase supply‚ strategies include providing customers the ability to book
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Porters 5 forces for Flipkart Threat of New Entrants : Industry seems to have very high potential but is at its nascent stage. Lots of scope of growth in the future Many small players might enter to explore the market High capital investment is required as it is still in the nascent stage. Would not be much of a deterrent as venture capitalists are interested in investing‚ as they see a future in it. Flipkart is already an established its brand name and network across the nation
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Porter’s Five Forces Rivalry Among Competing Sellers: HIGH/MODERATE The rivalry among competing sellers‚ often the strongest competitive pressure‚ is also fairly high for Panera in the restaurant industry. No switching costs‚ numerous competitors‚ and an increase in the availability of healthy food For a company in the restaurant industry‚ there are no switching costs for consumers. It is not like‚ for instance‚ the cable industry where cancellation fees are prevalent or an electronics industry
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Research in Motion Porter’s Five Forces Threat of New Entrants * Moderate The ability for brand new competitors to emerge is very low. The smartphone industry is very technologically intensive. This means that a brand-new entrant would require a significant amount of money to build a comparative technological product in order to compete with RIM’s technology. No man or woman in their right mind would attempt to design and manufacture such an expensive product for such a competitive industry
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Porter 5 forces analysis Bargaining power of Customer: Buyer concentration to firm concentration ratio: Bank industry is a high buyer concentration industry‚ many people use bank service‚ such as deposit money‚ mortgage‚ loan‚ investment‚ insurance and currency exchange (HIGH). The concentration ratio of international bank industry is medium‚ many large bank exist in the world‚ such as Standard Chartered‚ CitiBank‚ HSBC‚ Fortis‚ and Deutsche Bank (Medium). Buyer information availability (HIGH):
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dramatically increased‚ which in turn increases material costs and pressurizes price margins for companies in order to stabilize prices for buyers. (MLUS) In order for the leading companies in this global industry to avoid economic downturns‚ there is pressure to distinguish machinery by product differentiation and create brand loyalty. (ML) The Relative Power of Other Stakeholders: High Environmental groups and government agencies are the main stakeholders that have an effect on the heavy machinery
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PORTER’S FIVE FORCES. BUYER’S POWER: - Nokia had been edged out by rivals in the smartphone market who launched new and better products which resulted to Customers shifting to android phones which resulted to Nokia reducing their selling price in order to increase the rate of sales but they lost in the rate of profitability and consumer loyalty. The customer power is high; nokia is focusing on the smartphone segment because it has the biggest margin in the industry‚ the consumers are increasing despite
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