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How do you capture the glamorous and competitive world of 1970’s Formula One racing? Just turn to Gucci creative director Frida Giannini. She collaborated with Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard on costumes for “Rush,” his new feature about the rivalry between race car champions Niki Lauda and James Hunt. In the film, Chris Hemsworth and Olivia Wilde, who play Hunt and his wife Suzy Miller, respectively, wear Gucci archival pieces. Hemsworth sports a trim velvet blazer among other pieces while Wilde dazzles in a sleek shearling coat and maxi Flora chiffon dress. “James Hunt’s style is full of animal sensuality,” says Giannini, “while Suzy Miller’s is the essence of Gucci—a mix of sexy allure and natural innocence.” “Rush” hits theaters this September. http://www.rushmovie.com

【哈佛知識分享 - 六大行業推動力】UA院線結業對做生意面對行業有什麼啟示?

相信大家最近都聽到UA院線停業嘅消息，當然大家都覺得好可惜。 我都曾經去UA睇過唔少電影。

但我好想重做生意角度同你分析下UA停業嘅啟示。我只想講實話。

哈佛其中一個最出名嘅商學院教授 Michael Porter， 佢話做任何生意都要留意 Competitive Six Forces 《六種行業競爭推動力》。

這六種動力， 就奠定了成個行業的定利潤潛力。 如果六個都係差嘅，你有一個叫做 6-Star Crappy Business. You have an untenable position。 中文翻譯做「六星級垃圾生意」， 你有個「站不住腳」的位置。

邊6個?

(1) Bargaining Power of Buyers 買家的議價能力。 買家唔好襯你，容唔容易幫襯第二個? 相信喺戲院嘅行業，唔去呢間，就去另一間㗎喇。 加上張單是一次性，又唔係收月費/年費，亦都冇合約綁住， 因此買家議價能力好強。 第一個 BAD!

(2) Bargaining Power of Suppliers 供應商的議價能力。戲院五成嘅成本去咗租金， 霎時間佢要搬走亦都唔鍾意， 喺香港幾大發展商話晒事， 因此戲院供應商的議價能力又係好強。第二個 BAD。

(3) Barriers to Entry 入行門檻。 你同我好少話突然間會開間戲院，但好多地產發展商都會投資做戲院。 技術水平唔需要高， 又冇話乜嘢特別版權， 問發行商攞電影就得啦， 門檻一啲都唔高。 炒碟餸你都要炒得好味啲， 但純粹播放電影，套電影又唔係你拍㗎， 你唔需要太多知識，有地方就得啦。第三個 BAD。

(4) Threat of Substitutes 代替品的威脅。 正如商舖最大嘅代替品就係網購。 去戲院睇戲最大嘅代替品，就係喺屋企睇或者甚至乎唔睇，打機上網youtube 算數。第四個 BAD。

(5) Internal Rivalry 內部競爭的激烈程度。 香港好多戲院，背後老闆都係大財團或地產發展商。 例如MCL 係麗新林建岳嘅，英皇院線就係楊受成嘅。 大財團大把錢， 獨立嘅院線真係好難做。第五個 BAD。

(6) Availability of Complements 互補商品的存在。 多咗馬路，就會多咗車。 馬路係車嘅 complement. 上網快咗，就多啲人睇 youtube 。 網絡嘅速度就係 youtube 嘅 complement. 越多互補效應，對個行業越好。 但戲院睇戲? 互補效應咁多年嚟都冇乜改變過，反而個個係 屋企睇電視螢幕大咗， 上網快咗， 音響靚咗，因此想睇戲，個個都少咗出街，留喺屋企睇好過。不進則退， 戲院嘅互補商品，第六個都係 BAD。

根據哈佛教授 Michael Porter 嘅 Competitive Six Forces 理論，香港做戲院就係一個 6-Star Crappy Business. You have an untenable position。 「六星級垃圾生意」， 你有個「站不住腳」的位置。I'm sorry, you can hate, 你鬧爆我 it's OK，但這是事實。 因此近年幾乎無一間院線賺到大錢， 一個浪冚埋來，就好容易全線倒閉。 就好似好多年前嘅卡拉OK咁， 當個個人係屋企都唱到歌或者多咗其他娛樂， 好多卡拉OK連鎖店都會結業。

你做生意都要諗下， 你個行頭以上嗰六種動力又點呢? Michael Porter 話你唔需要個個中曬， 嗰六個動力唔係一個計分制。你只係需要中致命嘅一個就已經可能玩完。

例如華為手機，過份依賴美國晶片供應商的話， 一受制裁，就好容易站唔住腳。 我做商舖基金都一樣，過份依賴某一個投資者亦唔健康。Bargaining power of one buyer 會太大。

要抗衡以上六種力量，如果你做生意醒目嘅話，就應該盡量推出啲新產品或新經營模式，將嗰六種動力由 BAD 轉做 GOOD，由 GOOD 成為 GREAT! 點轉? 有機會喺我嘅早餐會再同你小組詳談更多， 短短幾分鐘講唔曬。總之記住 UA 院線結業， 可能只係一個開始。 有好多行業以上六種力量都是差的話， 要扭轉乾坤，就必須馬上改變。Good luck!

李根興 Edwin

聯絡李根興 Edwin whatsapp (+852) 90361143

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#做生意的六大動力 #UA戲院結業啟示

To Smash a Cracked Pot ｜Lee Yee

The national security honeymoon, the calm before the storm, is over. The sword of Damocles above our heads comes swinging down.

