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PEST, SWOT, QUEST
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CHAPTER
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THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT:
OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS, INDUSTRY COMPETITION
AND COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Opening remarks
Company’s strategic actions are affected by
External environment
Internal environment
External environment is the source of:
Opportunities
Threats
The need for monitoring and analyzing external environment
The pace of change
Complexity
Uncertainty
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The general, industry and competitor
analysis
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General environment – broader society dimensions ( 7 dimensions)
Demographic, economic, political/legal, sociocultural, technological, physical and global
Out of firm’s control so must monitor and gather information
Industry environment – factors in competitive environment
Threat of new entrants, power of suppliers, power of buyers, threat of product substitutes, intensity of rivalry among competitors
Firm must assess industry’s opportunities for profit potential
Competitor analysis or competitive intelligence – the way firm’s can gather and analyze information on the industry competitors
Identifying their actions, responses and intentions
These three analyses influence and are influenced by the firm’s vision, mission and strategic actions
The general, industry and competitor environments
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Three External Environments include:
General
Industry
Competitor
Segments of the general environment
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DEMOGRAPHIC
Population size
Geographic distribution
ECONOMIC
Nature and direction of the economy in which a firm competes or may compete
SOCIO-CULTURAL
Refers to potential and actual changes in the physical environment and business practices that are intended to positively respond to and deal with those changes
Age structure
Ethnic mix
Income distribution
POLITICAL/LEGAL
PHYSICAL
TECHNOLOGICAL
GLOBAL
Arena in which organizations and interest groups compete for attention, resources, and a voice in overseeing the body of laws and regulations guiding the interactions among nations as well as between firms and various local governmental agencies
Concerned with a society's attitudes and cultural values
Includes the institutions and activities involved with creating new knowledge and translating that knowledge into new products, processes, and materials
Includes relevant new global markets, existing markets that are changing, important international political events, and critical cultural and institutional characteristics of global markets
External environmental analysis
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The objective of this analysis is identification of
Opportunities and
Threats
Opportunity – a condition in the external environment that helps a company achieve strategic competitiveness, if exploited
Threat – a condition in the external environment that may diminish company’s efforts towards achieving strategic competitiveness
The four-step process includes
Scanning
Monitoring
Forecasting
Assessing
1. Scanning
Studying all the segments of the general environment
Early signals of changes an ...
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Ch03 Discussion Light
1. The External Environment: Opportunities, Threats, Industry Competition, and Competitor Analysis Robert E. Hoskisson Michael A. Hitt R. Duane Ireland Chapter 3
2. Chapter 2 Strategic Leadership Chapter 1 Introduction to Strategic Management Strategic Thinking The Strategic Management Process Chapter 6 Competitive Rivalry and Competitive Dynamics Chapter 9 International Strategy Chapter 3 The External Environment Chapter 5 Business-Level Strategy Chapter 8 Acquisition and Restructuring Strategies Chapter 11 Corporate Governance Chapter 7 Corporate-Level Strategy Chapter 10 Cooperative Strategy Chapter 12 Strategic Entrepreneurship Strategic Analysis Creating Competitive Advantage Monitoring And Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities
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The External Environment: Opportunities, Threats, Industry Competition, and Competitor Analysis Detailed instructor notes on three topics have been included for this chapter: • How do firms maintain growth during difficult economic times? Bank of America and Nation’s Bank are given as examples with notes regarding past performance and current strategies. These notes begin with the first slide on “External Environment.” • How firms anticipate and deal with new entrants to the market. Wal-Mart’s entrance into the retail grocery business is detailed. These notes begin with the slide titles “Industry Environment,” which is the initial discussion of the five forces of competition. • How firms respond to new competitors (lead, follow, or ignore). Examples of leading, following, and ignoring include: o Universal Studios and Disney o Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobles o Amazon.com and Borders Books o CNN and NBC o CNN and ABC o CNN and CBS These notes begin with the first slide titled “Competitor Analysis.”
