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The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy:

Editor’s Note : In 1979, Harvard Business Review published “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy” by a young economist and associate professor, Michael E. Porter. It was his first HBR article, and it started a revolution in the strategy field. In subsequent decades, Porter has brought his signature economic strictness to the study of competitive strategy for corporations, regions, nations, and, more recently, health care and charity. “Porter’s five forces” have shaped a generation of academic research and business practice. The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy

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Porter's basis for the article is that a business that is aware of the "five forces" will be much better suited to understand the structure of its industry and can create a position for itself that is more profitable and less weak to attack. The strongest competitive force or forces determine the profitability of an industry and become the most important to strategy formulation. The most salient force, however, is not always obvious Let's take a look at how the Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy can impact the real estate industry as we know it today. cecos university

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Forces That Shape Competition :

Forces That Shape Competition The configuration of the five forces differs by industry. In the market for commercial aircraft, severe rivalry between leading producers. Airbus and Boeing and the bargaining power of the airlines that place huge orders for aircraft are strong, while the threat of entry, the threat of substitutes, and the power of suppliers are more kind. Let's take a look at how the Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy can impact the real estate industry as we know it today. cecos university

Threat of Entry:

Threat of Entry Porter makes an excellent point relative to how competition can increase the success and profitability of an industry. New entrants to an industry bring new capacity and a desire to gain market share that puts pressure on prices, costs, and the rate of investment necessary to compete. Particularly when new entrants are diversifying from other markets, they can leverage existing from other markets, they can leverage existing capabilities and cash flows to shake up competition, as Pepsi did when it entered the bottled water industry. Microsoft did when it began to offer internet browsers, and Apple did when it entered the music distribution business. cecos university

The power of suppliers:

The power of suppliers Powerful suppliers capture more of the value for themselves by charging higher prices, limiting quality or services, or shifting costs to industry participants. Renamed in our business to read the Power of Sellers, details how the entity that is in control of the "product" is not dependent on the industry to drive its revenue. This is very important when you realize in an up or down market, it is the Seller who has the sole power to set market prices and to set the level of inventory of a product. cecos university

The threat of substitutes:

The threat of substitutes A substitute performs the same or a similar function as an industry’s product by a different means. Videoconferencing is a substitute for travel. Plastic is a substitute for aluminum. E-mail is a substitute for express mail. Sometimes, the threat of substitution is downstream or indirect, when a substitute replaces a buyer industry’s product. The buyer’s cost of switching to the substitute is low so The threat of a substitute is high. A substitute performs the same or a similar function as an industry's product by a different or better means. cecos university

The Power of Buyers :

The Power of Buyers Powerful customers—the flip side of powerful suppliers—can capture more value by forcing down prices, demanding better quality or more service. leverage relative to industry participants, especially if they are price sensitive, using their influence mostly to pressure price reductions. Buyers can capture more value by forcing down prices, demanding better quality or more service (thereby driving up costs), and generally playing industry participants off against one another, all at the expense of industry profitability. cecos university

Rivalry Among Existing Competitors:

Rivalry Among Existing Competitors Rivalry is especially unhelpful to profitability if it gravitates solely to price because price competition transfers profits directly from an industry to its customers. Competition on dimensions other than price, on product features, support services, delivery time, or brand image, for instance, is less likely to erode profitability because it improves customer value. when each competitor aims to serve the needs of different customer segments, with different mixes of price, products, services, features, or brand identities. Such competition can not only support higher average profitability but also expand the industry, as the needs of more customer groups are better met. cecos university