...Porter’s Five Forces model The five forces model of analysis was developed by Michael Porter to analyze the competitive environment in which a product or company works. It identifies the five most common threats faced by firms in their local competitive environments and the conditions under which these threats are more or less likely to be present; these forces are the threat of entry, threat of rivalry, threat of substitutes, threat of buyers and the threat of suppliers. These threats increases a firm's costs, decreases a firm's revenues, or in other words they reduces a firm's performance. Industry Structure This model analyzes industry structure and by definition an industry is a group of firms that market products which are close substitutes for each other. Guardian Life Limited offers services such as Individual Benefit Plan and Employee Benefit Plan. The individual benefit plan includes benefits such as Critical Illness Plans, Traditional Insurance Plans, Universal Life & Equity Linked Plans, Interest Sensitive Plans, and other Plans. Also the Employee benefit plan includes: Group Life Insurance, Group Health Insurance, and Pension Administration. We will now state how the 5 forces model applies to Guardian Life Limited. Threat of Entry One reason why new entrants pose threat is that they bring additional production capacity. Unless the demand for a good or service is increasing, additional capacity holds consumers’ costs down, resulting in less revenue and lower...
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...Johnson is deciding whether to switch career and become a farmer – he's always loved the countryside, and wants to switch to a career where he's his own boss. He creates the following Five Forces Analysis as he thinks the situation through: Figure 2 - Porter's Five Forces Example - Buying a Farm This worries him: The threat of new entry is quite high: if anyone looks as if they're making a sustained profit, new competitors can come into the industry easily, reducing profits. Competitive rivalry is extremely high: if someone raises prices, they'll be quickly undercut. Intense competition puts strong downward pressure on prices. Buyer Power is strong, again implying strong downward pressure on prices. There is some threat of substitution. Unless he is able to find some way of changing this situation, this looks like a very tough industry to survive in. Maybe he'll need to specialize in a sector of the market that's protected from some of these forces, or find a related business that's in a stronger position. Key Points: Porter's Five Forces Analysis is an important tool for assessing the potential for profitability in an industry. With a little adaptation, it is also useful as a way of assessing the balance of power in more general situations. It works by looking at the strength of five important forces that affect competition: Supplier Power: The power of suppliers to drive up the prices of your inputs. Buyer Power: The power of your customers to drive down your...
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...Porter's 5 forces model is a powerful way of analysing the competitive forces that shapes every industry in general. This was developed by Michael E. Porter of Havard Business School in 1979. This tool helps you to identify whether a new product, investment, services or business have the potential to be profitable. The 5 competative forces that are taken into consideration are: Competition in the Industry Potential of new entrant into Industry Power of Suppliers Power of Customers Threat to substitute products Lets discuss each of these points in detail: Competition in the Industry: This describes the competition between the existing firms in an industry. Greater the competitive riverly (companies providing equally good products or services) lesser are the profit margin. The price of the product/services is the single most defining factor that influences the customer's buy decision. Hence to maintain low cost, companies consistently has to make manufacturing improvements to keep the business competitive. This requires additional capital expenditure which tends to eat up company's earning. On the other hand if no one else can provide products/ services the way you do you have a monopoly. Lets try to explore these points in more detail. Look at the current senario, the small car market in India is very competitive with players like Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Huyndai etc. which was preety much dominated by Maruti. But with launch of Nano the 1 lakh car the...
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...A Critical Analysis about Competitive Advantage of Apple Inc. based on the Porter`s Five Force Model Northeastern University Strategic Leadership Xiaolong Cao Instructed by James Lux June 6th 2016 Abstract This article aims to detect two key areas in Apple`s competitive advantage through using Porter`s Five Force model. According to the knowledge learned from class, there is no forever lasting competitive advantage, so through analyzing the case of Steve Jobs competitive strategy it presents a clear and reasonable structure and explanation of their competitive advantage. After doing this analysis, this article helps to fine both the disadvantage and advantage of their competitive advantage, and each of them contains two aspects according to Porter`s Five Force Model, which provides a reliable and meaningful support to test and excavate the effect of competitive advantage and future developing orientation. Introduction In the modern time, there are numerous resources that identify the importance of the competitive strategy. The ever growing technological trends and volatility within business operations in today's society make it extremely difficult for organizations to stay complacent with their strategies. Adjustments and new ideas need to constantly be developed to be able to maintain a competitive edge. The most obvious examples happen in IT industry, high performance laptop was a competitive advantage 2 years...
