LEADER 03601nam 2200613 450 001 9910460656103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-63157-368-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000486381 035 $a(OCoLC)922702309 035 $a(CaBNVSL)swl00405842 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4009431 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4009431 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11102301 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL832642 035 $a(OCoLC)940511840 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000486381 100 $a20151125d2016 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow strong is your firm's competitive advantage? /$fDaniel Marburger 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aNew York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :$cBusiness Expert Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 144 pages) 225 1 $aEconomics collection,$x2163-7628 311 $a1-63157-367-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 131-140) and index. 327 $aPart I. If you could choose any price, what would it be? Fundamentals for the single price firm -- 1. Economics and the business manager: what is economics all about? -- 2. The shareholders want their profits, and they want them now: short-run profit maximization for the firm -- Part II. What does five forces model say about your firm? -- 3. Warning: cheaper substitutes are hazardous to your profits -- 4. We could make more money if our competitors would just go away -- 5. Is my supplier holding five aces? The bargaining power of suppliers -- 6. When the buyer holds six aces: the bargaining power of buyers -- 7. How to keep firms from beating each other up -- Appendix I. How strong is your firm's competitive advantage? Summary of factors and strategies -- Appendix II. Relevant published case studies -- Notes -- References -- Index. 330 3 $aPerhaps the most confounding characteristic of the competitive marketplace is that everyone wants a piece of the action. If a firm successfully enters a new market, creates a new product, or designs new innovations for an existing product, it's just a matter of time before competitors follow suit. And the influx of competition inevitably places downward pressure on both price and profitability. But the speed at which competitors invade one's market is not the same in all industries; some are more resistant to the forces of competition than others. In 1979, Harvard economist Michael Porter theorized his Five Forces Model (updated in 2008). The Five Forces Model identifies the characteristics that can help insulate a firm from competitive forces. For the firm that seeks to put together a business plan, or for the firm that is considering opportunities for diversification, an understanding of the Five Forces Model is essential. 410 0$aEconomics collection.$x2163-7628 606 $aCompetition 606 $aMarket share 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aPorter's Five Forces 610 $abargaining power 610 $amarket power 610 $amarket barriers 610 $aproduct differentiation 610 $aproduct substitution 610 $aswitching costs 615 0$aCompetition. 615 0$aMarket share. 676 $a338.6048 700 $aMarburger$b Daniel R.$0902114 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460656103321 996 $aHow strong is your firm's competitive advantage$92016637 997 $aUNINA