Assignment # 1 Strategic Practice Exercise: (page #81) 1. Score each competitive force in the airline industry and provide a brief rationale for your assessment. · Rivalry Among Existing Firms: (High) When one major company in an industry makes a change in costs or services that could potentially increase their clientele‚ a major competitor almost always follows suit. Price matching is a prime example of that‚ therefore the threat is high. West Jet is one company that offers flights at a discount
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attract the newer technologically-orientated students. There is a large opportunity to expand their staff and student base. The courses offered can be increased and cover multiple topics and subjects needed by companies. Porter’s five forces Porter’s five forces is a simple tool to determine where the power in an organisation lies. It helps you determine the strength of your opposition and the position you are moving into. By understanding where the strength lies in the institute weaknesses and
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Pankaj Saharan September 2012 Over the past 150 years‚ Nokia has evolved from a small paper mill in south-western Finland to a global telecommunications leader connecting over 1.3 billion people. Nokia has disrupted into various industries before becoming a telecommunications giant from making rubber boots‚ car tyres‚ generated electricity‚ even manufactured TVs etc. Nokia’s own mobile phones’ platforms included Symbian (60 & 40)‚ MeeGo (open-source Linux based platform) and Meltemi (low
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Driving forces of Aerospace and Defense industry Regulatory influences and government policy changes. The aerospace & defense industry remains a profitable yet challenging business. Global cuts in government spending‚ especially in the United States‚ will put significant financial pressure on companies‚ forcing them to realign their strategies and diversify their business models. The ongoing decrease of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan coupled with reduced military budgets globally continue
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products principally through third-party computer resellers. The Company is also continuing its expansion into new distribution channels‚ such as mass merchandise stores‚ consumer electronics outlets and computer superstores‚ in response to changing industry practices and customer preferences. The Company’s products are sold primarily to business and government customers through independent resellers‚ value-added resellers and systems integrators; to home customers through independent resellers and consumer
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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 suppliers far exceed the buyers in the market‚ the industry has a very bargaining power. Most of the inputs required are basically commodities and available on a global scale. Potential Entrants - Brand awareness and loyalty of established brands - Technical know how required is low - Well
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Porter’s 5 Forces Introduction The model of the Five Competitive Forces was developed by Michael E. Porter in his book „Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors“in 1980. Since that time it has become an important tool for analyzing an organizations industry structure in strategic processes. Porter’s model is based up on the insight that a corporate strategy should meet the opportunities and threats in the organizations external environment. Competitive
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Threats of potential entrants The threats of new entrants in the computer hardware industry‚ which is dominated by PC’s‚ are currently low in the U.S. domestic markets but are capable of achieving market share in foreign markets. In the fourth quarter of the PC market in 2006‚ the U.S. domestic industry recorded 3% unit growth. Although the industry is providing positive numbers‚ it is controlled by 5 key manufacturers that construct a barrier to entry for smaller computer manufacturers. Each
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Threat of New Entrants is low The airline industry is so saturated that there is hardly space for a newcomer even to squeeze its way in. The main concern for this is the cost of entry. The airline industry is one of the most expensive industries‚ due to the cost of buying and leasing aircrafts‚ safety and security measures‚ customer service and manpower. Another major barrier to entry is the brand name of existing airlines and it is really difficult to lure customers out of their existing brands
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What Is It? The Porter five force analysis was formed by Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School in the year 1979‚ this model identifies and analyses 5 competitive forces that shape every industry‚ and helps determine an industry’s weaknesses and strengths. This analysis shows the overall attractiveness of an industry meaning how profitable it is. For example an unattractive industry would be the pure or perfect competition‚ because all profits turn to normal profit in the long run which means
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