Michael Porter’s
Five Forces
Five Forces
Model
Model
Michael Porter …
“An industry’s profit potential
is largely determined by the
intensity of competitive
intensity of competitive
rivalry
rivalry within that industry.”
Porter’s Five Forces
Portfolio Analysis …
… Strategy at the time (1970s)
was focused on two
two
dimensions
dimensions of the portfolio
grids …
… Industry Attractiveness
Industry Attractiveness
… Competitive Position
Competitive Position
Where was
Where was
Michael Porter
Michael Porter
coming from?
coming from?
School of Economics …
… at Harvard …
Structural reasons why
…
… some industries were profitable
* Firm concentration
* Established cost advantages
* Product differentiation
* Economies of scale
Structural reasons …
… all represented barriers to
barriers to
entry
entry in certain industries,
thus allowing those
industries to be more
more
profitable
profitable than others.
Porters Five Forces …
* Threat of Entry
Entry
* Bargaining Power of Suppliers
Suppliers
* Bargaining Power of Buyers
Buyers
* Development of Substitute
Substitute
Products
Products or Services
* Rivalry
Rivalry among Competitors
Barriers to Entry
Entry …
… large capital requirements
capital requirements or the
need to gain economies of scale
economies of scale
quickly.
… strong customer loyalty
customer loyalty or strong
brand preferences
brand preferences.
.
… lack of adequate distribution
distribution
channels or access to raw materials
raw materials.
Power of Suppliers
Suppliers …
… high when
* A small number of dominant, highly
dominant, highly
concentrated suppliers
concentrated suppliers exists.
* Few good substitute
Few good substitute raw materials or
suppliers are available.
* The cost of switching
cost of switching raw materials
or suppliers is high.
Power of Buyers
Buyers …
… high when
* Customers are concentrated
concentrated, large
large or
buy in volume
buy in volume .
* The products being purchased are
standard
standard or undifferentiated
undifferentiated making it
easy to switch
easy to switch to other suppliers.
* Customers’ purchases represent a major
major
portion
portion of the sellers’ total revenue.
Substitute
Substitute products …
… competitive strength high
when
* The relative price
relative price of substitute
products declines
declines .
* Consumers’ switching costs decline
switching costs decline.
* Competitors plan to increase market
increase market
penetration
penetration or production capacity
production capacity.
Rivalry
Rivalry among competitors
… intensity increases as
* The number
number of competitors increases
increases
or they become equal in size
equal in size.
* Demand for the industry’s products
declines
declines or industry growth slows
industry growth slows.
* Fixed costs
Fixed costs or barriers to leaving
barriers to leaving the
industry are high
high.
Summary
Summary …
As rivalry among competing
firms intensifies
intensifies, industry
profits decline
decline, in some cases
to the point where an
industry becomes inherently
inherently
unattractive
unattractive.
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Analysis
5 Forces Analysis
Rivalry among the competitor •Reliance Retail, Aditya Birla Group , Vishal Retail’s,
Bharti and Walmart, etc
Threat of entrants
• FDI policy not favorable for international players.
• Domestic conglomerates looking to start retail chains.
•International players looking to foray India.
Bargaining power of supplier •The bargaining power of suppliers varies depending
upon the target segment.
•The unorganised sector has a dominant position.
• There are few players who have a slight edge over
others on account of being established players and
enjoying brand distinction.
Bargaining power of buyers • Consumers are price sensitive..
•Availability of more choice.
Threat of substitutes
•Unorganized retail

Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model

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    Michael Porter … “Anindustry’s profit potential is largely determined by the intensity of competitive intensity of competitive rivalry rivalry within that industry.”
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    Portfolio Analysis … …Strategy at the time (1970s) was focused on two two dimensions dimensions of the portfolio grids … … Industry Attractiveness Industry Attractiveness … Competitive Position Competitive Position
  • 5.
    Where was Where was MichaelPorter Michael Porter coming from? coming from?
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    School of Economics… … at Harvard …
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    Structural reasons why … …some industries were profitable * Firm concentration * Established cost advantages * Product differentiation * Economies of scale
  • 8.
    Structural reasons … …all represented barriers to barriers to entry entry in certain industries, thus allowing those industries to be more more profitable profitable than others.
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    Porters Five Forces… * Threat of Entry Entry * Bargaining Power of Suppliers Suppliers * Bargaining Power of Buyers Buyers * Development of Substitute Substitute Products Products or Services * Rivalry Rivalry among Competitors
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    Barriers to Entry Entry… … large capital requirements capital requirements or the need to gain economies of scale economies of scale quickly. … strong customer loyalty customer loyalty or strong brand preferences brand preferences. . … lack of adequate distribution distribution channels or access to raw materials raw materials.
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    Power of Suppliers Suppliers… … high when * A small number of dominant, highly dominant, highly concentrated suppliers concentrated suppliers exists. * Few good substitute Few good substitute raw materials or suppliers are available. * The cost of switching cost of switching raw materials or suppliers is high.
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    Power of Buyers Buyers… … high when * Customers are concentrated concentrated, large large or buy in volume buy in volume . * The products being purchased are standard standard or undifferentiated undifferentiated making it easy to switch easy to switch to other suppliers. * Customers’ purchases represent a major major portion portion of the sellers’ total revenue.
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    Substitute Substitute products … …competitive strength high when * The relative price relative price of substitute products declines declines . * Consumers’ switching costs decline switching costs decline. * Competitors plan to increase market increase market penetration penetration or production capacity production capacity.
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    Rivalry Rivalry among competitors …intensity increases as * The number number of competitors increases increases or they become equal in size equal in size. * Demand for the industry’s products declines declines or industry growth slows industry growth slows. * Fixed costs Fixed costs or barriers to leaving barriers to leaving the industry are high high.
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    Summary Summary … As rivalryamong competing firms intensifies intensifies, industry profits decline decline, in some cases to the point where an industry becomes inherently inherently unattractive unattractive.
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    05/12/25 17 Analysis 5 ForcesAnalysis Rivalry among the competitor •Reliance Retail, Aditya Birla Group , Vishal Retail’s, Bharti and Walmart, etc Threat of entrants • FDI policy not favorable for international players. • Domestic conglomerates looking to start retail chains. •International players looking to foray India. Bargaining power of supplier •The bargaining power of suppliers varies depending upon the target segment. •The unorganised sector has a dominant position. • There are few players who have a slight edge over others on account of being established players and enjoying brand distinction. Bargaining power of buyers • Consumers are price sensitive.. •Availability of more choice. Threat of substitutes •Unorganized retail