Must include the following:
Porter’s Five Forces Analysis on industry of the UFC
Threat of rivalry
Threat of new entry
Threat of substitutes
Threat of suppliers
Threat of buyers
Availability of complimentors
Identify the stage of Industry the UFC is in (Fragmented, emerging, mature, declining, hyper competitve, network)
Identify sources of differentiation
Identify competitive advantages
Create an analysis between the “non price buyer value delivered” and “relative cost position”
Are there tradeoffs in the UFC’s strategy? Something they do not provide in order to provide something of more value?
Identify the first mover’s advantage made by the UFC in the MMA industry
economies of scale
Learning effects
Network effects
Perform a strategic group analysis for the MMA industry to compare
The attractiveness of each group by performing a five force analysis
Identify mobility barriers between firms
Identify key resources and capabilities of the UFC that come together to form the Competencies of the UFC
Answer:
Does a resource or capability enable a firm to exploit an environmental oppurtunity and or neutralize a threat? Is the resource or capability relevant?
Is a resource or capability currently controlled by only a small number of competing firms? Is the resource or capability scarce?
Do firms without a resource or capability face a disadvantage in obtaining or developing it? Is the resource or capability durable, transferable, replicable, non-substitutable, costly to imitate?
Is a firm aware of the full potential of their resources and capabilities? Is the firm organized to exploit the full competitive potential of its valuable, rare, and imitable resources and capabilities?
Identify the UFC’s corporate strategy
Create a small analysis of the UFC’s macro environment (The MMA Industry, the fighting industry overall, boxing vs mma vs wwe)
