Porter’s Structural Analysis – “The Five Forces”
“To be ignorant of went before you
is to remain a child”
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”
―
40 years ago Michael Porter published the “Five Forces”.
Today it still stands as the foundation of Strategic Analysis upon all else has been built on!
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Porters five forces with instructors highlights
focus on following questions – answer all in a pdf file format and upload below
Page 13 as printed on article lower right)
proprietary product tech: – even 40 years ago pre internet Porter knew this…who has it today?
favorable locations: think this thru about internet “domains”, AWS (if you don’t know AWS – find it)
and-also to where Amazon has actual warehouses.
Govt subsidies: how does govt protect/support tech?
Page 14
know Econ of scale (from your Econ 101 freshman year) explain?
Learning curve…explain?
Page 14-15:
Would Amazon be the retaliate type?
Page 16
Experience – why could a new entrant have methods?
Price Competition – You have hit bottom why?
Page 18 – Emotional barriers – totally no economic sense but understand the power of emotions!!!!
Page 19 – 2×2 Matrix – exit and entry barriers
Article overall: What is the problem with commodities or shall we say welling a commodity?
Page 21 – If you were to redo the five forces would Govt: be a separate force
Page 23 – The golden bullet CHANGE – give an example of exploding change?
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