The External Environment Where do firms find growth in poor economic times? Example: Financial Services Industry (Bank of America and NationsBank) Past Strategies In the 1990s, NationsBank and Bank of America expanded through asset gathering, diversification (i.e., inter-state banking, geographic, product, etc.). In less that ten years they went from a roughly $8 billion to more than $620 billion on $35 billion in revenue in 2001. M&A History 1992 NCNB and C&S Sovran form NationsBank 1994 NationsBank acquires MNC 1995 NationsBank acquires BankSouth 1996 NationsBank acquires Boatman’s Bank & Montgomery Securities 1997 NationsBank acquires Barnet Bank 1998 NationsBank and Bank of America merge Major thrust U.S.-based retail banking: Consumer banking accounts for over 61% of Bank of America revenue and NI. (Continued next slide.)
The External Environment (cont.) Where do firms find growth in poor economic times? Example: Financial Services Industry (Bank of America and NationsBank) (cont.) Major Threat Bank of America has had very slow revenue growth the past three years. The goal is to have greater than 10% growth going forward: 1998 - $30.8 billion 1999 - $32.5 billion (rate 5.5%) 2000 - $33.2 billion (rate 3.1% 2001 - $34.9 billion (rate 5.1%) Key Strategy Leverage demographic and socioeconomic changes in the United States: • Powerful branch network (4,208 as of 12/02) • Powerful ATM network (13,013 as of 12/02) • Do business in states with high minority populations (especially Latin-Americans), namely California, Texas, Florida, Maryland, Arizona, and so on) (Continued next slide.)
The External Environment (cont.) Where do firms find growth in poor economic times? Example: Financial Services Industry (Bank of America and NationsBank) (cont.) Target Growing Minority Market Expansion into areas where minority population is growing the fastest: • Product development: SafePay, which allows immigrants, specifically Latin Americans, to send cash back home. Competes with Monygram and Western Union. • Targeted Marketing I: Leverage outlets like Univision and Telemundo to reach Latin American population • Targeted Marketing II: Install Spanish-language option ATMs in all key markets • Diversity hiring strategy: Aggressively hire a diverse management-level workforce in order to better reflect the customer base • Customer Service I: Multilingual customer service call centers and branch personnel • Consumer Service II: Multilingual websites Punch Line Bank of America is betting on the demographic changes to generate much needed revenue growth.
Industry Environment Can firms anticipate new entrants to the market? (Grocery Retailing) Example 1: Wal-Mart Question How do we (Wal-Mart) leverage our strengths (fast turnover of goods, low-cost volume buying, etc.) to increase traffic and volume at our stores? In 2000 U.S. grocery sales grew by 3.4%, reaching $570 billion. Answer • Create and expand shelf space for groceries and dry good products. • Expand Supercenter Format to leverage additional shelf space: in 2001, grocery sales accounted for $17.1 billion in sales or 30% of total sales: o First Supercenter store opened in 1988; by 2000 Wal-Mart had 721 Supercenters o Supercenter openings consist of 60%-70% of new store openings within Wal-Mart o Wal-Mart projects 1,400 Supercenters by 2005 Fast Forward What share of the grocery market will Wal-Mart control in 2010?
Five Forces Model of Competition Can firms anticipate new entrants to the market? (Grocery Retailing) Example 2: Traditional Supermarkets Question Given the low margins and relatively low growth of this industry, should we (traditional supermarkets) expect new entrants into our domain? In 2000 U.S. grocery sales grew by 3.4%, reaching $570 billion. Answer No new entrants are likely. Thus prepare for continued industry consolidation. Specific Case Winn Dixie (now known as WD) is a good example. It has over 1,000 stores in 14 states, primarily in the Southeast, a stronghold for Wal-Mart. WD has responded to Wal-Mart’s challenge by remodeling its stores (over 60% in the franchise), closing unprofitable stores (112 stores in 2001) and other manufacturing / distribution centers, taking a $522 million restructuring charge. Strategic Reaction I Crank up M&A activity to gain economies of scale and lower its cost structure: • In 2000 WD acquired the Gooding’s Markets chain in Orlando. • In 2001 WD acquired 68 stores of Mississippi-based Jitney Jungle. (Continued on next slide.)
