Question

For Microsoft Corporation Please provide a list of elements for each of the porters five force's Power of Suppliers and give them a rating all equal to 1 and state if it is highly attractive, mildly attractive, neutral, mildly unattractive, highly unattractive for the present and future ratings.

Answer 1

Porter’s five forces model

Porters five forces is an tool that uses five industry forces to identify the intensity of competition in an industry and its profitability level.

The key factors in 5 porters model;

1. Bargaining power of suppliers.

2. Bargaining power of sellers.

3. A threat of entry.

4.A threat of substitute.

5. Industrial Rivalry.

Microsoft Corporation Porters Five Force's

1. Competitive rivalry or competition (Highly attractive )
2. Bargaining power of buyers or customers (mildly attractive)
3. Bargaining power of suppliers (mildly attractive )
4. A threat of substitutes or substitution (highly unattractive )
5. A threat of new entrants or new entry (Mildly attractive)