...Cost-efficiency will remain key factor. Expect a further acceleration in the outsourcing of non-core functions and greater emphasis on performance improvement as the bank will seek to increase the efficiency of back-office processes. POSTED BY MYBLOG AT 12:02 AM NO COMMENTS: Post a Comment LINKS TO THIS POST Create a Link Newer Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) USEFUL INFORMATION ANALYSIS OF THE GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKET Learn Excel Quick & Easy MBA Quick Reference MY HEADLINES FUTURE OF OIL AND RISING OIL PRICES Blood and oil: How the West will profit from Iraq's most precious commodity 7/17/2008 The 'IoS' today reveals a draft for a new law that would give Western oil companies a massive share in… Oil for War 7/17/2008 After invading one of the most petroleum-rich countries on earth, the U.S. military is running on empty. Napoleon famously… Future of Iraq: The spoils of war 7/17/2008 How the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches Iraq's massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world,… Headlines by FeedBurner FUTURE OF OIL AND RISING OIL PRICES ↑ Grab this Headline Animator SUBSCRIBE NOW: GOOGLE Add to Google Reader or Homepage BLOG ARCHIVES ▼ 2008 (5) ▼ Jul 2008 (5) New Product Development Brand Identity Prism (Kapferer) Porter's 5 Forces - Case Study Porter's Five Forces - Assessing the Balance of Po... PORTERS 5 FORCE ANALYSIS Rising competitive pressures will force Banking industry to differentiate...
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...of coffee each day. In Singapore, coffee can be easily bought in any coffee shops, cafes, restaurants and even sold by vending machines. Besides that, Singapore is one of the highest coffee-consuming countries in the world which is meant that 4.4kg of coffee per year (280 cups of coffee) (Channel NewsAsia, July 14, 2013). For coffee lovers, Starbucks is a famous name. It is because of the high quality of coffee bean used and the environment that lets customers enjoy the coffee. So, Starbucks is always the first choice of many people. The purpose of this report is to investigate about how Starbucks can expand their market in Singapore. This report will provide the background of the company and country. A SWOT analysis, PEST analysis and Porter’s 5 forces also will be provided in this report. Lastly, this report will give the recommendation and conclusion. 2. Company Background Starbucks is mainly famous for selling coffee, but it also sells other hot and cold beverages, pastries, sandwiches and other snacks. Today, Starbucks is the top largest coffee chain in the world which has more than 19000 branches in more than 60 countries (Hawthorn, October 30, 2013). Singapore is the third international country outside North American to introduce the Starbucks (Our heritage, 2011). 3. Country Background Singapore is a prosperous developing country. It is one of the commercial hubs in the world. Although it is a small country, it has education, healthcare, government transparency...
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...incentives. New products were extremely important in children’s catalog. CHALLENGES FOR PASSION FOR LEARNING (PFL) PFL’S market positioning is of a direct-mail company offering 100% educational products for 6-12 year old children. Its first catalog mail in 1994 resulted in a disappointing response rate of 0.77% which resulted in a loss of $145000 on revenues of $54000. There was also increasing competition from specialty chains focused on educational toys and big discount retailers. The firm also faces immediate challenge of designing its 1995 holiday catalog. Repositioning of the firm with the objective of breakeven in the short term and sustained profits in the long term is another major challenge. REPOSITIONING OPTIONS ON PORTER’S FRAMEWORK The three repositioning options have been analyzed using Porter’s...
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...Strategy Information Management | | | In this report We will talk about an overview of Porter’s five forces and its implication in Wn Morissons. Then, we will analyse how the SWOT analysis is operated in our company and how it uses information technology to gain competitive advantage on their competitors. | | KTT | 10/19/2011 | | Assignment of Strategic Information Management Using Porter’s five forces of competitive advantage select a company and critically examine the characteristic of the market in which the company operates. How will your company use information system/information technology to gain competitive advantage? Business administration-semester4-August 2011 By KTT Submitted to On 19th October 2011 To Table of Contents 1- Introduction 3 2- Porter’s five forces in an overall views 5 3- Porter’s five forces in Wn Morissons 9 4- Morissons’ SWOT Analysis 12 5- Information technology at Morissons 14 6- Recommendations 15 7- Conclusion 16 8- References 16 1- Introduction Retail is a sector of the economy, which is involved in companies and individual, engaged in the trading of finished goods to end user customers. Wm Morissons like Tesco or Asda is one of those retail companies. Nonetheless, Morissons is actually a Public limited company (PLC) founded in 1899 and specialized in retailing groceries and consumer goods with mostly grocery...
