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Assessment of Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy

In the article The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy (Porter, 2008) the well-known framework of the Five Forces Model originally defined by Dr. Michael Porter in 1979 is updated to reflect the current realities and uncertainties of industries included in his original article and book that expanded on the model's core concepts (Porter, 2008). The value of the Five Forces Model has been questioned over the last two decades, and several of the most valid criticisms of the framework are analyzed and responded to by Dr. Porter in this article....

There are still shortcomings with the model as it doesn't reflect the chaotic and fluid nature of business models today; however it does serve as a highly effective platform for analyzing enterprises and industries.
Analysis of the Five Forces Model

The original Five Forces Model seeks to provide insights into how rivalry across competitors is explained and accelerated using the four dimensions of threat of new entrants, bargaining power of buyers, threat of substitute products and services, and bargaining power of suppliers. These four factors are continually in motion within industries, with each having a very specific series of dynamics and frameworks associated with them. Dr. Porter contends that the internal dynamics and…