Msc. Management (FT) Strategic Management (2007) Assignment Case Analysis: Leadership Online: Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon.com Answer all three questions. All questions carry equal marks. Q1. Based on your own experience of traditional bookselling and your exploration of online bookselling‚ compare willingness-to-pay for books supplied by these two business models. In the US‚ the traditional bookselling had a market of about 26 million dollars in the year 1996 and had grown to about 33 million
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similar service at a cheaper price‚ which in fact they do with their B&N Membership discounts! Also compare the forecast long-run cost position of a successful online bookseller to Barnes and Noble’s traditional business model. (Assume that Exhibits 4 and 7 in the case reflect average discounts of 10% off list price for Barnes & Noble’s traditional bookstores and 25% off list for the online bookseller.) In the short-run we typically focus on marginal costs that a business has to provide just the next
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Porter’s five forces model‚ which consist of Supplier’s Power‚ Customer’s Power‚ Threat of New Entrants‚ Threat of Substitutes and Degree of Rivalry‚ respectively‚ being conscientiously used in respect to our chosen company‚ to determine whether Amazon has benefitted in terms of competitive advantage by its different-than-others business model‚ or has it not. The rest of this research answer is organized as follows: first we shall look at why we chose Amazon‚ and then we shall study the five forces
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Assignment 1 Describe Porter’s Five–Force model and how it is helpful when developing one’s international strategy. Do you see any limitation to Porter’s modeling techniques? Michael Porter ’s Five-Force model‚ as described and illustrated in “Porter’s Five Forces: A Model for Industry Analysis (Article from QuickMBA.com)”‚ goes beyond the traditional industry competitive analysis that would just compare Rivals‚ both current and potential‚ to include Suppliers and Buyers and also Product or Service
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The Five Forces Model (developed by Dr. Michael Porter of Harvard University) serves as a framework for examining competition that transcends industries‚ particular technologies‚ or management approaches. The underlying fundamentals of competition go beyond the specific ways individual companies go about competing (i.e. StrengthsWeaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) analysis; the 4P’s of marketing: product‚ price‚ place‚ promotion). The underpinning of this framework is the
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What is it? Framework/theory Porter’s Five Forces of Competitive Position Analysis were developed in 1979 by Michael E Porter of Harvard Business School as a simple framework for assessing and evaluating the competitive strength and position of a business organisation. 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
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| A Review of Almarai’s Competitiveness in the light of Porter’s Five Forces | by | | Hassaan Jamshed HND in Business Studies (2012-13) | 7 Oct 2012 | | Contents Introduction Porters Five Forces Threat of New Entrants Bargaining Power of Customers Bargaining Power of Suppliers Rivalry among Existing Firms Threat from Substitute Products Conclusion Introduction In 1977‚ HH Prince Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Saudi Al Kabeer saw that the domestic market was growing
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the products (Kiechel‚ 2010) Porter’s Five forces Porter’s five forces are a framework for understanding industry competition and profitability through analyzing an industry’s underlying structure in terms of the five forces; threat of new entrants‚ bargaining power of buyers‚ threat of substitute products or services‚ bargaining power of suppliers and rivalry among existing competitors (Porter‚ 2008). “Industry structure‚ manifested in the competitive forces‚ sets industry profitability in the
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2012 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Discuss Porter’s five forces theory of market competition. How does strategic group analysis provide a refinement to the five forces model? Key words here are: -discuss -Porter’s five forces -strategic group analysis -refinement of it(improve it yaani k extra benefits of strategic group analysis compared to five forces) Strategic decisions have always been a vital part of business as ever since their conception but the word strategy is barely mentioned pre 1960s
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Awareness of the five forces can help a company understand the structure of its industry and stake out a position that is more profitable and less vulnerable to attack. 78 Harvard Business Review | January 2008 | hbr.org STRATEGY STRATEGY by Michael E. Porter Peter Crowther SHAPE THE FIVE COMPETITIVE FORCES THAT Editor’s Note: In 1979‚ Harvard Business Review published “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy” by a young economist and associate professor‚ Michael E. Porter
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