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Good morning to all of you: Meanwhile, I am writing about the determinants factors of Suppliers and Buyer´s Bargaining Power, I can´t wait to clarify the following. I perform my […]
Today I will like to share with you the following: There are things in life without substitutes… such as having a baby, for example. There are no substitutes for having […]
Dear and beautiful audience: Someone posted a question, asking why did I consider the rest of retailers as substitutes of “Toys R Us”, instead of naming the substitutes of “Toys […]
Dear all: Yes, I know it is Saturday, and we deserve to rest. But I wished to share this video about “Toys R Us” before going to my Saturday fitness […]
Today I will like to continue with the Threat of Substitutes Porter´s Force. I set up the table with “Toys R Us” example because I wished to share with you […]
Good Morning to all. Hope you are thriving in every possible way. As I promised last week, I will continue with Porter´s Threat of Substitutes Force. I hope to finish […]
It has been raining. And natural disasters are happening. But, what to do, when natural disasters happen frequently, such as Harvey, Irma, José, and María? And recently, the two Mexican […]
Have a beautiful weekend for tous: Please remember, Porter´s industry competitive analysis has been a wonderful starting point. Do not dismiss Porter even though there are other strategy models around. […]
Good morning to all. I decided to start this blog some months ago because I really wish to help others. I decided to help people through knowledge explained in the […]
Have a good day. Today we will start with the second force from Porter´s Industry Analysis Model. It is called Substitutes. Competition depends on the extent to which products in […]
Hello, here in my hometown is the celebration day of Independence from Spain. The celebrations included several parades with students marching bands, military bands, parades of the Salvadoran legends characters and […]
We have almost finished with the first competitive force, Industry Rivalry. I have tried to explain with common words, with simple terms and humble examples, what is the meaning of […]
Bonjour a tous!!! Today we will continue with the first competitive force of Porter´s Model. This day is the turn to understand the meaning of the next key determinant factor: […]
I wished to share with you about PewDiePie video in which he explains more less how he designed and created his Youtube value proposition yesterday because his success is part […]
Bonjour a tous again! This day is the turn of Switching Costs. SWITCHING COSTS are the costs a consumer incurs when he or she decides to change product brands, suppliers, services […]
Bonjour a tous! Today we will continue with the industry rivalry force. As I mentioned previously, it will take me at least 6 weeks to cover the whole Porter´s Competitive […]
Good day to all of you. Today is the turn of Brand Identity. We are still stuck at Porter´s Model Force Number One, and Brand Identity is the key determinant […]
Let´s continue learning about Porter´s model. Porter´s model of competitive analysis identifies five forces in an organization´s environment that influence competition. Some academics have added a sixth force called Complementors. […]
I was reading about the damages of Harvey Hurricane. “Reuters overlaid the flood imagery on property parcel maps and found flood waters had encroached on at least 30,000 properties in […]
Hope you are doing well. We will continue with the first force of Porter´s model, called Degree of Rivalry: Industry Rivalry between established competitors. We have already covered three determinant […]
Sorry for not writing today about strategy. I just feel so bad to see the consequences of Harvey Hurricane in Texas. I wish a lot of strength and hope to […]
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Monet knew about Product Differentiation. Hope all is well and wishing you a beautiful week. This coming Friday is the beginning of September, one of my favorite months. It is the […]
Bonjour a tous ! I would like to clarify, it will take to me at least 6 weeks to explain Porter’s Industry Analysis. I decided to go slowly and explaining […]
Good day for all! I am so happy to share with you today again. Yesterday we covered the meaning of concentration. We learned to calculate the concentration “CR4” and we […]
Even with the limitations of Porter Five Forces model, I always start my industry analysis with it because it is quite a good starting point. Believe me. I do […]
Dear all I really, really, really apologize so deeply I have not been able to continue with the business model canvas and the industry competitive analysis. I am doing miracles […]
No matter how fierce the competitors in each industry, ethics do matter the most when doing strategic industry analysis and when doing strategic decisions. The consequences of not considering ethics […]
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