Five Forces Model of Competition (cont.) Can firms anticipate new entrants to the market? (Grocery Retailing) Example 2: Traditional Supermarkets (cont.) Strategic Reaction II Expand private label items: WD brand items carry higher profit margins than comparable national brands. Fifty-one percent of buying public purchase private label brands “every time” or “fairly often” when they shop. WD can leverage this trend. For example, its WD Chek soda is a market leader in many of WD’s core markets. Fast Forward Will WD still be in existence as an independent company in 2010?
Competitor Analysis How should a firm respond to a new competitor, lead, follow, or ignore? Lead: Universal Studios’ Universal Park, a New Entrant Reaction by Established Firm: Disney Response I In response to Universal Studios building its Universal Park in Orlando, Florida, on Disney’s home turf, Disney aggressively built New Parks, new attractions to retain the buying public’s interest: • In 2000, Disney expanded the MGM Park by adding new rides (Tower of Doom, etc.) • In 2001, Disney completed its newest masterpiece, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, a cross between a traditional zoo and a traditional Disney theme park Response II Disney also expanded from its core Orlando turf by building attractions and/or strengthening attractions at its other theme parks: • In 2000 Disney opened its California Adventure • Disney also added attractions to both its Paris and Tokyo theme parks in order to maintain or expand its market position • Disney is planning on building a new park in Hong Kong in order to tap into the growing affluence of East Asia, especially the Chinese market (Continued on next slide.)
Competitor Analysis (cont.) How should a firm respond to a new competitor, lead, follow, or ignore? Follow: Amazon.com, a New Delivery Channel for Books Reaction by Established Firms: Barnes & Nobles and Borders Books Barnes & Nobles After the initial shock and denial, Barnes & Nobles has spawned out its own online bookstore. It also used its brick-and-mortar presence to deliver community experience and worked to establish new joint ventures. For example, Barnes & Nobles used existing assets that Amazon.com does not have to create “community centers” and “places of leisure” with comfy sofas, coffee bars, poetry readings, music recitals, art shows, etc. Borders Books Borders engaged in even deeper denial and “wait-and-see” tactics. Finally it maintained its current platform by merging with Waldenbooks to imitate Barnes & Nobles’ community centers strategy and by using Amazon.com as its online platform. (Continued next slide.)
Competitor Analysis (cont.) How should a firm respond to a new competitor, lead, follow, or ignore? Follow: CNN, the All-News Cable Television Channel Reaction by Established Firm: NBC NBC NBC tried to “tap” into the growing market for cable news television and follow CNN’s all-day news channel by creating MSNBC, a joint venture with Microsoft, to broaden its news operations. Facts • MSNBC and MSNBC.com launched in 1996 • As of July 2002, MSNBC’s viewership was 76 million • MSNBC revamped its format towards more talk news shows in order to expand its product line and to retain and expand its market share in response to Fox News Note: No financial data available. (Continued on next slide.)
Competitor Analysis (cont.) How should a firm respond to a new competitor, lead, follow, or ignore? Ignore: CNN, the All-News Cable Television Channel Reaction by Established Firms: CBS and ABC Television Broadcast Networks CBS and ABC decided to ignore CNN’s entrance into the marketplace and maintain its core news programming without launching a 24-hour news only channel as a direct reaction to CNN. CBS Lineup • 6:00 Evening News 60 Minutes I and II feature news story programs 48 Hours Investigates feature news story program ABC Lineup • 6:00 Evening News • 20/20 feature news story program • Primetime feature news story program • Peter Jenning’s special broadcast shows (e.g., Islam-related show)