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...Semester 2, AY2011/2012 Individual Report A Report on Southwest Airlines Prepared for: Mr. Balasubramanian Shankar Due date: Monday, 5th October 2015 Submitted by: Jiyeon | CT00000000 | TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2 2. COMPANY BACKGROUND 3 3. PESTEL ANALYSIS 4 3.1 Political 4 3.2 Economic 4 3.3 Social 5 3.4 Technological 5 3.5 Environment 5 3.6 Legal 6 4. PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 7 4.1 Threat of New Entry 7 4.2 Threat of Substitution 7 4.3 Buyer Power 7 4.4 Supplier Power 8 4.5 Competitive Rivalry 9 5. STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS 10 5.1 Managing Technology Advancements 10 5.2 Maintain Cost Advantage 10 5.3 Geographical Expansion 10 5.4 Product Diversification 11 6. CONCLUSION 12 7. REFERENCES 14 1. INTRODUCTION The focus company in this report is Southwest Airlines (SA), a major low cost carrier in the United States (US). The aim of this report is to examine the current market environment and competitive power of Southwest Airlines. In order to have a substantial overview of its environment, two analyses, the PESTEL analysis and Porter’s Five Forces analysis, will be used to evaluate SA. With the findings, strategic recommendations will be made for the problems that the airline is facing or may encounter in the near future. 2. COMPANY BACKGROUND Southwest Airlines is a budget airline established in 1967 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher and had its first flight in 1971...
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...Porter’s Five Forces in the Robotics Industry Iryna Varniaga University of Maryland University College Fall 2013 Turnitin score: 25% Porter’s Five Forces in the Robotics Industry “Porter’s five forces”: Introduction. “Porter’s five forces” is widely applied in today’s business world. Harvard Professor Michael E. Porter’s first HBR article “How competitive forces shape strategy” was published in 1979. It became revolutionary in the field of strategy. Porter’s subsequent work has brought big changes to the study of competitive strategy for corporations, regions, and nations. With assistance from his colleagues from Harvard Business School, Porter continues to update and extend his classic work, providing practical guidance for users of the framework (Porter 2008, Editor’s Note). According to Porter, dealing with competition is the main task of the strategist. But managers often think of competition too narrowly. Instead of considering just the current competitors, Porter suggested including four other competitive forces as well. They are customers, suppliers, potential entrants, and substitute products. All these five forces result in extended rivalry that defines an industry structure and the nature of competition within an industry. Although the configuration of five forces differs by industry, the underlying drivers of profitability are the same. The strongest competitive forces define the profitability of an industry and are very important to strategy formulation...
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...Executive Summary The main objective of this report was to make Non- Profitable business into profitable one. My friend was running a business of retail shop of travel luggage products comprises of travel bags, uprights, accessories etc., where he was losing invested money as well the interests that he put to make his retail shop work successfully. One of the major factor behind failure of his business was lack of relevant directions which was missed and could not deliver the desired results for the success of business. This story is about my friend who was in a struggling phase for generating profits in his recently opened Luggage Retail store, the store was going through huge loss and was in a situation to get it closed in next 6 month of operation. As an advisor I went through his core business by using strategic marketing tools consisting of Porter’s 5 forces, positioning maps, strategic marketing grid to analyse the reasons for failure, using horizontal opportunities and untapped demand strategic tools to ascertain the treatment. I believed that by using such techniques and strategies, we could turn the loss making business into successful and highly profitable business. Launching of a retail shop in highly competitive retail industry is quite difficult because of large investments and infrastructure is involved. Lack of dedicated floor staff, availability of products, visual merchandising were another factors which contributed relevant role in making this...
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...industry analysis paper of the Colleges and Universities in the United States and it is important to begin with a definition. A goal of an industry definition and boundaries scope must not be too narrow or broadly defined because this will alter the scope of the analysis and result in a skewed conclusion. I will begin by differentiating between non-profits and for-profits businesses due to the different strategies involved within management in attempt to maintain the scope of this analysis. At first thought this seems irrelevant, however, the internal and external environments of these two types of business structures are different and management must prioritize accordingly. In academia, the for-profit institution must operate similar to a regular business with a focus on profitability that will satisfy stakeholders rather than focus primarily on the quality of education. The non-profit institution will focus primarily on education and student success, which will contribute to the brand awareness and prestige that will be discussed later. An analysis of the Colleges and Universities in the United States will be limited to non-profit private and public institutions that offer Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees. Bachelor’s (undergraduate) degrees are the first program of study, are offered in a wide variety of studies and disciplines and are typically earned in 4 years. A Master’s (graduate) degree is the next level of program study that is typically completed in 1-2...
