{"id":579,"date":"2018-07-07T10:50:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T00:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.q3ed.com\/?p=579"},"modified":"2018-07-07T10:50:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T00:50:50","slug":"the-five-competitive-forces-that-shape-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murrayslatter.me\/?p=579","title":{"rendered":"The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;By understanding how the five competitive forces influence profitability in your industry, you can develop a strategy for enhancing your company&#8217;s long-term profits.&#8221; <\/em><br \/>\nYou know that to sustain long-term profit\u00adability you must respond strategically to competition. And you naturally keep tabs on your established rivals. But as you scan the competitive arena, are you also looking <em>beyond <\/em>your direct competitors? As Porter explains in this update of his revolutionary 1979 HBR article, four additional competi\u00adtive forces can hurt your prospective profits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Savvy customers can force down prices by playing you and your rivals against one another.<\/li>\n<li>Powerful suppliers may constrain your<br \/>\nprofits if they charge higher prices.<\/li>\n<li>Aspiring entrants, armed with new ca\u00adpacity and hungry for market share, can ratchet up the investment required for you to stay in the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Substitute offerings can lure customers away.<br \/>\nConsider commercial aviation: It&#8217;s one of the least profitable industries because all five forces are strong. Established rivals compete intensely on price. Customers are fickle, searching for the best deal regardless of carrier. Suppliers\u2014plane and engine manufacturers, along with unionized labor forces\u2014bargain away the lion&#8217;s share of air\u00adlines&#8217; profits. New players enter the indus\u00adtry in a constant stream. And substitutes are readily available\u2014such as train or car travel.<br \/>\nBy analyzing all five competitive forces, you gain a complete picture of what&#8217;s influenc\u00ading profitability in your industry. You iden\u00adtify game-changing trends early, so you can swiftly exploit them. And you spot ways to work around constraints on profitability\u2014 or even reshape the forces in your favor.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>POSITION YOUR COMPANY WHERE THE FORCES ARE WEAKEST<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Example:<br \/>\nIn the heavy-truck industry, many buyers operate large fleets and are highly moti\u00advated to drive down truck prices. Trucks are built to regulated standards and offer simi\u00adlar features, so price competition is stiff; unions exercise considerable supplier power; and buyers can use substitutes such as cargo delivery by rail.<br \/>\nTo create and sustain long-term profitability within this industry, heavy-truck maker Pac\u00adcar chose to focus on one customer group where competitive forces are weakest: indi\u00advidual drivers who own their trucks and<br \/>\ncontract directly with suppliers. These oper\u00adators have limited clout as buyers and are less price sensitive because of their emo\u00adtional ties to and economic dependence on their own trucks.<br \/>\nFor these customers, Paccar has developed such features as luxurious sleeper cabins, plush leather seats, and sleek exterior styl\u00ading. Buyers can select from thousands of options to put their personal signature on these built-to-order trucks.<br \/>\nCustomers pay Paccar a 10% premium, and the company has been profitable for 68 straight years and earned a long-run return on equity above 20%.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>EXPLOIT CHANGES IN THE FORCES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Example:<br \/>\nWith the advent of the Internet and digital distribution of music, unauthorized down\u00adloading created an illegal but potent substi\u00adtute for record companies&#8217; services. The record companies tried to develop technical platforms for digital distribution themselves, but major labels didn&#8217;t want to sell their music through a platform owned by a rival.<br \/>\nInto this vacuum stepped Apple, with its iTunes music store supporting its iPod music player. The birth of this powerful new gate\u00adkeeper has whittled down the number of major labels from six in 1997 to four today.<br \/>\nRESHAPE THE FORCES IN YOUR FAVOR<br \/>\nUse tactics designed specifically to reduce the share of profits leaking to other players. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To neutralize supplier power, standardize specifications for parts so your company can switch more easily among vendors.<\/li>\n<li>To counter <strong>customer power, <\/strong>expand your services so it&#8217;s harder for customers to leave you fora rival.<\/li>\n<li>To temper price wars initiated by estab\u00adlished rivals, invest more heavily in prod\u00aducts that differ significantly from competi\u00adtors&#8217; offerings.<\/li>\n<li>To scare off new entrants, elevate the fixed costs of competing; for instance, by escalat\u00ading your R&amp;D expenditures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To limit the threat of substitutes, offer bet\u00adter value through wider product accessibil\u00adity. Soft-drink producers did this by intro\u00adducing vending machines and convenience store channels, which dramat\u00adically improved the availability of soft drinks relative to other beverages.<br \/>\n<em>Awareness of the five forces can help a company understand the structure of its industry and stake out a position that is more profitable and less vulnerable to attack.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;By understanding how the five competitive forces influence profitability in your industry, you can develop a strategy for enhancing your company&#8217;s long-term profits.&#8221; You know that to sustain long-term profit\u00adability you must respond strategically to competition. 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