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...The Coca-Cola Company Case Synopsis Submitted by: Christopher Hnatko, Romita Sidhu and Li Zhang Business 478- Section D300 March-17 2014 INTRODUCTION Firm History The Coca-Cola Company is a beverage company. “It owns or licenses more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands” (MintGlobal, 2014). It primarily serves sparkling beverages but also wide range of still beverages such as water, juices, ready-to-drink teas and coffees, and sports drinks. The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1886, by John S. Pemberton and served Coca-Cola at a local Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta, Georgia (The Coca-Cola Company, 2014). In 1892, Asa Candler purchased and incorporated the Coca-Cola Company as a Georgia Corporation (The Coca-Cola Company, 2014). Fourteen years later, under Candler’s leadership, bottling operations began in Canada, Cuba, and Panama. In 1919, the Coca-Cola Company was purchased by a group of investors led by Ernest Woodruff for $25 million. From its early years, Coca-Cola Company made significant innovations in the beverage industry, such as six-bottle carton and steel 12-ounce cans. Additionally, it continued to expand internationally (The CocaCola Company, 2014). In 1923, Robert W. Woodruff was elected as president of the Coca-Cola Company, who also served as a Chairman of the Board in 1939. The very first new product distributed by the Company was Fanta Orange in Naples, Italy. After the success of this product, it established a diverse portfolio through...
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...Michael Porter’s Five Forces Strategic Competitive Model By Rajshekhar.V IGTC 2012-14 Roll No. 29 Indian Automobile Industry The Indian automobile industry is the tenth largest in the world with an annual production of approximately 2 million units. Indian auto industry, promises to become the major automotive industry in the upcoming years and the industry experts are hopeful that it will touch 10 million units mark. Indian automobile industry is involved in design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. There are a number of global automotive giants that are upbeat about the expansion plans and collaboration with domestic companies to produce automobiles in India. Porter's five forces model on Automobile Industry * Barriers to Entry – Automobile Industry is a capital extensive and labor extensive industry. The emergence of foreign competitors with the capital, required technologies and management skills began to undermine the market share of many automobile companies. Globalization has lead to huge investments and has caused businesses to move from national and domestic markets to a worldwide environment which is a huge factor affecting the auto market. Off late, it is becoming easier for foreign automakers to enter the Domestic market .Automobiles depend heavily on consumer trends and tastes. While car companies do sell a large proportion of vehicles to businesses and car rental companies (fleet sales), consumer sales is the largest source of...
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...Acknowledgement This report is entirely prepared in the form as required by the Faculty of Management (FOM), T.U. (Tribhuvan University) for the partial fulfillment of the BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration). This project is assigned to us as a part of our practical examination under Management Information System by Tribhuvan University, aimed at giving knowledge of practical working environment. Apart from the University Examination, this project is almost like on the job training. So the knowledge we had gained during this fieldwork study is very important for us. We are very thankful to many people who have helped us during our fieldwork. We would like to extend our heartily appreciation to Mr. Shailendra Khadka Yadav, Head of Department, for guiding and exposing some of the core ideas put forth in the project. We are very much thankful to him. We would also like to thank our principal, Mr. Ramesh Pandey, who helped us during the project. We owe our depth thanks to all the other persons who directly and indirectly helped us in completion of this report. Chapter I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction to Hotel Mount View This 95 room hotel is perfectly located in the center of the main tourist area and surrounded by shops, local markets and good restaurants. The hotel is regularly used by trekking companies thanks to its close proximity to many famous climb sites as well as base camp at the foot of Mount Everest. The guest rooms are spacious and...
