Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
INSEAD
Version: 01.2017
Revision date: 2-Mar-2017
Length: 28 pages
Data source: Published sources
Abstract
The US bottled water industry went through a major change of structure around 2002. A huge growth in demand, driven by health-conscious consumers, attracted a wave of new entrants, some of them with strong resources and different business models (purified water). Signs of competitive pressure, in the form of price competition and consolidation, were beginning to appear, forcing players to adapt to a very different competitive landscape. The case can be used in core strategy courses or competitive strategy electives to examine industry transformation (eg, how industry attractiveness will evolve after changes in the environment). Will the industry become more fragmented or concentrated? What are the forces driving industry structure and performance? The case also allows discussion of the different business models used by companies to adapt to the new landscape.
Other setting(s):
2002
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Abstract
The US bottled water industry went through a major change of structure around 2002. A huge growth in demand, driven by health-conscious consumers, attracted a wave of new entrants, some of them with strong resources and different business models (purified water). Signs of competitive pressure, in the form of price competition and consolidation, were beginning to appear, forcing players to adapt to a very different competitive landscape. The case can be used in core strategy courses or competitive strategy electives to examine industry transformation (eg, how industry attractiveness will evolve after changes in the environment). Will the industry become more fragmented or concentrated? What are the forces driving industry structure and performance? The case also allows discussion of the different business models used by companies to adapt to the new landscape.
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Other setting(s):
2002