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Porters five forces: The German Web Design industry

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A structural Analysis of the German Web Design Industry by using the model of Porter’s 5 forces

Max Adler Salzhemmendorf Webdesign

1. Introduction

2. Porter's five forces

3. Critical review of Porter's five forces

4. Conclusion

Appendices

References

Author: Max Adler, University of Lincoln, 17. Dezember 2009

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1. Introduction - Porter's five forces

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1 Introduction

The turnover of e-commerce is still growing. German economic analysts expect a growth of another 10 percent for 2010 (Statista, 2009). Companies need to sell their products online in order to stay competitive. But in today´s online environment it is not only enough to offer their products on the internet, but also a well structured online shop which can be found in search engines. To realize this, companies need web designers and online marketers. There is still a lot of money involved but is it really worth going into this market? (Tedeschi, 2007)

This piece of work analyses the German web design industry by using the strategic management tool of the five forces from Michael E. Porter. This tool identifies the key factors that could have an impact on industry competition and whether it is worth entering market or not (Porter, 1980, p.33). This work is limited to the German market because there are differences between other national markets dependent on their technological advance, demographical factors and cultural backgrounds. For instance an emerging nation like Argentina had a growth of 32 percent in the last 12 months in the e-commerce sector and the German market, as a high industrial nation had a growth of only 11 percent (Verisign, 2009).

The model of Porter’s five, which is almost thirty years old, is chosen...