Barriers-to-entry Examples Investment To achieve minimum efficient scale‚ it is estimated that a RTE cereal plant needed to produce 75 million pounds per year‚ which requires a capital investment in excess of $100 million and about 125 employees. High Research and Development Cost The RTE cereal industry spent about 1% of gross sales on R&D in 1993‚ whereas the food industry spent only 0.7% of gross sales. It requires 2-4 years and $5-10 million to develop a new brand Distribution barrier
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Ready To Eat Breakfast Cereal Industry Monday‚ September 09‚ 2013 3:09 PM The Big 3 and the industry before the 1990’s 1972 Federal trade Commission file a major antitrust suit against the big 3 (Kellogg‚ General Mills‚ and General Foods) Argued: Monopolized cereal market and had taken specific steps to deter entry by new firms How? Restrained competition amongst themselves through "unwritten agreements" to limit the in-pack premiums (free toys‚ gifts‚ e tc) -Refrain from trade
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The RTE Cereal Industry in 1994 Case Analysis Competitive Strategy Presented by: Raghav Keshav Why has RTE cereal been such a profitable business? The RTE cereal market is a classic oligopoly with the four dominant players controlling 85% of the market. The return on sales earned by the incumbents in this market (18%) is significantly higher compared to rest of the food industry (5%). Efficient markets typically entice new entrants when the returns are attractive. These returns are gradually
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Reason for the high-profitability of the RTE cereal business: The "Big Three" cereal manufacturers have jointly monopolized the market and have reaped high profits from their monopoly pricing combined with the tacit co-ordination they share regarding price hikes. The "Big Three" have backed up their monopoly strategy with their strong relationships with each other and with regional and national grocers. This relationship allowed them to control or buy shelf space and ideal positioning of their product
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Q) Why‚ historically‚ has the soft drink history been so profitable? The soft drink industry is profitable as these drinks can be easily produced and that to with very less cost‚ so they followed a low cost strategy and by doing so they were able to earn huge profit margins and more quantity means more profit. They were also huge dealers for food chains like KFC‚ MCD etc and several other gas stations. Q) Compare the economics of the concentrate business to that of the bottling business: Why is
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boundaries of RTE cereal industry from a demand-side perspective and a supply-side perspective respectively. The boundaries from a demand-side perspective in this case are the fact that buyers have low switching costs. The cereal industry has a diversified range of products so consumers can easily substitute one type of cereal for another or one brand for another. From the supply-side perspective‚ boundaries are technological in nature such that larger firms can produce many different types of cereals in large
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companies’ owners claimed that the success of business depend on its profitability. However‚ many multinational companies embed business ethic into their operations. The truth is a business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business‚ since it may lead to bad reputation of the company‚ violation of law and poor employee performance. Good reputation is vital for companies‚ since customers and investors ought to purchase goods and do business with well-known companies. Having a bad reputation
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Consume Breakfast and Ready-to-Eat Cereals 研究生：徐慧中撰 指導教授：周泰華 中華民國 九十六年 六月 Acknowledgements I wish to thank the many people who have made significant contributions to this research. I wish to acknowledge the excellence help and advice provided by Lin Lin Ku‚ the Senior Product Manager of Kellogg Asia Marketing Incorporation‚ Taiwan Branch. It was my honor to be able to interview Lin Lin Ku‚ and to obtain a clear picture of Taiwanese breakfast cereal industry. Besides‚ she also arranged
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Jhon Manrique Case # 3 Matav 1. What is Matav’s Strategy? Has it been successful? Matav‚ being the Hungarian Telecommunications leader‚ had secured their spot in most of the communications market in Hungary‚ including business services‚ residential services‚ Internet and Mobile. Their parent company Deutsche Telekom wanted them to remain an integrated telecommunications company. Later on they were facing a decline in the mobile market in Hungary with the only scope of expansion being the broadband
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1 Why has apple been so successful? What do you attribute it to? Solution: Generally speaking‚ the reason why apple is successful is that there are there key points around great product and service‚ which are design thinking‚ clear development strategy and execution. What’s more‚ every point also contains many. Design thinking is the first‚ it is the bridge connecting designer and customer because of emotion can be transferred. In this aspect‚ Apple is the pioneer of personal computer for individual
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