By definition these resources are more costly and hard to imitate. These resources are rooted deep in the company’s history by staying focused in mobile markets and not diversifying into other technology categories that would loose the company’s primary focus and drive through its core competencies. As the company grew to be the largest in the industry, they remained focused on the leading edge of mobile technology. 1. Tangible Resources - Strong…
Does the company need to defend itself against new competition? Under Armour, founded in 1996, has successfully entered the high-performance apparel industry. Bargaining power of suppliers: How dependent is the business on its suppliers? If the business has only one major supplier and no available alternatives, the supplier has great bargaining power. Conversely, a business can have bargaining power over the supplier. For example, Nike doesn’t manufacture its own sneakers; it uses…
Adipic acid is mainly use as monomer in manufacture Nylon 6/6 fiber, plasticizer, grease, polyurethane etc. There are several countries in the world that manufacturing the adipic acid. But there also countries that just is a supplier for this adipic acid to any factory that need adipic acid in their countries. The main countries that produce adipic acid are United State of America and also China. Almost ninety percent of adipic acid manufactured in United State of America is used to produce…