Using Porter’s Five Forces in Developing International Strategic Plan
Kariem Ismail
American Public University
Using Porter’s Five Forces in Developing International Strategic Plan
Michael porter developed a model that can help strategic management to better understand the industry context in which the industry operates. The framework he created models an industry as being influenced by five forces. Michael Porter framework can help a company when developing a business strategy if it decided to go global. When entering the international market the company has to put in mind what kind of competition it will find in the foreign market and how can it overcomes the different challenges. The five forces that affect an industry
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3- Buyers possess a credible backward integration threat-can threaten to buy producing firm or rival.
Buyers are weak if:
1- Producers threaten forward integration - producers take over own distribution
2- Significant buyer switching costs
3- buyers are fragmented
4- producers supply critical portions of buyers’ input. Intel’s relationship to pc If the firm is going to be in a country that has an opposed policies to the firm’s country, the buyers can boycott the firm for political reasons. Before going global, that should be taken in consideration.
IV. supplier power Supplier can exert an influence on the producing industry, such as selling raw material at high price.
The suppliers are powerful if
1-credible forward integration threat by suppliers
2-suppliers concentrated
3- significant cost to switch suppliers
4- customers powerful the suppliers are weak if
1-many competitive suppliers
2-purchase commodity products- store brand label products
3- credible backward integration threat by purchasers
4- concentrated purchasers
5- customers weak
v. Threat of new entrants and entry barriers Entrance of new firms to market affects competition. Industries possess characteristics that protect high profit levels of firm in the market and prevent additional rivals from entering market.
Barriers to entry are unique industry
It is recommended that Rhand Credit Union Co-operative Society Limited use this model to find a position in the financial services industry where it can defend itself against competitive forces or it can influence its competitors in its favour as well as identify key success factor (KSFs) in the industry.
Porter’s 5-Forces Model: A method for examining the competitive environment for a company or industry. It specifies and evaluates threats from new entrants, suppliers, buyers, and substitutes in the arena of competition.
Threat of new entrants: Intensified price competition as new entrants sought their share of mature market had negative effect. However, high capital requirements positively affect Ford Motor Company. High capital was allocated for research and development which was and advantage against new entrants.
Porter’s model aims to enable managers not only to understand their industry environment but also to shape their firm’s strategy. The five competitive forces are threat of entry, power of suppliers, power of buyers, threat of substitutes, and rivalry among existing competitors. “As a rule of thumb, the stronger the five forces, the lower the industry’s profit potential- making the industry less attractive to competitors. The weaker the five forces, the greater the industry’s profit potential – making the industry more attractive” (Rothaermel, 2013, p. 65). It is recommended that managers position their company in an industry in such a way that relaxes the constraints of strong forces and
Porter’s Five Forces was developed in 1979 by Michael Porter as a framework to assess and evaluate the competitive position of a company in an industry. It is based on the theory that there are five forces which identify the attractiveness and competitive strength of an industry. It is helpful to gain an understanding of a firm’s current positon and the position that the firm may look to capture in the future. Porter’s five forces are also used to
Michael Eugene Porter is an economist, author, advisor and a researcher. He is the creator of Porter Five Forces theory, which is a framework for a business. The model “identifies and analyzes five competitive forces that shape every industry, and helps determine an industry 's weaknesses and strengths” (Investopedia LLC, 2016). The five forces are competitive rivalry, bargaining power of buyers, bargaining power of suppliers, threat of new entry, and threat of substitution. This is a very important theory which a business can strengthen their position.
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The framework developed by Michael Porter, which identify and analyze the competitive landscape in an industry that impacted by five forces. These forces are the existing competition in the industry, threat of new entrants, the power of suppliers, the power of buyers, and the threat of substitutes. The model helps to determine the profitability of an industry and create a competitive strategy for the business. If the five forces in an industry are strong, this industry will be less attractive because the potential profits will be low, and the reverse also is true.
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