Learn how Porter's Five Forces and PESTLE Analysis aid strategic planning through market competition and external factor assessment.

Harvard economics professor Michael Porter developed the five forces model to help business executives understand and deal with competition. Porter argues that factors affecting competition are ...

The five forces in Porter's model are the bargaining power of buyers and suppliers, threat of new competitors, threat of substitute products and industry rivalry. Porter's diamond model has four ...

It’s all too easy for businesses to focus heavily on their direct competitors when devising a marketing strategy. Yes, competitor rivalry has a significant impact on a company’s growth or ...

Porter’s 5 forces model illustrates current competition and the potential for new rivals. First published in 1979 and recently revised by Harvard Business Review, the model effectively represented ...

Porter's Five Forces analyzes industry strength for potential investment. A strong industry has low buyer/supplier power and barriers to entry. Investors use this model to assess profitability and ...

When people begin to take an interest in their investments, most of them believe one of two things about stock analysis and selection; either that it is a kind of mystical art, best performed by those ...

Greg DePersio has 13+ years of professional experience in sales and SEO and 3+ years as a writer and editor. Porter’s Five Forces model helps analyze external factors affecting Verizon’s market ...

Last November I wrote about the recently released Frost and Sullivan report that predicted PXI to disrupt the automated test market going forward. Frost and Sullivan predicts PXI to grow at an ...