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...Porter’s Five Forces Strategy Skills Team FME www.free-management-ebooks.com ISBN 978-1-62620-999-2 Copyright Notice © www.free-management-ebooks.com 2013. All Rights Reserved ISBN 978-1-62620-999-2 The material contained within this electronic publication is protected under International and Federal Copyright Laws and treaties, and as such any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is strictly prohibited. You may not copy, forward, or transfer this publication or any part of it, whether in electronic or printed form, to another person, or entity. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work without the permission of the copyright holder is against the law. Your downloading and use of this eBook requires, and is an indication of, your complete acceptance of these ‘Terms of Use.’ You do not have any right to resell or give away part, or the whole, of this eBook. Porter’s Five Forces Table of Contents Preface 2 Visit Our Website 3 Introduction 4 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 6 Competitive Rivalry 11 Threat of New Entrants 18 Threat of Substitutes 20 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 23 Bargaining Power of Customers 25 Summary 28 Other Free Resources 30 References 31 ISBN 978-1-62620-999-2 © www.free-management-ebooks.com 1 Porter’s Five Forces Preface This eBook describes Porter’s Five Forces Framework, a technique that provides a model for industry...
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... | |Word Count 2189 (Total 2525) | |Harry Singh | |02/11/2015 | Contents What Is The Marketing Process 2 Benefits and Draw Backs of of having a Marketing Orientation 2 Benefits and Draw Backs of of having a Marketing Orientation (Cont) 3 What is Macroeconomics 4 Pestle Analysis 4 Pestle Analysis (Cont) 5 What is Microeconomics 6 Porter's Five Forces Theory 6 Porter's Five Forces Theory (Cont) 7 References 8 References (Cont) 9 What Is The Marketing Process There are a number of different definitions from organisations or individuals to describe it, The UK Chartered Institute of Marketing’s used the Author ‘Blyth’s’ definition; ‘Marketing is the management process which identifies, anticipates and supplies customer requirements efficiently and profitably’ [1] Quite simply marketing is an activity carried out by various people in a business or in an organisation which is designed to understand and satisfy their customer’s needs, which also allows the business or...
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...Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 Methodology 4 3.0 Non-Financial Information 4 3.1 SWOT Analysis 5 3.2 Porter’s 5 forces model 5 3.2.1 Fig 1 Porter's five forces Model 6 3.3 Corporate Social Responsibility 7 4.0 Financial Information 7 4.1 Directors’ Report 9 4.2 Auditors’ Report 9 4.2.1 Understanding Unqualified and Qualified Phrases 10 4.3 Financial Notes 10 5.0 Balance Sheet 11 5.1 Assets 11 5.1.1 Cash and Cash Equivalent 11 5.1.2 Temporary Investments 12 5.1.3 Accounts Receivable 12 5.1.4 Inventory 12 5.1.5 Prepaid Expenses 13 5.1.6 Total Current Assets 13 5.1.7 Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) 13 5.2 Liabilities 14 5.3 Stockholders’ Equity 14 6.0 Working Capital 14 6.1 Current Ratios 15 6.2 Financial Leverage 15 7.0 Income Statement 15 7.1 Profit Margins 16 8.0 Cash Flow Statement 17 8.1 Financial Ratio Analysis 18 8.1.1 Return on Capital Employed ROCE 18 8.1.2 Calculating ROCE 18 8.1.3 Return on Assets ROA & Return on Investments ROI 19 8.1.4 Calculating Return on Fixed Assets ROFA 19 9.0 Summary 20 References 24 1.0 Introduction. Abacus Accounts are seeking to outsource most of their Facilities Management operations to an external FM provider; these will include: maintenance, cleaning, catering, security and vehicle management. They are a large business which is seeking to identify a strategic partnership and will therefore, only be willing to deal with significant organisations...
