BHS0027: Strategic Management Hong Kong 2013/14 Written Individual report Task Using Porter’s Generis Strategies model‚ critically analyse IKEA’s competitive strategy. You must also recommend a course of action or direction that the organisation should take. Use the case study as a starting point and source relevant company information from their web site and other suitable sources. Style: report Word limit: 2500 words Deadline: 19 August 2013 Approximate weighting of marks and suggested structure:
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Michael Porter’s Factor 1) Threat of New Entrants - The easier it is for new companies to enter the industry‚ the more cut-throat competition there will be. Factors that can limit the threat of new entrants are known as barriers to entry. Some examples include: Existing loyalty to major brands Incentives for using a particular buyer (such as frequent shopper programs) High fixed costs Scarcity of resources Government restrictions or legislation Entry protection (patents‚ rights‚ etc.)
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Student Name: Dan Kaltz ------------------------------------------------- Date: 10th May 2013 Porter ’s 5 Forces Analysis of the Retail Banking Industry in Australia Retail banking can be defined as an industry where financial institutions offer mass market banking in which individual customers use local branches of larger commercial banks. Services offered include savings and checking accounts‚ mortgages‚ personal loans‚ debit/credit cards. Retail banking aims to be the one-stop shop for
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INTRODUCTION An industry is a group of firms whose products are close substitutes for each other (e.g. the car industry‚ the travel industry). Some industries are more profitable than others. Why? The answer lies in understanding the dynamics of competitive structure in an industry. The external environment of an organization is marked by intense competition between rival firms. The components of external environment include economic‚ socio-cultural‚ and global issues. In order to gain sustainable
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Measuring Service Quality Abstract This case study is dealing with research and different ways of tracking customers’ satisfaction as well as customer insight. Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Measuring Service Quality Enterprise Case study What decisions has Enterprise made with regard to primary data collection-research approach‚ contact methods‚ sampling plan and research instruments? 2)Enterprise made a decision to use a survey approach of its customers
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Porter 5 forces analysis Bargaining power of Customer: Buyer concentration to firm concentration ratio: Bank industry is a high buyer concentration industry‚ many people use bank service‚ such as deposit money‚ mortgage‚ loan‚ investment‚ insurance and currency exchange (HIGH). The concentration ratio of international bank industry is medium‚ many large bank exist in the world‚ such as Standard Chartered‚ CitiBank‚ HSBC‚ Fortis‚ and Deutsche Bank (Medium). Buyer information availability (HIGH):
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5 forces of Porter The 5 forces of Porter are named after Michael E. Porter. This model classifies and examines the competitive forces that characterize every single industry plus it helps to give a clear understanding of what the strengths and weaknesses are of each type of industry. In addition to this‚ the 5 forces of Porter were mainly designed as a response to the famous “SWOT Analysis”. These 5 forces are the following: 1. Competition in the industry 2. Potential of new entrants
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Porter’s Five Factor Model and the Hotel Industry: Review and Recommendations Management Information Systems Introduction The combined forces of an economic recession and H1N1 epidemic are causing the hotel industry to suffer in a time of great challenge. Business travel is down because of the recession and the pandemic has significantly reduced tourism. This paper considers three types of hoteliers in current market conditions in light of Porter’s theories. Now‚ more than ever‚ Porter’s
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Five Forces This model focuses on the study of the competitive influences or ‘forces’ on a business. When we discuss competitive factors on a firm‚ we usually consider other firms within the same industry selling similar products. [1] and although it is true that other firms in the same industry present competition‚ Porter challenged this over simplified view by considering other forces that will also affect the firms competitive ability . The diagram below highlights the 5 main forces.
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Porters 5 forces on Tesco: Porter’s five forces look’s into the external factors impacting on a company. Competitive Rivalry: Tesco’s has a very high competitive rivalry in many aspects of the market from some major competitors in the food retail Industry like Asda‚ Sainsbury‚ Morrison and Waitrose. They compete with one another through price‚ product and promotions periodically. Tesco’s express’ main rivals are the Sainsbury local and the Co-op one way in which they compete with Tesco’s
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