Sunday, February 14, 2016

Week 6 Reading Reflection

I found this weeks reading to be very interesting.  The most surprising thing in this article was his discussion on how competition plays a part on business.  I thought he did a great job with breaking it down and proving that there is much more to it than just businesses competing against each other.  Something that I found confusing was how even when companies merge, they can lose money.  I would have thought that they would only increase profits due to their combined work.  Overall, I thought the article was pretty straightforward and engaging.  I agreed with everything the author said.  I thought this was a good article to read for this week!

Some questions I have for the author are:

  • Do you think there could more than just those five competitive forces that you mentioned in your article?
    • I think this could open up the discussion on whether these are the only five competitive forces or if there are more that we have just not identified yet.
  • Which of the five competitive forces is the most important as well as which one is the least important?
    • This is important information that could greatly help a business in figuring out its strategy to compete with other businesses.

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