In 1998‚ the Industry was in a state of Duopoly‚ with the only players being Eircell‚ with 330‚000 customers‚ and Esat Digifone‚ with 80‚000. Market penetration was a mere 11%‚ having grown by 4% since the previous year (ComReg‚ 1999). On December 1‚ the industry was deregulated and a competition for the awarding of a third telecom licence was held. With the view‚ expressed by Etain Doyle‚ Director of Telecommunications Regulation‚ to “increase competition and choice” which would bring about “lower
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TIG welding T ungsten inert gas (TIG) welding is a high quality low deposition rate welding process. It uses an arc struck between a nonconsumable tungsten electrode and the work to fuse the base material and thereby form a welded joint. The TIG welding process may be used on thin sheet material without the addition of a filler metal (autogenous TIG welding). Alternatively‚ when working on thicker sheet or when joining dissimilar materials‚ a separate wire filler metal is added
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Threat of new entrants Profitable markets that yield high returns will attract new firms. This results in many new entrants‚ which eventually will decrease profitability for all firms in the industry. Unless the entry of new firms can be blocked by incumbents‚ the abnormal profit rate will trend towards zero (perfect competition). The existence of barriers to entry (patents‚ rights‚ etc.) The most attractive segment is one in which entry barriers are high and exit barriers are low. Few new firms
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Five Forces Analysis of Video Game Console Industry Threat of Substitutes: The main substitute for a video game console would be a personal computer. They can both be used for playing different types of video games and be used for entertainment. The threat of this substitute edging out video game consoles is very low‚ because they are not completely similar. If anything‚ video game consoles are edging out personal computers in the gaming industry. The threat of substitutes in the video game
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Question 1 asked to complete a five forces analysis of the US Express Mail Industry. A five forces analysis is done to rate the attractiveness of an industry. Threat of new entry is low because the barriers to entry are high. Newcomers to the industry would require an enormous amount of up front capital to set up the distribution networks and infrastructure‚ such as establishing hubs‚ and acquiring aircraft and a large amount of ground transportation vehicles (vans‚ trucks‚ ect). Economies of scale
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-1Successful examples such as Amazon.com and Dell have significant implications to the potentials for e-Retail businesses to take over the market shares of their traditional retailing competitors. This phenomenon can be explained using Porter’s five forces: Supplier Power- In the case of Amazon.com‚ like its retailing competitors‚ its supplier companies are mainly publishers. Just as many readers‚ there are thousands of publishers in the world‚ thus they are not concentrated at all. The 24-hour easily-accessible
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FIVE FORCES Potential entrants‚ threat of entry: The furniture market is already highly competitive. The risk of new entrants is not extremely high because of the huge capital needed to start the business. Demand of household furniture is high. IKEA furnitures don’t have a such significant competitor but other areas like textile and kitchenware have. Alongside Kodin Ykkönen becomes one competitor as a full department store but it doesn’t compete in price. Buyers‚ bargaining power: Ikea
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10. CybAero AB Porter Five Forces analysis (Aerospace and Defense Industry) Threat of substitute products and services: MEDIUM There are currently many alternatives to aircraft travel‚ including cars‚ rail‚ and ship. Depending on distance‚ air travel has a significant advantage as far as speed and convenience. High speed rail may be a significant competitor. Also‚ as more people use the internet to teleconference‚ air travel may become less necessary in the business community. Other aerospace products
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Homework research assignment Welding With the aid of a neat diagram explain what electric arc welding is. The dictionary defines electric arc welding as “A technique in which metals are welded using heat generated by an electric arc.” It is a type of welding that uses a welding power supply to create and electric arc between an electrode (the dictionary defines electrode as “A conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object‚ substance‚ or region.”) and the base material to melt
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term‚ which covers processes such as welding‚ brazing‚ soldering‚ adhesive bonding‚ and mechanical joining. These processes are an important and necessary aspect of manufacturing operations. This paper deals with one topic in particular ‘Welding’. Welding is a process for joining similar metals. Welding joins metals by melting and fusing the base metals being joined and the filler metal applied. Welding employs pinpointed‚ localized heat input. Most welding involves ferrous-based metals such as
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