Strategic Management – trategic Industry Analysis Assignment SUBMITTED TO PROF. S. SRIRAM SUBMITTED BY APARNA PARTHASARATHY Aparna Parthasarathy PGXPM -05 –Term 5 05 10/1/2009 Strategic Management – Industry Analysis Assignment 2009 INSTRUCTIONS FROM PROF. SRIRAM PDF of INDIAN TV Industry is circulated as a sample for your reference. The take home assignment for the SM course is as follows: 1. Please do a analysis of your Industry using the five force framework. 2. Identify a cost leader/differentiator
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Five Forces Analysis Intensity of Competitive Rivalry There are several firms fiercely competing Adidas for more market share‚ including Nike‚ Puma‚ Reebok and Umbro to name a few. Adidas must ensure that their goods are of a high quality and at a reasonable price in order to keep their market share in this industry. Intensity in this industry is high as there are a large number of organisations with similar products all trying to gain market share. Threat of Entry to the Industry
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Harlequin Five Forces Analysis Threat of Entry High economies of scale required. For an entrant to gain success in romance novel market‚ it must possess mature sales‚ production‚ and distribution to operate effectively‚ which also leads to great risk. High product differentiation required. Other companies start to add more features while Harlequin products remain relatively unchanged. Significant capital requirement required. This is evident in Simon and Schuster’s case‚ in which it bears a high
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not just confined to generate data to create a better budget and gain a greater overall understanding of the expenses that are required to keep the company running advantageously and avoiding mistakes in decision-making. * In addition‚ the ABC uses a system of allocation criteria relevant to each specific operation. These targets cost allocation for clear causal relationship between the expenses incurred for each activity and the level of participation of each activity and the production process
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suppliers bargaining power down. With apparel manufacturing‚ cotton represents a large portion of their manufacturing supplies‚ so firms are willing to consider supplier prices a high priority. The only obstacle that could hinder a firm’s ability to use some suppliers would be trade restrictions (Gap Inc. 10-K 2006). Labor in the US is far more expensive than in foreign countries so many apparel companies choose to outsource much of their manufacturing to countries outside of the US. Throughout the
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Porter’s Five Force Competitive Model for FMCG Industry: 1. Rivalry among Competing Firms: In the FMCG Industry‚ rivalry among competitors is very fierce. There are scarce customers because the industry is highly saturated and the competitors try to snatch their share of market. Market Players use all sorts of tactics and activities from intensive advertisement campaigns to promotional stuff and price wars etc. Hence the intensity of rivalry is very high. 2. Potential Entry of New Competitors:
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research seeking to verify the effects of organisational culture in general‚ and market orientation in particular‚ on the behaviour and results of managerial organisations. The difference with other existing work on the same subject is that this work uses the case method to bring managerial reality into closer contact with the university environment. This report contains the first of the case studies carried out in the context of this research‚ and examines Zara‚ a strategic unit in the Inditex group
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SOMMAIRE Introduction 4 I. L’OREAL leader mondial du marché des cosmétiques 5 1. Le marché des cosmétiques en croissance 5 Une offre variée 5 Un marché segmenté 6 Une demande exigeante et volatile 6 Des zones géographiques en croissance 7 2. L’OREAL‚ leader incontesté du marché des cosmétiques 7 Une évolution basée sur l’expérience 7 Des Domaines d’Activités Stratégiques performants 8 La concurrence
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Five forces : New Entry (Low to Medium) * New entrants will have to deal with high and large fixed cost * incentive because of profitability of zara * newest fashion at an inexpensive price * Zara as part of the Spanish Inditex Group‚ can benefit from the micro-economic concept of the Economies of Scale. Hence it gains cost advantages as production (scale) increases * Zara is operating within the market of “fast fashion” hence size as well as economic efficiency matter. Inditex’s
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Executive summary: This report has demonstrated the scenario planning of L’Oreal’s three (3) years strategic plan to increase its market share through increasing brand loyalty‚ creative and innovative skincare products in Malaysia market. L’Oreal Group‚ based in Paris‚ France‚ is one of the global market leaders in cosmetic industry worldwide. As its commitment of manufacturing beauty products to all men and women over the world‚ they continue to produce high quality of cosmetic products for fulfilling
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