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    Porter’s five force competition analysis Michael Porter developed the five force competition which is applicable to all the industries across the globe. This model assumes that there are five forces that determine the competition facing an industry. The tool is powerful in understanding where competition lies in current industry situation. The model below describes the five force competition. The carbonated soft drink industry is highly competitive in all countries with Coca-Cola and Pepsi having

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    I The usefulness and limitation of Porter’s Five Forces Framework Introduction Porter’s five forces is a framework, which was developed by Michael Porter of Harvard Business School in 1979, was widely used in different industries for structural analysis and corporate strategy formulation (Wu, 2012). Porter’s five forces model is considered to be a basic idea to analyze the rules of competition in an industry and stress the important elements for the purpose of achieving

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    “The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy,” Michael Porter argues that the five forces are an important element for managers and investors in the business industry. Porter stated that it is important to “understand the competitive forces, and their underlying causes” which many companies will use to determine if they will gain profit or not (Porter 80). Companies determine their profitability of the industry through the level of the force that they face. For instance, when the forces are favorable

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    How does Porters Five Forces Model assist an organisation in their strategic planning? Before understanding “how” we must know “what” Porters Five Forces model really is (Michael E. Porter, 2008). Company strive to secure a competitive advantage over their rivals, I mean who doesn’t want to be the best? Although the intensity of rivalry varies within each industry and these differences can be important in the development of strategy, but rather the five forces (Porter, 2008) being a strategy of

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    Introduction: Marks and Spencer founded in the late 1800’s by Michael Marks and Tom Spencer started out as open stalls all over Britain which grew into one of the largest and most popular retailers in the UK, ‘in 2010 they had 885 stores’. Marks and Spencers gained their reputation in the early 1980s when they adopted a policy of selling only British made clothing and food and started selling under the brand of St. Michael. Also their returns policy which gave cash returns to customers no matter

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    quality. Analysis of McDonalds Corporation using the Porters 5 forces model to asses its competitive position in the fast food industry. As the name suggests the Porters 5 Forces model focuses on 5 key

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    The usefulness and limitation of Porter’s Five Forces Framework Introduction Porter’s five forces is a framework, which was developed by Michael Porter of Harvard Business School in 1979, was widely used in different industries for structural analysis and corporate strategy formulation (Wu, 2012). Porter’s five forces model is considered to be a basic idea to analyze the rules of competition in an industry and stress the important

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    Porter’s Five Forces The Treat of Entry The children’s-products and services industry is one of the highly profitable sectors in the UK because the total UK children’s wear market alone worth around £5.91billion in 2011 with a 6.5% growth from the previous years (keynote 2011). This shows that markets such as these are highly profitable and they can attract new firms easily; on the other hand it can decreases the profitability for all firms within the market and then creates a higher level of competition

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    Porter's Five Forces Analysis Using Five Forces analysis brings the purpose to analyze the industry in order to determine the level of intensity regarding the competition and attractiveness of the industry (Porter, 1979). The attractiveness of an industry is measured in terms of profit; more profitability means a more attractive industry and otherwise. According to Porter (1979), the nature of competitiveness in a given industry can be figured as a composite of the following five forces: rivalry

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    Porter’s Five Forces Entrepreneurs who are ready to start their business today might need to take a second and gather industry information in regards to profitability together before taking a plunge into their chosen industry. Professor Michael Porter developed has developed five competitive forces that if applied to the selected industry the framework will determine profitability. Any change among one of the forces will have an impact on the overall profitability of the company. We will describe

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