[pic] ----------------------- Substitutes Beer‚ Milk‚ Coffee‚ Bottled Water‚ Juice‚ Tea‚ Powdered Drinks‚ Wine‚ Sports Drink‚ Distilled Spirits‚ Tap Water etc… There is a wide array of substitutes that consumers may choose. These products are widely and easily available at low price. Hence the threat posed by these substitutes exist at a high level. However these risks can be mitigated through diversification and offering more products in the portfolio. Since the range and the number of
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1. PESTEL: Strategic analysis is basically concerned with the structuring of the relationship between a business and its environment. The external environment which is dynamic and changing holds both opportunities and threats for the organizations. The organizations while attempting at strategic realignments‚ try to capture these opportunities and avoid the emerging threats. So it is very important for organizations like Intel to study and understand about the external environment. To do this
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FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS WORKSHEET Exhibit III-1 Five Forces Affecting Industry Structure ENTRY BARRIERS Economies of scale Proprietary product differences Brand identity Switching costs Capital requirements Access to distribution Absolute cost advantages Proprietary learning curve Access to necessary inputs Proprietary low-cost product design Government policy and international treaties Expected retaliation RIVALRY DETERMINANTS Industry Growth Fixed (or storage) costs/value-added Intermittent overcapacity
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External Analysis According to Porter (1985): "The essence of formulating competitive strategy is relating a company to its environment" (p. 3) in relation to the industry or industries in which it competes. This leads companies to choose one of three generic strategies – low cost‚ differentiation or focus – which will help them to form competitive‚ profitable positions within the industry. To understand the low-cost strategies that both SBUs adopted‚ a formal PEST and five forces analysis of the
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that had defined our nation. The birth of musical theater and the popularity of the radio in the 1930’s gave the brilliant music of Cole Porter and other famous American composers a broad voice and wide audience that reached from sea to sea. Cole Porter’s upbeat‚ toe-tapping melodies and whimsical lyrics helped recapture that sense of optimism‚ and for many‚ provided a welcome sense of escapism. His songs
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Risk of entry by potential competitors There is a great deal of risk of entry by potential competitors due to the low start up costs. McDonalds is able to add specialty coffee to their existing services to tap into the speciality coffee market.(1) There is potential of $125‚000 per year in revenue to be made by each store if they are able to successfully enter the specialty coffee market. McDonalds also has the infrastructure to enter the speciality coffee market without building new outlets
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Threat of Substitutes The threat of substitutes is high. Amazon.com is in the Internet Services and Retailing Industry. With the exception of its patented technology (such as 1-Click Ordering)‚ there are quite a lot of alternatives to Amazon’s products and services. It is important to note that most companies‚ in addition to brick and mortar stores‚ have an online store. Both the physical store and online store act as a substitute for Amazon.com because brick and mortar companies do not compete
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........ 3 Section 2 – Entity Level Controls - Control Environment ........................................................... 5 Section 3 – Entity Level Controls - Information & Communication............................................. 8 Section 4 – Entity Level Controls – Monitoring ........................................................................ 10 Section 5 – Entity Level Controls – Risk Assessment ............................................................. 12 Section 6 – Expenditure
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Australian work force is a reflection of the characteristic of the Australian society‚ the analysis of the human resource environment can give some challenges that the companies face nowadays in a multicultural society such as Australia. The Australian workforce describes a old-fashioned human resource management as a result of the competence produced by migration strategies which affect directly or indirectly the policies and procedures in today’s Australian companies. Its work force also requires
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Porter ’s Competitive Forces Used as Industry Standards Porter ’s Competitive Forces Used as Industry Standards In business today there are many factors‚ aside from products and services that contribute to industry dynamics and standards. It is generally understood that a SWOT analysis be conducted in order to identify a company’s: Strength‚ Weakness‚ Opportunity‚ and Treat. Through this analysis‚ a company will develop methods of doing business by which a company can
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