Bargaining Powers of Customers Porters’ competitive factors theory is a framework for industry analysis and corporate strategy development. It draws an overview picture that industry rivalry is affected by five main forces‚ which are bargaining powers of customers‚ bargaining powers of suppliers‚ threat of new entrant and threats of substitute products. Relating Porters’ thesis and the topic of managing customers‚ element named bargaining powers of customers‚ which can be briefly understood as
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competitors‚ degree of differentiation and switching costs‚ scale/learning economies and the ratio of fixed to variable costs‚ and excess capacity and exit barriers. Threat of New Entrants. The threat of new entry can force firms to set prices to keep industry profits low. The threat of new entry can be mitigated by economies of scale‚ first mover advantages to incumbents‚ greater access to channels of distribution and existing customer relationships‚ and legal barriers to entry. Threat of Substitute
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advantage of differentiating themselves from the rest of the competitors through its technological features‚ which also makes the barrier of entry higher. Hence‚ the level of threat of new entrants is medium. Rivalry Among Established Companies: HIGH Skullcandy targets a niche market of a young and vibrant crowd with an active lifestyle. Although it is marketing in a niche market‚ there are many headphone companies competing against Skullcandy for market share. Skullcandy’s major competitors are
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eBay and Online Auction Industry Analysis eBay was founded in 1995 and has grown into a multibillion dollar corporation. The online auction industry has grown dramatically since the 1990s. Like its competitors‚ eBay does not produce any goods. eBay’s business model is to make money from the movement of information through the Internet. It does not produce a tangible product but provides the service of joining independent sellers and buyers together. It makes its revenue by charging sellers commissions
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the luxury hotel market will be very hard because it may need large capital‚ initial investment and build up hotel image against those highly rated hotel. So the threat of new entrants is very low for Hotel industry. Bargaining Power of Suppliers Bargaining power of supplier in hotel industry is very weak. Hotel is a service field and they need a lot of manpower to run their business and provide services to consumer‚ so hotel staff as their main supplier in-charge of daily operation. Besides‚
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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 industry
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Overstock.com eBay is an online marketplace where both individuals and businesses can buy and sell goods and services to people around the world. One important thing to note is that eBay only provides the platform for buyers and sellers to meet. This means that eBay does not keep stocks of goods‚ nor do they dispatch your purchase to you. Anything that you buy from eBay will come to you direct from the seller that you are transacting with. No‚ there are various fees and options to sell
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Question no. 1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers The suppliers and alliances such as SquareTrade and Escrow.com should not have a strong bargaining power as eBay’s strong brand name should be able to attract substitutes should any conflicts arise from these current suppliers. Bargaining Power of Buyers Unlike the segments listed in the case study‚ buyers can also be divided into basically the two types of sellers that list their products to be sold on eBay i.e. the corporate companies and the small
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contributed to the success of eBay using the value-chain analysis or RBV concept? In 21st century the internet population started rising across various countries of Asia and eBay is the largest and leading provider of online auction for consumer-to-consumer in the world. Using the Resource-Based View concept‚ we will first identify the three key types of resources that eBay possess‚ and these are the competitive advantages that contributed to the success of eBay. 1. Tangible Resources
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Industry Analysis Bargaining power of Buyers Buyer power is moderate. The Buyers: Buyers here comprise of individuals (business as well as leisure travelers) and B2B buyers which comprise mainly of travel agents‚ travel companies‚ and charter companies. The airline industry typically has a large number of buyers – the Indian Airline Industry had 73.8 million passengers in 2009. Inadequate differentiation: Even with the entry of low cost carriers‚ the sector lacks adequate product differentiation
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