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...Using Porter's Five Forces, answer (and discuss with your peers) the question, "Is healthcare an attractive industry?" Porter's Five Forces model was used in many different industries.The five forces are threat of new entrants, threat of substitute products or services, bargaining power of customers (buyers), bargaining power of suppliers, intensity of competitive rivalry. This theory is based on the concept that there are five forces that determine the competitive intensity and attractiveness of a market. Porter’s five forces help to identify where power lies in a business situation. This is useful both in understanding the strength of an organisation’s current competitive position, and the strength of a position that an organisation may look to move into (Cgma.org, 2014). After using Porter's Five Forces,I think healthcare is an attractive industry.But we should not only notice the value of healthcare industry ,but also create value. With 2014 witnessing the rollout of some significant elements of the Affordable Care Act, particularly health insurance exchanges and the expansion of Medicaid,the market of heathcare has a great opportunities. “Most participants and analysts agree on one thing. The system is broken and needs to radically change if we are to meet our goals of optimizing population health with limited resources. I believe the health industry will yield substantial returns for physician entrepreneurs, non-medical entrepreneurs and patients in the years to come as...
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...QUESTION: Choose an industry in which you would like to compete. Use the five forces method of analysis to explain why you find that industry attractive. Porter’s Five Forces Method Industry: Car service industry Introduction Michael Porter is a professor at Harvard Business School and is a leading authority on competitive strategy and international competitiveness. Five forces uses concepts developing, Industrial Organization (IO) economics to derive five forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Attractiveness in this context refers to the industry profitability. Five Forces Analysis assumes that there are five important forces that determine competitive power in a business situation. These are: 1. Supplier Power: Here you assess how easy it is for suppliers to drive up prices. This is driven by the number of suppliers of each key input, the uniqueness of their product or service, their strength and control over you, the cost of switching from one to another, and so on. The fewer the supplier choices you have, and the more you need suppliers' help, the more powerful your suppliers are. In the car service industry, for company owned players the bargaining power of suppliers is less as it can get constant supply of spare parts including OEM parts (Vehicle manufacturer’s brand) and OES parts (reputed brands of component manufacturer’s either domestic or international, supplying to vehicle manufactures or aftermarket)....
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...THE FIVE FORCES INDUSTRY COMPETITORS. Rivalries naturally develop between companies competing in the same market. Competitors use means such as advertising, introducing new products, more attractive customer service and warranties, and price competition to enhance their standing and market share in a specific industry. To Porter, the intensity of this rivalry is the result of factors like equally balanced companies, slow growth within an industry, high fixed costs, lack of product differentiation, overcapacity and price-cutting, diverse competitors, high-stakes investment, and the high risk of industry exit. There are also market entry barriers. PRESSURE FROM SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS. Substitute products are the natural result of industry competition, but they place a limit on profitability within the industry. A substitute product involves the search for a product that can do the same function as the product the industry already produces. Porter uses the example of security brokers, who increasingly face substitutes in the form of real estate, money-market funds, and insurance. Substitute products take on added importance as their availability increases. BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS. Suppliers have a great deal of influence over an industry as they affect price increases and product quality. A supplier group exerts even more power over an industry if it is dominated by a few companies, there are no substitute products, the industry is not an important consumer for the suppliers...
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...Application of Porter’s Five Forces Model on Tata NANO Brand Name: Unit Name Unit Code Tutor School Date Introduction The turnover in automotive industry is growing significantly. Companies need to sell their product across borders. To realize this, companies must evaluate the market forces in target markets in order to increase sales. One strategic tool used in evaluating market forces is porters five forces model. This tool highlights the key factors that determine the industry competition and the viability of such a market. The porters five forces model has been evolving with time. The principle ‘’the state of competition in an industry depends on five basic forces’’ (Porter, 2008 P.3) is still relevant. This analysis model covers a wide range of factors affecting the industry. Companies with awareness about their environment are able to make strategic decisions concerning their business. This paper discuses the application of Michael porter’s five forces model by Tata Motors Company on their new product, Tata Nano. Tata motors are the largest automobile company in India with revenues in excess of USD 16 billion in 2011. Tata motors have subsidiary companies and associate companies involved in various industries including mining, oil, manufacturing, and telecommunications. Tata motors have operations in Spain, Korea, Thailand, UK, and South Korea. The paper begins by identifying porters five forces. Second, a brief history...
