This document assesses the threat of substitutes in Monsanto's industry. It answers yes or no to three questions: 1) Substitutes do not completely offset their lower price with performance limitations. 2) Switching to substitutes would incur costs for Monsanto's customers. 3) Monsanto's customers are not likely to substitute. The conclusion is that the threat of substitutes is high for Monsanto's industry.
This document assesses the threat of substitutes in Monsanto's industry. It answers yes or no to three questions: 1) Substitutes do not completely offset their lower price with performance limitations. 2) Switching to substitutes would incur costs for Monsanto's customers. 3) Monsanto's customers are not likely to substitute. The conclusion is that the threat of substitutes is high for Monsanto's industry.
This document assesses the threat of substitutes in Monsanto's industry. It answers yes or no to three questions: 1) Substitutes do not completely offset their lower price with performance limitations. 2) Switching to substitutes would incur costs for Monsanto's customers. 3) Monsanto's customers are not likely to substitute. The conclusion is that the threat of substitutes is high for Monsanto's industry.
This document assesses the threat of substitutes in Monsanto's industry. It answers yes or no to three questions: 1) Substitutes do not completely offset their lower price with performance limitations. 2) Switching to substitutes would incur costs for Monsanto's customers. 3) Monsanto's customers are not likely to substitute. The conclusion is that the threat of substitutes is high for Monsanto's industry.
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Threats of Substitutes
Yes No
Substitutes have performance limitations, which do not completely
offset their lower price, or their performance advantage is not X justified by their higher price. Mosnsanto’s customer will incur costs in switching to a substitute. X
Monsanto’s customer is not likely to substitute X
The conclusion is the Rivalry Among Existing Competitors is High
• Low level of rivalry = + factors (favorable to industry) • High level of rivalry = - factors (unfavorable to industry) Threats of Substitutes (High) Substitutes have performance limitations, which do not completely offset their lower price, or their performance advantage is not justified by their higher price. The industry of water mostly has variance of product and price to substitute. Mosnsanto’s customer will incur costs in switching to a substitute. There is no cost incurrance for customer in switching to a substitute. They can switch as they like. Monsanto’s customer is not likely to substitute The customer mostly subscribe water product according the their environment. If the substitute environment is more capable, then the customer prefer to subscribe it. Threat of Substitute Product (High) The bottled water industry was considered a substitute to a tap water and to residential drinking water purification equipment. The bottled water’s price is affordable to customer and convenient to carry. Also it is very easy to find in stores. And that’s resulted the bottled water product sales growth 41% in 4 years and distributed world wide. Because of that, the customer potentially not subscribing drinking water from water treatment companies.