Business Studies: Porter’s Five Forces: Interactive Sector Suite

A set of five clickable HTML simulations that bring Porter’s Five Forces to life across contrasting industries. Learners explore real examples, adjust strategic responses, and see how industry forces shift—building confident, exam-ready analysis and evaluation.

Airline Industry (HTML)

An interactive Five Forces tour of aviation with real-world prompts and an insights panel that reacts to the strategies learners choose—perfect for testing how alliances, positioning, and cost models alter market power and rivalry. Students learn to diagnose buyer/supplier power, entry barriers, and substitutes in airlines, then justify strategy choices with evidence

Global Automobile Industry (HTML)

Covers the auto sector through the EV transition, autonomy, and legacy OEM dynamics, using current examples (e.g., Tesla’s disruption, the Chinese EV surge, and tech-giant entries) to make each force concrete. Learners practise applying Five Forces to fast-changing markets and evaluate strategic responses (e.g., differentiation, integration) with up-to-date competitive context.

Global Smartphone Industry (HTML)

A vivid, card-based walkthrough of the smartphone market with force meters and example tiles (e.g., Chinese brand expansion, high R&D needs, ecosystem lock-in) spanning Apple, Samsung, and leading Android brands. Students learn to explain why supplier power and rivalry can spike, and to propose strategies to reduce buyer power and substitutes in platform markets.

UK Restaurant & Fast-Food Industry (HTML)

Uses familiar British examples and clearly labelled threat levels (e.g., high new-entrant pressure via low start-up costs and dark kitchens) to help learners see forces at work on the high street. Outcomes include comparing rivalry vs. substitutes (meal kits, supermarkets), and recommending tactics like loyalty, speed, and location strategy with reasoned impacts on each force.

UK Utilities Sector (HTML)

A multi-tab view (All Utilities, Energy & Gas, Water, Telecoms) with regulatory framing shows why entry is hard and how price-cap rules shape competition—ideal for contrasting regulated vs. competitive markets. Learners evaluate barriers to entry (massive capital), shifting buyer power across sub-sectors, and the role of policy in altering market structure and strategy.