1. Finishing Porter’s 5 Forces and Impact of External Influences

2. To determine how a firm might cope with its competitors: apply…
PORTERS 5 FORCES

3. Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model
High industry profits
Low industry profits
Weak suppliers
Weak customers
High entry barriers
Few opportunities for substitutes
Little rivalry
Strong suppliers
Strong customers
Low entry barriers
Many opportunities for substitutes
Intense rivalry

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5. Impact of External Influences
PESTLE Analysis
Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental Factors
In pairs Rank these in order of importance to Business

6. Ranking Exercise
Economic – high linkage between Gross Domestic Product changes and Business Cycle (Key factors: Unemployment, Inflation, Exchange Rate)
Legal factors: Employment law, minimum wage, Health and Safety standards, banning of dangerous goods, regulation of alcohol, tobacco sales etc.
Technological factors – yes social media, online shopping important but not as revolutionary as use of Electricity, Trains, Cars
Social – Trends low fat food, films, clothes etc. can dramatically affect Business, as does divorce rate, average size of family, migration
Environmental factors – short term environmental laws can effect the economic cycle; long term vital: life expectancy improved from 40 to 80 between 1850 and 2016 due to lower pollution.
Political factors: rarely a huge influence on business success or failure BUT local issues can be significant ie Hinkley Point, Fracking, London Airport expansion.

7. GDP and the Business Cycle

8. (If time activity) How do businesses respond to changes in the competitive environment?
What are the different strategies that firms have adopted above in response to changing environments?
Which one do you think is the best?
Can you evaluate any of the strategies – what is the issue with them?