Measuring / Calculating the Five Forces of Porter?

Calculating the Forces
Agustin Cosso Leskovar, Student (University), Argentina, Member
In order for this analysis tool to be effective, you may want to consider a few aspects:
A) In order to solve any optimization problem you need to apply the right formula m(x;y;z;... n)
B) This method stands for a non-numeric type of analysis. It is very hard to determine, whether a co-efficient would be effective or not. Yet, a few of them may be calculated. I'm not quite certain about them, but for example:
Competitors: it would be interesting to know how many competitors exist in the whole market. By knowing this amount, you may decide which style of scale economy you need. If there are only 2 rivals in the same market, you may choose a Stackelberg model, by simply defining your price as a leader, hence: P = a - b [q1+r2(q1)]; where r2 stands for the reaction.

Calculating Porter's 5 Forces
Anil Kshatriya, Professor, India, Member
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Mrinal Ghosh, Business Consultant, India, Member
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Anil Kshatriya, Professor, India, Member
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Sub Parameters
Mrinal Ghosh, Business Consultant, India, Member
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Hurdles Too Strong to Calculate
Jagdish B Acharya, Consultant, India, Premium Member
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Sub Parameters
Agustin Cosso Leskovar, Student (University), Argentina, Member
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Historical Data
Mrinal Ghosh, Business Consultant, India, Member
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Calculating the Magnitude of the Five Forces Quasi Quantitively
H D SHARMA, Professor, India, Member
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Garman-Kohlgane
Agustin Cosso Leskovar, Student (University), Argentina, Member
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Many Variables
Umesh, Project Manager, Sultanate of Oman, Member
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The Model is Non-numerical in Nature
Hans Joergen Pedersen
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Five Fources Measures
JOSE DELGADO, ACCOUNTANT, Mexico, Member
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Calulating Forces by Social Engineering
Parvez, Manager, Mauritius, Member
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