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...MEMORANDUM TO: Strategic Business Planning Committee FROM: Raquel Hansen DATE: March 16, 2014 SUBJECT: Five Forces Model Analysis As we begin to strategically plan for our business, it is important for us to take a deep dive into our competitive environment to understand where we are strong competitively and where we are weak competitively. An analysis of the forces driving industry competition using M.E. Porter’s Five Forces Model will assist us in determining where the power lies in a business situation as we begin to plan. We must understand how they work in our industry and how they affect our particular situation. Whatever the collective strength of these forces is, our job as the strategists of the organization is to find a position in our industry where our company can best defend itself against these forces or can influence them in our favor (Porter, 137). There are five important forces that determine competitive power (Pearce & Robinson, p. 99): * Supplier Power * Buyer Power * Competitive Rivalry * Threat of New Entrants * Threat of Substitution The attached Exhibit A, Costco’s Five Forces Analysis, provides a visual representation of our competitive strengths and weaknesses. I will provide an explanation of each of the five forces moving forward. Supplier Power – Weak Bargaining Power Costco has is known for its ability to leverage its buyer power making their supplier’s power weak. At the same time we recognize the...
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...Porter's Five Forces: Analyzing the Competition By Katherine Arline, Business News Daily ContributorFebruary 18, 2015 08:35 am EST Credit: vichie81 | Shutterstock Whether you are starting a new business or looking for more insight into your existing company's prospects, you probably have questions about the competition. One way to answer those questions is by using Porter's Five Forces model. Originally developed by Harvard Business School's Michael E. Porter in 1979, the five forces model looks at five specific factors that help determine whether or not a business can be profitable, based on other businesses in the industry. "Understanding the competitive forces, and their underlying causes, reveals the roots of an industry's current profitability while providing a framework for anticipating and influencing competition (and profitability) over time," Porter wrote in a Harvard Business Review article. "A healthy industry structure should be as much a competitive concern to strategists as their company’s own position." According to Porter, the origin of profitability is identical regardless of industry. In that light, industry structure is what ultimately drives competition and profitability —not whether an industry produces a product or service, is emerging or mature, high-tech or low-tech, regulated or unregulated. "If the forces are intense, as they are in such industries as airlines, textiles, and hotels, almost no company earns attractive returns on investment," Porter...
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...UMUC Haircuts Stage 1 University of Maryland University College 2016 I. Introduction Myra Morningstar the owner of UMUC Haircut’s has been in business since 1995. When Myra opened her salon in 1995 she had very few competitors in the area. Since opening UMUC Haircut Myra has seen a growth in competition from a variety of salons. There is also news that a Hair Cuttery may be opening five miles away from Myra’s salon. With the concern of growing competition in the area, Myra started to evaluate her existing environment and what could be done to help her to remain competitive. To help her to become more competitive and to grow her business Myra has hired a System Analyst. II. Five Forces Analysis FORCE | EXPLANATION(Minimum 2 good sentences) | IMPACT (POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, or NEUTRAL) | AFFECT STRATEGY? (YES/NO) | BUYER POWER | When the business is able to easily meet the needs of the buyer, the cost to serve the buyer is low. Buyers have a strong bargaining position when they have several options to choose from of the same product. Myra’s customers have several salons in the area that offered the same service as her salon. The buyer power has a negative impact on the business. The increase in options for her customers will affect her strategy because she will have to keep her prices low and spend more money on advertising. | Negative | yes | SUPPLIER POWER | Suppliers have a competitive advantage when they offer a product that very few suppliers offer...
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...within it – people, information, and information technology. 2. Describe how to use break-even analysis to assess the financial impact of information technology. 3. Describe how to use Porter’s Five Forces Model to evaluate the relative attractiveness of and competitive pressures in an industry. 4. Compare and contrast Porter’s three generic strategies and the run-grow-transform framework as approaches to the development of business strategy. CHAPTER SUMMARY This chapter serves two primary purposes. First the chapter introduces your students to the broad notion of management information systems within an organization and the three key resources on which MIS focuses – people, information, and information technology. Second, the chapter jumps right into the process of appropriately selecting which technologies to use based on the industry in which your organization operates, the identified business strategies for competing in that industry, and how to assess the impact of technology. The primary sections of this chapter include: 1. MIS Resource #1: Information 2. MIS Resource #2: People 3. MIS Resource #3: Information Technology 4. Financial Impact of IT: Break-Even Analysis 5. Industry Impact of IT: Porter’s Five Forces Model 6. Strategy Impact of IT: Porter (Again)...
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