Porter's Five Forces model assesses the competitive environment in an industry by analyzing five forces: the threat of new entrants is weak due to high costs of brand development and economies of scale; the threat of substitutes is moderate because substitutes have low costs but are also available; the bargaining power of customers is strong because of low switching costs and information availability; the bargaining power of suppliers is moderate as there are a number of evenly sized suppliers; and competitive rivalry is strong due to the aggressiveness of firms and restrictions on price increases.
Porter's Five Forces model assesses the competitive environment in an industry by analyzing five forces: the threat of new entrants is weak due to high costs of brand development and economies of scale; the threat of substitutes is moderate because substitutes have low costs but are also available; the bargaining power of customers is strong because of low switching costs and information availability; the bargaining power of suppliers is moderate as there are a number of evenly sized suppliers; and competitive rivalry is strong due to the aggressiveness of firms and restrictions on price increases.
Porter's Five Forces model assesses the competitive environment in an industry by analyzing five forces: the threat of new entrants is weak due to high costs of brand development and economies of scale; the threat of substitutes is moderate because substitutes have low costs but are also available; the bargaining power of customers is strong because of low switching costs and information availability; the bargaining power of suppliers is moderate as there are a number of evenly sized suppliers; and competitive rivalry is strong due to the aggressiveness of firms and restrictions on price increases.
Threat of Threat of Bargaining power of Bargaining power of Competitive
new entrants substitutes customers suppliers rivalry
WEAK MODERATE STRONG MODERATE STRONG
Low Switching Cost – Low Cost of substitutes Low Switching Cost – Acts Number of Suppliers – Aggressiveness of Firms Acts positively for a new – Acts positively for a positively for a customer Moderate number of – Acts negatively for the entrant substitute Availability of suppliers firm High Cost of Brand Availability of Information – Acts Size of Suppliers – Restriction on the Development – Acts Substitutes – Acts positively for a customer Evenly sized suppliers increase of Price – Acts negatively for a new negatively for a negatively for the firm entrant substitute High Economies of Scale – Acts negatively for a new entrant