Porter's Five Competitive Forces That Shape All Industries Are

question 50

Multiple Choice

Porter's five competitive forces that shape all industries are

• A) regulations, suppliers, inflation rate, consumer preference, and technology
• B) threat of new entrants, power of buyers and suppliers, substitutes, and competitive rivalry
• C) power of buyers, number of suppliers, maturity of the industry, product differentiation, and economies of scale
• D) threat of technology, supplier substitutions, buyer power, increasing number of competitors, and demographics

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Definitions:

Current Strength

A measure of the flow rate of water within ocean currents, typically quantified in terms of volume per time, such as cubic meters per second.

Piling of Sediment

The accumulation or stacking up of sedimentary particles, often by natural processes such as water or wind transport.

Cross Beds

Cross beds are sedimentary structures forming as inclined layers within horizontal units of sediment, often indicating the direction of ancient wind or water flows.

Sediment Deposition

The process by which sediment settles out of the water or air carrying it and is laid down in a new location.