Government as 6th Force in Porter's Five Forces

Example Goverment Force in Five Forces
Abdur Rob

I can't tell you who introduced this 6th Force, but the example below can justify the reason.
Nowadays, many Governments have established regularity bodies. As an example, in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Telecom Regularity Commission (BTRC) fixed the price ceiling (BTD 0.25 - BDT 2.00) for cellular phone. This is one of the forces for the cellular operators to maintain this price range.

Government and 5 Forces
Alchui

The Government plays the role of "Caregiver/Policeman" who regulates the economy [See Porter's Diamond of National Advantage]. Government "provides" the land space for development, upgrading and funding schools and skills, size of population and labour force, attract foreign investors, encourage entrepreunership, regulates the imports and exports, regulates the industries and its business policies, etc. The Government will "nurture" the growing industries, thus some firms/industries benefit from this force more than the others.

FiveForces
Dr. Uditha Liyanage

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The 6th force
Anders Nystrom

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Govt. as the 6th Force
K. Gopalakrishnan

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Government as the 6th Force
Stefan Guenther

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Re: Government sixth factor?
David Paul

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Role of Government
Deb M

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Free Market or Controlled Economy
Jeswan SinghPS, Engineer, Malaysia, Member

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Government in Five Forces
Gianvittorio, Turnaround Manager, Netherlands, Member

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Let Government Be Out of the 5 Forces Model
Jagdish B Acharya, Consultant, India, Premium Member

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Early Enrichments of the Original Model by Austern
Mario A. G. Lopez, Professor, Philippines, Member

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Porter's Original Article
Elliot Wood, Business Consultant, Australia, Member

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Originator of the 6th Force of the Model
Martyn Richard Jones, Strategy Consultant, Member

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