introduction of “McCafe” they have entered the gourmet coffee market. Analyse McDonalds using a well known model to assess the competitive position that it occupies within its industry Laudon & Laudon (2006) claim that the most widely used model for understanding competitive advantage is a model known as “Porter’s Competitive Forces Model”. To assess competitive position using this model we must consider traditional competitors‚ the possibility of new market entrants‚ availability of substitute suppliers
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In Smartphone Market‚ It’s Luxury or Rock Bottom By CHRISTOPHER MIMS Feb. 1‚ 2015 8:53 p.m. ET (WSJ) For Apple Inc. and Xiaomi‚ the Chinese smartphone maker often described as the “Apple of China‚” it is the best of times. For most of the companies’ competitors‚ not so much. In December‚ Xiaomi became the world’s most valuable tech startup‚ worth $46 billion. And last week’s blowout quarterly results for Apple were credited to just about everything—from consumers’ lust for big phones to Chief Executive Tim
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THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFIT FROM INNOVATION IS; First - the industry evolution‚ in the early stages of an industry‚ a variety of products solution maybe introduced with no clear leader. And once the market chooses the winning set of product characteristics‚ less design heterogeneity is possible and the competition becomes more prices based. The early phase often amounts to standard competition (David and Greenstein‚ 1990). The second factor is the appropriability-
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TELECOM INDUSTRY INDIAN TELECOM INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 315 mn mobile subscribers by September 2010 39 mn fixed line subscribers by September 2010 Crossed 25% teledensity mark in March 2010 10.42 mn subscribers added in month of October 2010 There are 6-7 telcos operating in each of 23 license areas. Airtel‚ Reliance‚ Vodafone & BSNL‚ who are “the Big 4” have 74% market share Growth is expected to continue and even accelerate‚ reaching a projected 496 mn mobile subs by 2010. Fixed
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Power Conclusion questions: 1) To what extent do individual buyers have the ability to negotiate low purchase prices with typical firms in this industry? a. Answer- Consumers can’t negotiate prices with fast food restaurants. However‚ there is a large degree of internal rivalry in the industry‚ with a very strong cross-price elasticity present in the industry. This encourages low prices due to a strong degree of substitution and gives consumers back some power. 2) To what extent do purchase prices
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Porter Analysis of the Zara Fashion Chain The Zara fashion chain‚ with 546 stores in 30 countries today ?from which 340 are outside Spain- and ?2914‚3 millions of total sales in 2002‚ is undoubtedly the group?s locomotive (Inditex‚ 2003). In 2002 it represented 33% of the group?s total stores‚ accounted for 72% of the group?s total sales and contributed to the holding?s total profits for ?540.4 millions (Inditex FY2002 Results Presentation‚ 2003). Moreover‚ Zara with 75-90 new stores within 2003
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Porters 5 Forces: Suppliers The bargaining power of suppliers‚ one of Porter‟s Five Forces‚ can have a significant effect on an organization. Suppliers hold power over a firm when they increase prices and reduce the quality of their product and the firm cannot use their own pricing to recover these changes in costs. Switching costs is the “negative costs that a consumer incurs as a result of changing suppliers‚ brands‚ or products”. Switching costs can represent a variety of things: time and
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Porter’s 5 Forces Low Threat of Entry Ryanair benefiting from large economies of scale and have massively reduced long run average costs. They have struck deals with Boeing and Airbus for reduced prices (1/3rd of listed price) on 737 aircraft in bulk buying therefore new entrants to the market will not get these reduced prices as they do not hold a similar relationship and they will not be able to order in bulk. Ryanair have struck deals with many local airports over flight paths and
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Michael Porter five force analysis for Essar Oil Limited Threat of new entrant Oil and Gas is a highly capital intensive sector. Huge investments and long gestation periods characterize every component of the value chain right from exploration and production to refining to retailing. The investment required runs into billions of dollars. The oil prices are also quite volatile and the industry also faces high geo-political risk. Taking these factors into consideration the entry barriers are quite
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exempt. That is‚ consumers might spend more money on some substitutes of free VAT‚ rather than those products where VAT is payable. 3.3 Social Environment Social changes can also shape the evolution of retail industry. Those social factors include lifestyles‚ attitudes‚ personal value，household structure and demographic changes‚ etc. Changes in these aspects can also create threats and opportunities for retailers. 3.3.1 Demographic changes Demographic changes in UK have profound economic impacts
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