Porter’s Five Forces: Travel Agency : Industry Rivalry : Highly Fragmented Industry with Intense Rivalry Highly Fragmented Industry. Organized players would barely have 15-20% of the marketplace Most of organized players are present in metros & mini-metros Large disposable incomes in towns like Lucknow‚ Jaipur‚ Coimbatore etc. serviced by family run unorganized players Industry rivalry is intense but not cutthroat Rivalry Intense because of low switching costs‚ low levels of product differentiation
Premium Strategic management Barriers to entry Management
KIA value of Kia’s technology‚ design and innovative approach to brand management PEST MODEL Political: * Give incentive to buy American cars in NA and tariffs on imported cars. * Possible regulation on the number of cares exported or allowed to be * Government related contracts. | Economical: * imported cars face tariffs * Gas prices increasing continuously * Recession hit globally affecting the profit margins. * Due to recession people were looking to buy cheaper cars which
Premium Automobile Brand Strategic management
Granny ’s Personalities in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter This story is very interesting. It does have characters like others fictions whose liven up a story. But it ’s definitely draw readers ’ attention to the main and the strongest character‚ which is Granny Weatherall. Her name is Ellen Weatherall. She is an elderly women. She does have a supportive daughter who is taking care of her in her frail days. She is suffering a psychological distortion that affect the
Premium Psychology Personality psychology Personality
1. Bibliography of Michael E Porter Michael E. Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor‚ based at Harvard Business School. A University professorship is the highest professional recognition that can be given to a Harvard faculty member. Professor Porter is the fourth faculty member in Harvard Business School history to earn this distinction‚ and is one of about 15 current University Professors at Harvard. Professor Porter is a leading authority on competitive strategy and the
Premium Strategic management Porter five forces analysis Management
have come up with innovative ideologies and strategies to help the corporates to generate long term profits. In fact‚ in 1980‚ Michael Porter developed the Five Forces Analysis model to identify competitive forces that determines the profitability level and the attractiveness of different industries or markets. Looking at the Five Forces framework‚ Michael Porter claims that it is an effective competitive strategy which is capable to take an aggressive and protective action in order to create an
Premium Strategic management Porter five forces analysis Complementors
Harvard Business Review‚ 72(1)‚ 107114. Porter‚ M. and Millar‚ V.E. (1985). How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage. Harvard Business Review‚ 63(4)‚ July-August 1985‚ pp Porter‚ M.E. (2004). Building the microeconomic foundations of prosperity: Findings from the business competitiveness index Porter‚ M. E. (1980). Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors. Porter‚ M. E.‚ (1985). Competitive Advantage. New York: Free Press. Porter‚ M.E. (1990). The Competitive Advantage
Premium Strategic management Higher education Porter five forces analysis
Gabriel Campozano Xavier Alfaro María Fernanda De La Rosa MIS HOMEWORK INFORMATION SYSTEMS HELP KIA SOLVE ITS QUALITY PROBLEMS CASE STUDY QUESTIONS 1. Why was it so difficult for Kia to identify sources of defects in the cars it produced? Kia had created a system which gives reports of any defect‚ accident or injuries involving its vehicle to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The received information stored in at least seven different system run by Kia’s
Premium Quality control Information system Quality assurance
Valuation of a company KIA MOTORS By: Youngsook Kwon‚ Date: Jan 30‚ 2013 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Valuation Methodology 2 2.1. Discounted Cash Flow 2 2.2. Terminal Value 3 2.3. Weighted Average Cost of Capital 3 2.3.1 Cost of Equity 4 2.3.2 Cost of Debt 4 2.4. Free Cash Flow 4 3. Calculation of WACC for Kia motors 5 4. Calculation of Free Cash Flow for Kia motors 5 5. Estimation
Premium Discounted cash flow Stock market Stock
Porter’s five forces analysis of the Personal Computer (PC) industry In his article “The five competitive forces that shape strategy“‚ Michael Porter (2008) updates and extends his “five forces” framework he first introduced in 1979 and which has influenced the academic and business research for decades. He reaffirms that “THREAT OF ENTRY”‚ “THE POWER OF SUPPLIERS”‚ “THE POWER OF BUYERS”‚ THE THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES”‚ and “RIVALRY AMONG EXISTING COMPETITORS” are the forces that shape every
Premium Personal computer Porter five forces analysis Barriers to entry
Porter’s 5 Forces in relation to JD Sports Bargaining power of suppliers The products offered by JD Sports range from a number of different established brands that give JD Sports a strong relationship with suppliers in terms of bargaining power. This is represented by the fact that JD stores supply a wide range of competitively priced sports and leisure clothing‚ footwear and accessories under a mix of brands (JD Annual Report and Accounts‚ 2014) Therefore using a wide range of suppliers makes it
Premium Porter five forces analysis Competition Complementors