# Specific Environment ### Competetivness in a Sector - Potential Competetiros - Customers # Porters five competetive Forces Porters five forces are used to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of a company within an industry. With this a business can better decide where to positin itself within a market. ## 1. Power of potential Competitors Number of competitors in a specific sector and their ability to undercut a company. ## 2. Potential new competitors How easy is it for new competitors to enter the market? ## 3. Power of suppliers More powerfull suppliers demand more money for their values driving up the cost of input material. ## 4. Power of Customers How powerfull the customers are affects how much the company can demand for their products or services. ## 5. Threat of substitute products How unique are the products/services that a company produces, if they can easily be replaces by a similar product it does not have much power there.