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Porter's Five Forces

Also called: Five Forces

ELI5

A tool for understanding how attractive and competitive an industry is.

Used in conversation

“Five Forces suggests buyer power is the biggest margin risk.”

Definition

A framework assessing industry pressure from rivalry, entrants, substitutes, buyers and suppliers.

Here “Porter's Five Forces” means: A framework assessing industry pressure from rivalry, entrants, substitutes, buyers and suppliers.

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.