strategic future with an extranet
... 3 The strategic future with an extranet 5. ... 1 Explanation of the Five Forces Framework To find out the strategic future we have made an analysis and applied the company to the “Five forces framework” by Porter (1980). ... This is important for the au-diting company especially now when they will implement the extranet. ... 2 A new structure for the future It is easy to forget that the Internet must be “a complement to, not a cannibal of, traditional ways of competing” (Porter, 2001, p. ... We do not think that the company we studied will end up in this trap when it has implemented the extranet. ... Although they have to create a new structure that is influenced by the extranet. ... In this analysis it is the factors around the future extranet that are in focus. ... The diffrence become stronger when the firm has established its extranet. According to one of the managers, no auditing company in the region has an extranet yet. ... The extranet is also a way to link their customers to them. If other auditing firms also implemnet extranet’s the barrier for potential entrances will increase. ... The company that we have stuidied will have many product-for-product substitutes in the future. ... Companies can in the future quick and easy fill in their own tax forms without any help from accouting firms. ... The good relations between the audit firm and its costumers take long time to build and will be better through an implemented extranet.