The market is maturing towards the end of 1990 Due to availability and compatibility issues the bargaining power of customers is severely limited. The technological advances in the last few years also made it impossible for big corporations not to have an integrated DBMS system.
Threat of substitute products or services No real substitute products exist. .
Bargaining power of suppliers Programmers/Engineers well sought after increasing costs Oracle sourced from the best universities.
Jockeying for position among current competitors High switching costs Oracle has entered when the need for the market existed and with aggressive growth procured a big chunk of the market.
The analysis of using Porters five forces indicate that Oracle was able to in a few short years enter a market and attain an excellent market share. The analysis further indicates that once in the market the company has a relative save position in regards to new entrants and substitutes. Switching costs is very high and effective substitutes unavailable. The bargaining power of suppliers is severely limited due to the switching costs and compatibility. The bargaining power of engineers due to maturing market will also in future be less.
In terms of surviving and growing in the industry Oracle outperformed all its competitors.
Ratio Analysis.
A ratio analysis reflecting a company's performance over years as well as comparing it to other companies' ratios would show financially if it performed above average. The key ratios are produced below as well as a short description indicating its relevance to the performance of the company historically and with its peers.
ANALYTICAL FINANCIAL RATIOS, 1985-90 .
FISCAL YEAR ENDED MAY 31 Quarter.
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 31-Aug.
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Current ratio 1.56 1.86 2.25 1.88 1.89 2.01 2.13.
Quick Ratio 1.51 1.75 2.12 1.75 1.75 1.83 1.82.
Debt/Total assets 13.37 15.33 9.89% 4.76% 13.59% 17.35% 25.70%.
Days' sales outstanding 142 175 181 168 164 176 169.
Three Companies that have showed tremendous changes are, SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft. ... Oracle is another business of which has changed over the last three years. ... Like SAP Oracle's Total Revenue has increased from 1998-2000. ... PeopleSoft is another company with the e-business base like SAP and Oracle. ... PeopleSoft, like SAP and Oracle, has also grown over the years. ...
Jocaste does believe that a person has a destiny and reason for living but "It is God himself who can show us what he wills, in his own way"(Sophocles 199-200) and not the oracles. When Jocaste starts to get more information on the matter she starts to see that the oracle was right. ... We can see he feels this way when he says "I wandered farther and farther on my way to a land where I should never see the evil sung by the oracle"(Sopholces 272-274). ... When Oedipus finally realizes that the oracles" prediction came true he blinded himself for punishment because he knew that he made his mist...
(Ogden 179-188) Oracles Oracles were prophets who claimed to receive their visions directly from the g-ds. The oracles gave their responses to inquiries and their answers were considered divinely inspired. Oracles were usually associated with a sacred temple, shrine or public religious institution. The oracles were especially gifted in the art of interpreting symbols understood as messages from the gods. ... For the state, the oracle's charges were as much as ten times the rate for private citizens! ...
When the oracle propehsized his future, he was adamant. If what the oracle says is true, is there another force out there that determines his fate? Before hand, Neo knocked the vase over, after the oracle told him not to worry about breaking the vase. Neo was curious, but the oracle said, :Would you have knowcked the vase over if I didn't tell you?" ...
Religion makes its first appearance at the mention of the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves. The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves served as a guide for the Ibo. ... The Oracle was so powerful that a young boy, Ikemefuna, was sacrificed because it said it must be so. ... It is also the Oracle that predicts the arrival of the white man. ... After the arrival of the first white missionaries, the Oracle is no lounger mentioned in the text. ...
OEDIPUS is proud and over confident;he harbours unjustified suspicions against teiresias and creon; in one place he goes so far as to express some uncertainity about the truth of oracles. ... Atleast the oracle which louis heard was conditional:"if he begota son that son was fated to kill him and marry his wife"Infact, louis was advised not to beget a son but he ignored this advice the oracle which oedipus hears is not conditional_he is not told of any action which he might take or omit,in order to escape the predicted parricide and incest.Louis sinfully disobeyed and hi...
For example when the oracle had told Oedipus mother and wife that her son was going to kill his father and marry her. ... How could a pair of parents let go of their children because of something some oracle said? ... Entry #5 *The only moment where I felt that Oedipus made the right choice is that when he actually believe the oracle that he would kill his father and marry his mother he took action. ... He believed some oracle too. ...
As a young adult, he went to see an oracle after hearing rumors. The oracle told him of his foul fate and he ran away trying to escape the chances of this awful future unaware he running towards what he thought he would escape. ... After the birth of Oedipus, his parents Lias and Jocasta, King and Queen of Thebes sentenced him to death because the oracle told them that he would kill his father and marry his mother. ... "(1735, 860-868) In utter fear of his newfound knowledge, he fled from Corinth to make sure to none of what the oracle said would come true. On his travel, he took little preca...
Oedipus plays a part in fulfilling the oracle by making certain choices along the way. ... Oedipus is responsible for fulfilling the oracle. ... Oedipus rejects the oracle, and in turn fulfills another step in the prophecy. ... The first half of the oracle is now come to pass. ... Jocasta also tries to dissuade Oedipus by denouncing the credibility of the oracle. ...
