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COMM Exam
101B
_ Introduction
Final
COMM Exam
101B
to_ Commerce
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to Commerce
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PESTEL Analysis (internal/external and definition)
External Analysis (Industry-wide)
P: political - role of gov. policies (e.g., tax policy, trade policy, political stability)
E: economic - (e.g., interest rates, inflation, employment, exchange rates, business cycle)
S: sociocultural - (e.g., demographics, values)
T: technological (e.g., tech available to suppliers, buyers or users, rate of change).
E: ecological (e.g., global warming, carbon footprint, natural disasters)
L: legal - (e.g., legal system, industry regulations, consumer protection)
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Porter's Five Forces (5F's); internal/external and definition
Situation & External Analysis of Industry attractiveness and competitive dynamics
Threat of substitution
Threat of new entrants
Bargaining power of suppliers
Bargaining power of buyers
Rivalry among existing competitors
(consider which forces are weak/strong, how favourable it is, how likely they are to change
over time)
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5C's Analysis (internal/external and definition)
Situation Analysis; Both internal (firm) & external (environment)
Company: assessment of firm strengths, weaknesses, aspirations (refer to VRIO analysis)
Customers: current and potential customers and segments (e.g., segment size, growth rate,
value drivers)
Competitors: direct vs indirect, strengths vs weaknesses (e.g., market share)
Collaborators: assessment of supply chain or ecosystem participants (e.g., suppliers,
distributers)
Context: macro-environment (refer to PESTEL)
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