Porter'S Five Force Model of Constructive Industry in India
Porter'S Five Force Model of Constructive Industry in India
Porter'S Five Force Model of Constructive Industry in India
Rivalry is strong due to the large no. of construction companies operating in India (around
250 in total) and the difficulty to differentiate
The services offered by real estate companies cannot be differentiated because these firms
don't offer a product, other than the facilities they lease and this itself is very difficult to
quantify
In the current economic crisis, there is minimal profitability and only companies with large
cash reserves are likely to survive.
High competition in cases of road construction, housing and urban infrastructure
development Relatively less competition in airport and port development.
When an industry has over 60,000 registered participants, it is hard to conclude that barriers
to entry are high. Although the number of entrants varies over time and according to market
condition
no special legal authority is needed to enter the industry. That is why industry as and when
returns become attractive or simply out of interest.
Designs, names and concepts can all be copied as there is less ability to protect these
through patents or copyright. People such as agents, consultants, property managers and
employees of rivals can all be hired.
Capital can be considered a barrier to some extent but mostly to larger scale projects. The
minimum amount of capital needed to enter the industry is compared to the likes of steel
bars, cement and other raw material.
Real estate development involves different types of products - residential, office, retail and
industrial being the most common. To narrow the scope of discussion, we will just consider
private residential construction. As accommodation, new private housing from any firm can
be replaced by competitive product from another developer, existing private housing for
sale or for rent, social housing either for sale or rent. But these are not close substitute as
people prefer to have their own house or flats.