Analysis Of Porter's Five Forces Of Nokia

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Porter’s five forces
“Porter argues that the model brings out the underlying structure of the industry by mapping out the competitive forces and revealing the roots of industry’s current profitability and provides framework for getting ahead of competition” (Porter 2008). “He recognizes Five Forces that shape competition these are threat of entry, the power of suppliers and buyers, threat of substitutes and rivalry among existing competitors” (Porter 2008).

1. Threat of New Entrants

• The mobile phone industry is already a well-established market therefore the threat is low for the new entrant as current firms are using latest technology.
• The new company needs a very high investment in certain sectors which include marketing, technology and research and development. Thus the barrier to entry is high.
• “New entrants want to take market share from the larger organizations but Nokia hold 29% of the market share in the industry, the highest market share in the industry” (BBC News, 2011).

The threat of new entrants into the mobile phone industry is very unlikely as the startup cost of entering into the market at a high level needs a lot of investments and time to be considered a respectable competitor of the already established organizations. Nokia currently hold a 29% of the entire mobile phone market worldwide and for a new competitor to obtain some of their market will take either a very long term plan or something that is truly innovative and unseen before. This is