Application of Porter’s Five Force Strategy to the U.S. Auto Industry

Porter’s  five-force strategy is a framework for qualitatively evaluating a  firm’s strategic position at the industry level, a marketplace in which  closely related substitutable products or services are sold.  Porter’s  analytical framework consists of those forces that affect a producer’s  ability to serve its customers and profitability. A change in any of  these five forces requires a re-assessment of the firm position in the  industry. 

According to this model, business success is primarily based on managers  knowledge of the power of customers, the power of suppliers,  competition in the industry, potential entrants, and substitute  products. The extended rivalry from all five forces defines an  industrystructure and shapes the nature of competitive interaction  within an industry.

2. Abstract
3. The U.S. Auto Industry
3.1. U.S. Auto Industry Definition

3.2. U.S. Auto Industry Profile
3.3. U.S. Auto Industry Market Structure
3.4. U.S. Industry Future Outlook

4. Application and Analysis of Porter’s Five Forces Strategy to the U.S. auto industry
4.1. Bargaining Power of Buyers in the U.S. auto industry.
4.2. Bargaining Power of Suppliers in the U.S. auto industry.
4.3. Competitive Rivalry in the Industry in the U.S. auto industry.
4.4. Threat of New Entrants to the U.S. auto industry.
4.5. Threat of Substitutes in the U.S. auto industry.

5. Conclusion
6. References

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