Case: Taobao VS eBay China This case deals with the competition of dominant position in China’s online market between domestic player Taobao and global internet C2C service leader eBay. EachNet was copyed from eBay’s business model. As it confronted the difficulties raising capital‚ eBay entered China with its acquisition of the EachNet in 2002. The previous Chinese operation was changed significantly to align it with eBay worldwide systems including listing categorization‚ location of servers
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Porter’s Five Forces Levi’s Strauss Power of buyers is high. * Even though Levi’s is a hallowed name in the market‚ the power of buyers is relatively high considering the fact that they can easily change to other brands. * Switching cost is low. * Power of buyer is high because the product is standardized. Power of suppliers is low. * Competition within manufacturer is high since it is mass-produced. * Manufacturer is located in many third world countries:
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NUCOR AT A CROSSROADS CASE ANALYSIS NUCOR’S SUSTAINED PERFORMANCE RECORD PORTER’S 5 FORCES ANALYSIS • Supplier Power: With the eventual exit of integrated steel companies from buying scrap‚ the options available with suppliers to sell‚ reduced. Nucor started several small plants that were close to suppliers & customers‚ thereby reducing transportation costs. Also‚ the sites chosen had inexpensive electricity. Their employee-centric policies resulted in them having lowest attrition levels
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eBay Case Threshold resources • Offices and facilities • IT server platforms and appropriate software • Personnel with in-depth IT knowledge • All other appropriate personnel • Sufficient customers and suppliers Threshold competences Unique resources • Being the first • Web 2.0 management skills • Electronic platform management skills • Leading technology expert • Active community of users • eBay brand • Partnering on the internet • Biggest electronic exchange platform SWOT analyse:
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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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Google’s Five Forces Supplier Power * As long as Google continues its dominance as the number one internet search engine in the world‚ supplier bargaining power will remain low. * Thanks to programs like AdSense and AdWords‚ which forms the framework of the advertisement system that Google has in place‚ both the advertiser and the user of the search engine are Google customers. * Google has also formed a joint relationship with Android to increase their sales market and bottom-line
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Porter’s Five Forces Rivalry Among Competing Sellers: HIGH/MODERATE The rivalry among competing sellers‚ often the strongest competitive pressure‚ is also fairly high for Panera in the restaurant industry. No switching costs‚ numerous competitors‚ and an increase in the availability of healthy food For a company in the restaurant industry‚ there are no switching costs for consumers. It is not like‚ for instance‚ the cable industry where cancellation fees are prevalent or an electronics industry
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core business and also coming up with new customer initiatives to reward their customers for shopping with them. Partnering with other large companies such as Optus and Qantas has provided Woolworths with a major boost. Competitive Forces for Woolworths |Force |Power |Justification | |Suppliers |Low |As there are so many companies producing similar products‚ I feel that Woolworths
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Porter’s Five Force Model Threat of New Entry In terms of the amusement park industry‚ the entry barrier is high due to the need to invest large amount of financial resources. In addition to the amusement park required land for a full scale development. This factor is important because Hong Kong has a high land price real estate market. Threat of Rivalry It is important to consider with lack of differentiation‚ visitors’ choice will greatly over the price and service‚ thus causes pressure
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Competitor Analysis Table D: Liquor and Beer License Estimates for Market Area for 1990-1995 Type of License 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 All beverages 330 340 350 365 385 405 Retail beer and wine 55 60 60 65 65 70 Off premise beer only 210 220 225 230 235 245 Veterans beer and liquor 12 12 13 13 12 12 Fraternal 20 20 20 20 20 20 Resort beer and liquor 25 25 31 32 34 36 Table D above denotes that the number of beer and liquor licenses in the market area is anticipated to boost
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