Learn more about strategy with this collection
How to challenge assumptions
How to generate new ideas
How to break out of traditional thinking patterns
The tool was created by Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter, to analyze an industry's attractiveness and likely profitability.
Since its publication in 1979, it has become one of the most popular and highly regarded business strategy tools.
Porter recognized that organizations likely keep a close watch on their rivals, but he encouraged them to look beyond the actions of their competitors and examine what other factors could impact the business environment.
He identified five forces that make up the competitive environment, and which can erode your profitability.
2
42 reads
2
34 reads
2
23 reads
Analyze your buyers' strengths.
2
22 reads
2
18 reads
2
24 reads
Porter's Five Factors is a model that identifies and analyzes five competitive forces that define every sector and aid in determining an industry's strengths and weaknesses.
“
More like this
8 ideas
The DNA Of a Good Strategy
bloopglobal.com
2 ideas
The Explainer: The 5 Forces That Make Companies Successful
Harvard Business Review
5 ideas
How to Do Market Research: A Guide and Template
blog.hubspot.com
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving & library
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Personalized recommendations
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates