OBS 320: Chapter 4‚ Exploring the External Environment: Macro and Industry Dynamics Leave out: The Value Curve (P. 152-156); and When industry Divide and Collide (P.163-164) 1. Explain the importance of the external context for strategy and firm performance (P. 130-132) A. The External Context of Strategy (Figure 4.1) B. The External Context of Strategy (Explained) It is crucial that the external environment is thoroughly understood in order to formulate an effective
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contestable markets generally function more efficiently than noncontestable markets. 6. Explain various barriers to entry to a market and how these barriers might affect market structure. 7. In the past‚ utility industries such as the postal service‚ electricity and gas‚ have been heavily protected by entry barriers. Evaluate the possible effects on efficiency and resource allocation of removing these barriers. 8. Explain the meaning of price discrimination and the conditions necessary for price discrimination
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of supplier power as well since the patent for the special plastic compound required for making these “Peglettes” was still held by Empire Plastics. So while there was little threat of substitutes for peglettes‚ there were very few‚ if none‚ barriers to entry. Furthermore‚ there is no data given regarding what kind of sales or profits we can expect from this venture‚ what kind of market share we can expect in a few weeks and what is the future potential growth in this business. All this points
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3-12. Which types of competitive advantage has BOSU used to defeat copycat products? 2. What role did information systems play in your answer to question 1? 3. What additional information systems could Fitness Quest develop to create barriers to entry to the competition and to lock in customers? 4. In 2004‚ Fitness Quest had alliances with trainers and their competitor had alliances with major retailers. Thus‚ both companies were competing on the basis of their alliances. Why do you think
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Five force about Ebay The risk of entry by potential competitors is relatively high due to low barriers to entry. New competitors can launch new sites at a nominal cost using commercially available software. This low barrier to entry will cause competition to intensify in the future. Also due to the broad range of products sold at eBay there is many more opportunities for new competitors to enter in more specific market segments. The degree of rivalry among established companies within eBay抯
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The bargaining power of customer is high because they can cheaply and easily change. The demand is very elastic and the information is not asymmetric. First because the market is price in-elastic. The change in the price of the product does not cause a significant change in the demand of the product. And also because most of the products are standardized‚ it is difficult to respond to consumers requirements in constantly innovating and creating additional value. Consumers have more choices but
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factors which affect the entry to the cosmetic industry by firms. These factors can be briefly analyzed using the Porter Five forces analysis. They include the threat of substitutes‚ threat of new entry‚ bargaining power of customers and suppliers as well as intensity of rivalry in the industry. Threat of new entry This factor analyzes the ease with which firms may enter into an industry. The cosmetic industry has a low threat of new entrants. The first is the huge costs of entry. Developing unique
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coffee’s market as a standard cycle market. Giving its characteristic‚ we will see what strategy Nescafe created to maintain the sustainable growth and continue generating rents. We will give example on what Nescafe did in China to analyze the entry barrier‚ convergence‚ oligopolistic scale orchestration‚ etc. We consider instant coffee market as the standard cycle based on the following concerns: 1. Convergence: Both Nescafe and Maxwell were the earliest two instant coffee providers in China
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Industry Dominant Traits of US Major Home Appliances Market size & Growth rate 73.3 million Home appliances market and 2.6 million commercial major appliance makes up market size and this industry is expected to grow at about 1.9 % annually. Number of rivals Major rivals who shared 99% of the market share were Whirlpool‚ General Electric‚ and Maytag‚ AB Electrolux. Others who shared 1% of the market share were Bosch-Siemens‚ Haier‚ Emerson Electric‚ Sub-zero‚ Viking and Wolf. Scope
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Seprod does not have many competitors in Jamaica‚ the main competitor being Grace Kennedy. There are few suppliers offering branded products. These established branded products and good relations with the distribution channels create high barriers to entry. Another barrier would be the assets needed to set up a competing company. Highly specialized technology and equipment are required in the manufacturing of these products. Potential entrants would be reluctant to invest as these equipments are expensive
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