Strategic management guru Michael E. Porter pointed out in , Harvard Business Review, 1996, that as the business activities become globalized, they are facing more competitions from opponents worldwide. Therefore, companies must come up with a more comprehensive strategy to maintain their dominant positions in the ever-changing market, and surpass their competitors.
As promoting smart city has become an international trend, in order to meet current and future needs, domestic smart card companies need to find a way to integrate the multiple applications to make human life more convenient when facing the technology of the new era. Also, smart card companies want to find competitive advantages and develop the business strategies in the industry. This study combines qualitative research methods and case study. Through structured interviews and Porter's Five Forces Model, we investigate the case against the five forces of the industry. In additions, we offer SWOT analysis of the company's competitive advantages and provide functional strategies. Research findings are summarized as follows:
1.F company against the five forces of the industry has degrees of competition above average.
2.SWOT analysis of F company,
A.Strength: professional human resources, a complete professional certification, superior capability in system integration and excellent process and quality of Combi Card.
B.Weakness: the technology of the financial products should be improved; shortage in research-and- development professionals and resources.
C.Opportunity: the demands of EMV Migration in China, Australia and the U.S. market, the demands of Display Card in Europe, Singapore and Japan, new demands of NFC mobile payment in Taiwan.
D.Threats: the threats against existing competitors, the decreasing of traditional physical cards and perso for mobile payment.
3.F company has competitive advantages in the superior process and the quality of the Combi Card, and the card innovation and customer response.
4.According to the mission, vision and business objectives of F company, through empirical analysis, we provide marketing strategies, production strategies, procurement strategies, research and development strategies and human resources strategies for the industry reference.