Porter's 5 Forces of Competition apply to any Competitive Business/Industry, including but not limited to the retail industry.
- Threat of a New Competitor
- Threat of a substitute (rival) product/service
- Buying Power (bargaining power of buyers)
- Supplier Reliance (supplier bargaining power)
- Intensity of Rivalry - they say competition brings out the best in us.
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The five porters include the following ; intense rivalry of the existing firm, threats of substitutes, threats of the buyers, threat of the suppliers, threats of the new entrant
1. Supplier's power 2. Threat of subtitute 3. Buyer's power 4. Barrier's to entry 5. Rivalry
Porterâ??s Five Forces include Threat of Entry, Threat of Rivalry, Threat of Substitutes, Threat of Powerful Suppliers, and Threat of Powerful Buyers. These were developed by Michael E. Porter.
The first step in performing an industry analysis to assess the impact of Porter's five forces.
Michael Potter's five forces framework can be used to determine whether the industry is attractive enough to sustain a small or medium size enterprise. The five forces of Entry, Rivalry, Substitutes, Buyers and Suppliers jointly determine the intensity of competition and profit potential for a small and medium size firm in a given industry or market sector. In analysing each market force, the question is whether it is sufficiently strong to reduce or eliminate industry profits. The focus at this stage is at the industry level because industry dynamics and profits of necessity dictate profits of other firms that enter the industry. Also, in carrying out a five forces analysis we want to be able to answer this question: If the competitive forces in the industry are strong, is there some strategy that firms might employ to defend it, or influence the forces in their own favour?
Michael Potter's five forces framework can be used to determine whether the industry is attractive enough to sustain a small or medium size enterprise. The five forces of Entry, Rivalry, Substitutes, Buyers and Suppliers jointly determine the intensity of competition and profit potential for a small and medium size firm in a given industry or market sector. In analysing each market force, the question is whether it is sufficiently strong to reduce or eliminate industry profits. The focus at this stage is at the industry level because industry dynamics and profits of necessity dictate profits of other firms that enter the industry. Also, in carrying out a five forces analysis we want to be able to answer this question: If the competitive forces in the industry are strong, is there some strategy that firms might employ to defend it, or influence the forces in their own favour?
Porter's five forces model is important in strategic management because it shows you the positive outcome of advancing in your career. It also helps you understand the outcome of the competitive position you are currently in.
- threat of new entrants - jockeying for position - bargaining power of suppliers - bargaining power of buyers - threat of substitute products