Analysing the external environment: the competitive environment

?

Changes in the competitive environment 

  • Porters five forces model
    • Bargaining power of suppliers = power arises from a variety of sources;
      • Number of suppliers operating - fewer suppliers normally means more powerful suppliers 
      • The cost involved in changing suppliers - if it is more difficult/ expensive, suppliers have greater power
      • The availability of substitutes - if there is little availability or if the items they supply are scarce they have greater power
      • The customers size relative to the size of the supplier - if the supplier is much smaller they have less power over the bigger customer 
      • Whether or not there are other uses exist for the products sold by the supplier 
      • To what extent the supplier poses a creditable threat to intergrate forwards and enter its customers market as a rival, or to takeover the business itself
    • Bargaining power of buyers/ customers = Buyers or customers can exert influence and control over an industry in certain circumstances 
      • The products sold by businesses are similar…

Comments

No comments have yet been made