Entry 3A: Competitive Forces & Competitive Strategy

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Competitive Forces

 Moving to Lecture 2, I've always had a difficult time explaining competitive forces, in a simple way. 
May be these help in the explanation:

 1) Porter's 5 Forces in 2 minutes

2) AT&T Telecommunication company

3) Porter's Five Force in Walmart


Source: YouTube videos


Now, let's do some application of the competitive forces to a few organizations:
Please refer to Power Point slides

4) For more information, please click on Competitive Forces.
Source: 
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5446-porters-five-forces.html

 5) Porter's Value Chain

Source: Internet images







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