Group of companies
offering products or
services that are close
substitutes for each other
Satisfy the same
basic customer needs
Opportunities
(profitable)
Threats
(endanger)
Life-cycle (not
always followed)
1. Embryotic Stage
Industry just
beginning to develop
2. Growth
Demand for the industry’s
product begins to increase
3. Shakeout
Growth slows, demand
approaches saturation levels
4. Maturity
The market is totally saturated,
demand is limited to replacement
demand, and growth is low or zero
5. Decline
Growth becomes negative for a variety of
reasons, including technological
substitution, social changes, demographics,
and international competition
FIVE FORCES MODEL (static
picture and no individual
company differences)
Risk of new entry by potential competitors
Function of the height of barriers to
entry (the higher the barriers, the lower
is the risk and the greater the profits)
Economies of scale (Reductions in unit
costs attributed to a larger output)
Massproducing a standardized output
Discounts on bulk purchases of raw material
Spreading fixed production costs over a large production volume
Distributing marketing and advertising costs over a large volume of output
Brand loyalty
Preference of consumers for the
products of established companies
Absolute Cost Advantage
Superior production operations and processes due
to accumulated experience, patents, or trade secrets
Control of particular inputs required for production
Access to cheaper funds
Switching Costs
Government
Regulations
Extent of Rivalry among
established firms
Function of an industry’s competitive
structure, demand conditions, cost
conditions, and barriers to exit (Strong
demand conditions moderate the
competition, weak demand conditions
intensive competition can develop)
Macro-environments that affect rivalry intensity (macroeconomic, global,
technological, demographic and social, and political and legal)
Bargaining power of buyers
Threat if the company depends on buyers and they don´t
Bargaining power of suppliers
Threat if the company depends on buyers and they don´t
Threat of substitute products
Products serving customer needs similar to the needs served by the industry
6th Power of complement providers
Powerful and vigorous complementors may have a strong positive impact on demand in an industry
Internal Analysis
Weaknesses
Strengths
Distinctive competencies (firm-specific
strengths that allow a company to differentiate
its products and/or achieve substantially lower
costs to achieve a competitive advantage)
Resources (its financial,
physical, human, technological,
and organizational assets)
Tangibles
Intangibles
Capabilities (its skills at
coordinating resources and
putting them to productive use)
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Build on its existing resources and capabilities
and formulate strategies that build additional
resources and capabilities
Superior value creation
Low Costs
Differentiate Product
Both
Building blocks
Efficiency (enables a
company to lower its costs)
Quality (allows it to
charge a higher price
and lower its costs)
Innovation (can lead to
higher prices or lower unit
costs ... product/process)
Responsiveness to
customers (allows it to
charge a higher price)
Durability depends on the height of
barriers to imitation, the capability of
competitors, and environmental
dynamism.
Analyze the financial
performance (ROE, ROI, etc)
Absortive Capacity
The ability of an enterprise to identify,
value, assimilate, and use new
knowledge.
Strategic Groups
Groups of companies pursuing
the same or a similar strategy
Its members constitute its immediate competitors
Switching strategic group may
improve a company´s performance
Feasibility depends on the
height of mobility barriers
ULTIMATE GOAL GENERATE VALUE
Failure factors: organizational inertia in the face of
environmental change, the nature of a company’s prior
strategic commitments, and the Icarus paradox