Porter's Diamond Framework Analysis

The Indonesian Mattress and bedding industry will be analyzed using the Porter’s 5 forces model: Porter five forces that determines an industry’s competitiveness (Porter, 1979), which will give an indication of how the industry affects DAP. The five forces are the “Bargaining Power of Suppliers, threat of new entrants, threat of substitute, bargaining power of buyers, and the industry’s rivalry.

This report is about the business cultural analysis of Japan. The Japanese culture is very complex, they have seven major elements of their cultural are their communication, languages, religion, ethics, attitudes, manners and social structures. If we wish to conduct a business in Japan, we must understand what the major elements of the Japanese culture. We also need to know on how the Japanese conduct their business. If we conduct businesses and we fail to make them understand or fail to make any appropriate adjustments, we might unwillingly offend them without noticing it.

Porter states that whenever a new entrant enters an industry, they put pressure on prices, costs, and the rate of investment necessary to compete for companies already within that industry. This in turn “puts a cap on the profit potential of an industry.” (Porter, 2008) Porter also points out that there are seven barriers which new entrants much look at. The first barrier is the supply side economies of scale. “Supply-side scale economies deter entry by forcing the aspiring entrant either to come into the industry on a large scale, which requires dislodging entrenched competitors, or to accept a cost disadvantage.” (Porter, 2008, p. 81) The second barrier is the demand-side benefits of scale. “Demand-side benefits of scale discourage entry by limiting the willingness of customers to buy from a newcomer and by reducing the price the newcomer can command until it builds up a large base of customers” (Porter, 2008, p. 81) The third barrier is the customer switching cost which are “fixed costs that buyers face when they change suppliers”. (Porter, 2008, p. 81) The fourth barrier is the Capital requirements. Many industries require large financial resources in order to compete such as the airline industry which would require billions to invest in. The fifth barrier is the Incumbency advantages independent of size. Porter believes that certain companies can have certain advantages over their rivals which are

Postmodernism is said to be culture increasingly dominated by space and spatial logic (Smart, 1993). A cultural configuration which is constituted in and through complete relationships with a new generation of technologies which themselves are articulated with emergence of a new global economic formation (Smart, 1993). According to Bradlely (1997) cited in Thompson& McHugh (2009) “In contemporary economy, an increasing number of work have become feminized. Women have displaced men in labor market”. Most organizations & their structure bureaucracy in particular can be considered as gendered reflecting to migration of women in higher levels of occupational and professions for example women in management (Adorno,1991). During apartheid discourse

The strategies of the competitors over the past periods should be analysed in depth and should be used to fine tune the forecast for next

-This school emphasis on analysis and calculation can be a very strong support to the strategy development process

According to Porter the competitiveness in any sector is significantly increased by the number of players operating in the field and their major competencies. In the Oil & Gas Industry the competition is significantly intensive, with the market being ruled by big giants such as Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, British Petroleum, Chevron and the Royal Dutch Shell etc. Appendix A shows the market values of these super majors.

The analysis of the case based on two cultural frameworks by Hofstede and Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner leads us to believe that there are several reasons at play behind JPMorgan’s (JPM) hiring practices in China.

Jared Diamond's theory is accurate. He claims that having geographic luck is fundamental for growing nutritious crops. Which is factual. On one hand, there is Asia. Asia's latitude is between 30-50% North of the equator. Asia's crops are nutritious, and you can feasibly select the strongest seeds to create finer plans for future years. On the other hand is Africa. Africa's latitude is between 20-30% South of the equator. Unlike Asia, Africa does not grow nutritious crops. The reasoning for this is that continents that are located between 30-50% North or South of the equator have the desired soil and weather required for the crops to grow. Therefore geography plays a role on how will your crops will grow.

Holiday Inn is a world wide chain and its international functional strategies will always yield profitable returns. The potential customers are from all over the world. It has been noted that the holiday inn company has given the market such as Europe, Asia, America with regards to their social-cultural needs. Holiday Inn, like all other hotels has established a good system in determining the needs of the market. The company uses the concept of product, personality, behaviour of the customer and purchasing to its advantage.

In this section the author describes the theories that will support the analysis of information. In order to construct a theoretical background for the study the author chose to describe theories regarding the selection of countries.

Several studies have been made on the branding of Institution especially, higher Institutions which includes Universities, Colleges and Business Schools. The importance of branding is well recognised in the branding literature. This chapter starts with a definition of key words in order to understand the terms of discussion and theoretical concepts relevant the research topic. The key words includes strategic positioning, brands, branding, business school, corporate branding, brand image and reputation and brand strategy, stakeholders. The sources of this literature review are EBSCO discovery service, Emerald insight, sample dissertation on the topic, google websites. There are various definition to describe a Business

Globalization is a fact of Economic Life – Carlos Salinas De Gortari. Globalization is not a new thought. This process of interaction and integration among the companies, people and government of different countries is happening from ages. Technology has been the major driver of globalization. Economic life has been transformed dramatically by the advances in information technology. However, globalization is controversial. The proponents of globalization claim that it gives an opportunity to the poor countries to grow and develop economically. On the other hand, opponents claim that free market has benefitted multinational corporations at expense of the local people, culture and enterprises. The management concepts create a significant

Wimpy is a franchise in South Africa that is headquarted in Johannesburg and owned by Famous Brands. The first Wimpy was created by Edward Gold in 1934 in Bloomington, Indiana and was called “Wimpy Grills”. The first Wimpy in South Africa was founded in 1967 in Durban. When Famous brands Limited bought Pleasure Foods in 2003 it acquired Wimpy. In February 2007, Famous Brands acquired the UK-Based Wimpy and became in charge in collecting the franchise fees from the other franchises. By 2011, Famous Brands Ltd had 509 Wimpy restaurants in South Africa, making it the largest franchise in the Wimpy franchise system.

In this assignment, the 2 companies selected in a same industry are Hup Seng Industries BHD. and Apollo Food Holdings BHD. Both corporations are classified in the Consumer Products sector on Bursa Malaysia.