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Starbucks  a  Strategic  Analysis  
Past  Decisions  and  Future  Options          
4/17/2008   Brown  University  Economics  Department   Ryan  C.  Larson      

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Contents  
Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 4   .......................................................................... 7  
Industry  Rivalry  ............................................................................................................................  8   Potential  for  new  entrants  ........................................................................................................  10   Substitute  Products  ...................................................................................................................  12   Bargaining  Power  of  Buyers  ......................................................................................................  13   Bargaining  Power  of  Suppliers...................................................................................................  14  

Summary: The Five Market Forces in Specialty Coffee in 1987 ..................................... 15   Specialty Coffee Industry Attractiveness.......................................................................... 16   ............................................................................... 19   ............................................................................................... 22  
First-­‐mover  advantage  ..............................................................................................................  22   Expansion  East  ...........................................................................................................................  23   California  Expansion  ..................................................................................................................  25   The  Catalog...