the firm embraces and drives change . Industry analysis: Microenvironment analysis which allow for the firm to survive in the industry environment are driven by the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological and legal factors. The industry environment here is a virtual environment which has not caught up with the fancy of the people. Though art galleries are meant only for the rich‚ the industry is oligopolistic in nature. It is a clustered industry with only very few firms and galleries in
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Maldives: water shortage hits 12 islands‚ one family spending 85% of income on bottled water Posted on March 20‚ 2009 by dietvorst | 2 Comments The shortage of potable water on some islands in the Maldives has been described as “serious” by the national disaster management centre (NDMC). There are currently 12 islands which have been facing water shortages since mid-February‚ according to Moosa Ali Kaleyfaan‚ deputy director general of the NDMC. The NDMC has supplied 763 tons of water to eight
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EWMBA 299 – Competitive Strategy Southwest Airlines Introduction The domestic US airline industry has been intensely competitive since it was deregulated in 1978. In a regulated environment‚ most of the cost increases were passed along to consumers under a fixed rate-of-return based pricing scheme. This allowed labor unions to acquire a lot of power and workers at the major incumbent carriers were overpaid. After deregulation‚ the incumbent carriers felt the most pain‚ and the floodgates had
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capital does. If a talented individual is working in a smaller regional bank‚ there is the chance that person will be enticed away by bigger banks‚ investment firms‚ etc. Power of Buyers. The individual doesn’t pose much of a threat to the banking industry‚ but one major factor affecting the power of buyers is relatively high switching costs. If a person has a mortgage‚ car loan‚ credit card‚ checking account and mutual funds with one particular bank‚ it can be extremely tough for that person to switch
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Porter’s Five Forces on Smart Phone industry Threats of New Entrants 1. The Smartphone industry is a well established market and the threats of a new entrant is low‚ as technology needed to rival the devices already available is quite advance if they want to differentiate from them 2. Barriers to entry in the mobile phone industry is high because any new entrants will need high investments in R&D‚ capital investment‚ technological investment and marketing in order to compete with the established
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The European Airline industry has gone through a lot in the past century since the establishment of the first public airline after the World War I. Until a few decades ago most of these airlines were national and at least partially state owned‚ and most of the European countries had at least one‚ with direct government control. Significant change in this only came in the 1990’s with the appearance of the low cost airlines. While the business model existed for some time (first such in 1973 US)‚ the
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ANALYSIS OF INDIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY This sector is one of the most crucial sectors of the economy in the country. It is not only a significant contributor to GDP and foreign exchange reserve of the country‚ but also it provides widespread employment. Tourism sector can also be considered the backbone for allied sectors‚ like hospitality‚ civil aviation‚ and transport. Sensing the importance of the sector‚ Indian Government has invested abundantly in the past for infrastructure development. It
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CSR in Tourism Industry Md. Abdul Hamid1 Nowadays Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a recurrently pronounced terminology. There is enough scope of ambiguity also in ‘meaning’ of this expression. Generally‚ the corporate world and researchers emphasize on different focal points. Instead of such vagueness‚ certainly there are affirmative something in the whole process. Regularly number of socially responsible organizations is increasing and awareness in this issue is rapidly increasing among
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2005 Individual requirement 2 Koji Murao (18468500) Note I intentionally focus on one industry‚ the game industry‚ for all the four reports and analyze the strategy of each player in conjunction with the news I chose. Focusing on one industry made me realize how much the strategic aspects that we have learned in the class are working to shape the industry dynamics. News Nintendo has joined forces with McDonald’s to offer free wireless internet access in the US for its DS handheld games console
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PORTERS FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS OF SONY CORPORATION 1. Threats of new Entry (Low): Electronic industry needs huge amount of capitals. High scale economy and constant innovation is another barrier to a new entrant. Moreover‚ the government policy acts as entry barrier for a new company. 2. Bargaining Power of Buyer (High): For Sony Corp. product the bargaining power of buyers very high as there is almost no switching cost from one brand to another. And the information technology provides the
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