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Presented byAditya Singh Aniket Kothavale Ashutosh Juyal Jaya Nagarkoti Shruti Mishra
Contents
Competitive forces Five Forces model Threats Identifying Competitors Selecting Competitors & Customers Competitive Strategies for Business Leaders Market Challenger Strategies Market Follower Strategies Market Nicher Strategies
COMPETITIVE FORCES
Factors that influence the competitive position of a firm in an industry or market. These forces determine the intrinsic long-run attractiveness of a market or market segment. Competitive forces include (1) industry competitors (2) potential entrants (3)substitutes (4)buyers (5)sellers
Threats
Threat of intense segment rivalry
Contd..
Threat of buyers growing bargaining power Threat of suppliers growing bargaining power
Identifying Competitors
Competitors are companies that satisfy the same customer need. Marketers must overcome marketing myopia and stop defining competition in traditional category and industry terms.
Analyzing Competitors
Objectives
Strategies
Competitor Actions
Reaction Patterns
b) Focus on the big picture not the numbers c) Reach beyond existing demand d) Get the strategic sequence right Is there buyer utility? Is the price acceptable? Can we attain target cost? What are the adoption challenges?
Execution Principlesa. Overcome key organizational hurdles Cognitive hurdle Resource hurdle Motivational hurdle Political hurdle b. Build execution into strategy
Selecting Competitors
Strong Vs Weak
Selecting Customer
Vulnerable Valuable These customers are profitable but not completely happy with the company. These customers are likely to be deflect. Not vulnerable These customers are loyal and profitable
Non Valuable
Nichers 10%
Follower 20%
Challenger 30%
Leaders 40%
New Customers
More Usage
Least successful of the defense strategies. allocating important efforts to support the firms brands (without developing new ones) e.g. Mercedes was using a position defense strategy until Toyota launched a frontal attack with its Lexus.
By market broadening and diversification For marketing broadening, there is a need to Redefine the business (principle of objective), and Focus efforts on the competition (the principle of mass) e.g. Broadening of Reliance Group from petrochemicals to petrol, LPG.
Attack firms of its own size that are not doing the job & are underfinanced
Attack strategies
Frontal Attack Flank Attack Encirclement Atttack Bypass Attack Guerilla Attack
Frontal Attack
Attacker matches opponents product, advertising, price & distribution. Both the opponent and the attacker have equal resources
Flank attack
Attack the enemy at its weak points or blind spots i.e. its flanks It is of two types Geographical Segmental
Encirclement attack
Attack the enemy at many fronts at the same time Ideal for challenger having superior resources Targeted more at breaking the opponents will
Bypass attack
By diversifying into unrelated products or markets neglected by the leader Could overtake the leader by using new technologies
Guerrilla attack
By launching small, intermittent hit-and-run attacks to harass and destabilize the leader May include selective price cuts & intentional promotional blitzes
3. Imitator
4. Adapter
Counterfeiting
Cloner
Imitator
Adapter
BAJAJ pulsar
TVS Flame
Market-Nicher strategy
1. Avoid competing 2. Low market Share but Highly Profitable 3. Performs three main tasks: a) creating Niches b) Expanding Niches c) protecting nitches