Wal-Mart Stores, Inc

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Strategic management analysis of the chain of super discount stores. Applies Porter's Five Forces Model, detailing the various threats. Industry analysis, competition, suppliers. External environment analysis including development opportunities. Threats of E-commerce and increased government regulation. Consumer attitudes. Internal environmental/organizational analysis. Management challenges. Market expansion. Strategies of the Company including new directions. Land-based and cyber-space strategies.

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"Strategic Management Case: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
I. Industry Analysis
The first part of this analysis will use a model called the "Five Forces" (sometimes called "Threats"), which was created in 1980 by Harvard economist, Michael Porter, in his book, Competitive Advantage, which analyzed the most tangible ways in which companies can gain long-term competitive advantage. Porter assumed that companies, when planning strategic survival, must do so within the framework of five threats:
The threat of new entrants
The threat of substitute products
The threat of rivalry or competition
The threat of bargaining power of buyers
The threat of bargaining power of suppliers..."

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