Nalco Porter's Five Forces

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included in Appendix G and Appendix H. The template was sent to the respective units so that proper and adequate representation of the population is achieved. Since this is a public sector enterprise, and the data are confidential to the company, no public or survey portal was used to maintain the confidentiality of the data and the opinion of the participants. Total 310 responses are received from the respondents. The responses are examined, reviewed, and combined into broad based categories on generic similarities like product quality, supply chain, research and development, corporate social responsibilities, product qualities, coal crisis, etc. as per Wheelen and Hunger (2013, p. 16). Forty-two factors were generated from the findings of the idea generation exercise through employees' participation. 3.2 Analysis of the task environment by Porter's five competitive forces 3.2.1 …show more content…

Being in the private sector, both the companies have price advantages than NALCO. NALCO is a CPSE, and sometimes, it has to accommodate the pressure from the state to adopt policies that may not be friendly in a competitive environment. Moreover, the installed and manufacturing capacities of primary aluminium of both the rivalry firms are significantly higher than NALCO. Both the companies have value added products and better product mix, thus operating in multiple market segments. Vedanta and HINDALCO have a distinctive competitive edge over NALCO in the domestic market. The threat of an acquisition attempts by Vedanta in the past has failed due to political interference from the state. Considering the existence of a strong supply chain of NALCO and captive mining resources, the other two private firms are trying hard to press the government for lease of mineral resources like bauxite and coal for their future growth

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