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...Report to: Starbucks Corporation Abstract In this essay, an analysis will be provided to show the relative importance of each of the Porter’s Five Forces for the strategic position of Starbucks - an American global coffee company, in its coffee house industry compared to that of Costa Coffee and Café Nero Introduction Starbucks as a global coffee company has strong position in its industry, there are however variable external factors like environment, technical and economic changes which affect the strategic position of Starbucks. Data is collected and presented in the following paragraphs based on the model of Porter’s Five Forces. 1. Intensity of competitive rivalry Table 1 Company 2011 Sales (million) Starbucks £398 Costa £377 Café Nero £436 BBC News (2011) The intensity of competitive rivalry is high in the coffeehouse market. In the UK, Costa and Café Nero not only suit better the tastes of local UK people, but also have the financial resources and position to leverage their strengths to threaten Starbucks. From the Allegra Strategies Project Cafe UK report, Nero is the dominant player in the UK market among the top coffee shops in UK and enjoys the highest sales volume. (see table 1) Despite Starbucks’ as an iconic global brand, there is a slowdown in its expansion. (Bakery Info, 2009) There is also little scope for product differentiation of coffee, retailers focus on boosting spending of customers by offering food alongside drinks. Starbucks targets...
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...Competitive Advantage Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance Author: Michael E. Porter Michael E. Porter's Competitive Advantage explores the underpinnings of competitive advantage in the individual firm. Porter's groundbreaking concept of the value chain disaggregates a company into "activities," or the discrete functions or processes that represent the elemental building blocks of competitive advantage. Giving readers a comprehensive understanding of business strategy and how to create a sustainable competitive advantage for their organization, Porter explores how a firm can put the generic strategies of cost leadership, differentiation and focus into practice. This essay will explore Competitive Advantage and the underlining theory that to compete in any industry, companies must perform a wide array of discrete activities that are narrower than traditional functions. It will analyze the real core of the book which is to determine whether companies profit from creating value for customers, or whether that value is competed away. INTRODUCTION “Competitive Advantage is at the heart of a firm’s performance in competitive markets. After several decades of vigorous expansion and prosperity, however, many firms lost sight of competitive advantage in their scramble for growth and pursuit of diversification. Today the importance of competitive advantage could hardly be greater. Firms throughout the world face slower growth as well as domestic and...
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...TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI MARKETING MANAGEMENT - MKT 5320 CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc: Energy Beverages OLUSUBOMI Y. ADETUNJI STUDENT ID: A03936869 PROBLEM DEFINITION. Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc., a non-alcoholic beverage producing company decided to enter into the market with a new product (energy drink) and they were faced with some problems along the line. They decided to introduce an energy beverage brand to the market (existing market) which already has competitors. With this as focus, it was important to choose best market and distribution channels and some other business strategies for the product in order for it to be a success. The problem faced includes retainment of its present competitive position in the market with other energy drink companies and at the same time preserving profitability and customer base. In order to maintain the market competition, the business strategy to launch the new products into the market was very vital. Some of the factors that has to be considered before the product launch is considered are: * Industry Experience * Customer base * Profitablity growth * Favorable market condition * Core competencies * Management Team Decision. ALTERNATIVES PROVISIONS FOR PRODUCT SUCCESS The company could carefully select the strategy to launch the new product into the market to understand both the strength of their current competitive position and the strength of the...
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...Fathoming Porter’s five forces model in the internet era G.D. Karagiannopoulos, N. Georgopoulos and K. Nikolopoulos G.D. Karagiannopoulos is at TREK Consulting SA, Athens, Greece, N. Georgopoulos is at the Department of Business Administration, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece and K. Nikolopoulos is at the Lancaster Centre for Forecasting, Department of Management Science, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster, UK. Abstract Purpose – To investigate the impact of the internet in ‘‘traditional’’ market rules. Design/methodology/approach – An opinion piece based on Michael Porter’s arguments for the new economy. Finding – Michael Porter’s arguments for the new economy provide a useful starting point in the analysis of the environment. His arguments are based on exaggerated phenomena. Factors that determine a sector’s profitability could be enriched with the innovation that prevails in the particular sector. Originality/value – An attempt to criticize Porter’s thoughts regarding internet and industry structure and to enrich the Porter’s five forces model with the ‘‘power of innovation’’. Keywords Internet, Market forces, Economics, Innovation Paper type Viewpoint Introduction Distinguishing between internet and non-internet, or between the so-called new economy and the old economy is today as useless as it would have been a century ago to compare companies with telephones to those without. By using the infrastructure of the emerging electric and telephone...
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