Against the professional recommendations of the Board of Education, the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) governing council went with the majority’s decision and fired Benny Tai Yiu-ting, associate professor of the Faculty of Law. Certainly, no one would challenge Benny Tai’s comment that the decision to terminate his appointment was made by “an authority beyond the university through its agents”.

Three males and one female, aged between 16 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of “secession” in violation of the national security law. There was no action, only online speeches. Perhaps the few words by these teenagers are powerful enough to split a country of 1.4 billion people?

I had been pondering whether the Communists and their bootlickers would adopt the disqualification tactic or the postponement tactic in the upcoming Legislative Council election. The answer has been revealed that mass disqualifications would come first, and then a postponement may follow. Some said that the Communists are “braver” than I had predicted; but to borrow a young person’s words, which I find to be more suitable: rationality limits my imagination.

The three-part strike happened within a period of two days, putting an end to the honeymoon where the CCP had once sought dialogue, probed, soothed, and observed the global siege led by the United States. Now the CCP is addressing the US sanctions head-on while flexing its muscles by targeting Hongkongers.

This also illustrates that the attempt by the pan-democrats to navigate within the cavity of the national security law, to try to compromise on the confirmation letter to see a way out through election was an utter, complete failure. They could have followed my suggestion from a month ago, to run in the election with proud and loud opposition against the national security law, to welcome being disqualified and show the civilized world “what the CCP is plotting against Hong Kong”. That would have been more courageous. Yet some pushed their luck, and now they face the same fate of being disqualified.

CCP’s honeymoon period following the implementation of the national security law in Hong Kong was based on the assumption, by the CCP as well as other overseas observers, that Trump’s tough policy toward China was for his election campaign. Since the current projection of the election seems unfavorable to Trump, that there is hope for the Democrats to take over, and the US might change its policy toward China.

When the United States ordered the closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston, and when the four top officials, especially Pompeo’s declaration of resistance to China, made it clear that the US ultra-cold war strategy towards China is unlikely to be reversible.

Stephen Young, a senior diplomat who had stationed in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei, said that demanding other countries to close their consulates is a very drastic strategy. In the past, if a foreign diplomatic agency had a blunder, actions would usually have been taken against a person. The closures of the consulates suggest that the relationship is close to a break-up.

On July 25, the New York Times published the words of Ryan Hass, the President of the US National Security Council in the Obama era, that said, “They want to reorient the U.S.-China relationship toward an all-encompassing systemic rivalry that cannot be reversed by the outcome of the upcoming U.S. election. They believe this reorientation is needed to put the United States on a competitive footing against its 21st-century geostrategic rival.”

The two bills on Hong Kong, and the one on Xinjiang Uyghurs, were all passed almost unanimously in the US Senate and the House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House and Democrat, Pelosi, was particularly enthusiastic; left-wing media such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, though have been critical of Trump, have both affirmed and even encouraged Trump’s anti-China policy.

This has been a 180 from Trump’s previous declaration of “America First” when he did not hesitate to offend the United Kingdom, the European Union, and even Asia-Pacific countries. Pompeo has recently been chummy with Europe and the Asia-Pacific to ally up, and emphasized in his anti-CCP declaration the need for the free world to act together. In fact, Trump’s unilateralism has pivoted, and the allies have returned to their positions one after another, and a global siege towards China has gradually been formed.

Has China been in touch with the US Democratic Party in private to probe whether its China policy will change if it wins the general election? There is no way of knowing. Even if so, the answer is apparent.

The US policy toward China leaves no room for maneuver, and the power-hungry CCP must now hold tight onto the hastily enacted national security law till the end. The longer they hold out, who knows how many more Hong Kong officials or pro-Beijing people would be affected along the lines of Bernard Chan and his sanctioned foreign bank.

What the CCP and its Hong Kong bootlickers are doing could be described with the Chinese idiom “to smash a cracked pot”. The pot is already cracked, then just smash it. It means that there are blemishes, and mistakes that cannot be corrected or will not be correct, then why not send the helve after the hatchet.

Lu Xun said, “When the brave is angered, he draws the sword towards the stronger; when the coward is angered, he draws the sword towards the weaker.” Disqualifications coupled with the postponement, is it “braver”? Or rather, “the coward is angered”.

【哈佛知識分享 - 六大行業推動力】UA院線結業對做生意面對行業有什麼啟示?

相信大家最近都聽到UA院線停業嘅消息，當然大家都覺得好可惜。 我都曾經去UA睇過唔少電影。

但我好想重做生意角度同你分析下UA停業嘅啟示。我只想講實話。

哈佛其中一個最出名嘅商學院教授 Michael Porter， 佢話做任何生意都要留意 Competitive Six Forces 《六種行業競爭推動力》。

這六種動力， 就奠定了成個行業的定利潤潛力。 如果六個都係差嘅，你有一個叫做 6-Star Crappy Business. You have an untenable position。 中文翻譯做「六星級垃圾生意」， 你有個「站不住腳」的位置。

邊6個?

(1) Bargaining Power of Buyers 買家的議價能力。 買家唔好襯你，容唔容易幫襯第二個? 相信喺戲院嘅行業，唔去呢間，就去另一間㗎喇。 加上張單是一次性，又唔係收月費/年費，亦都冇合約綁住， 因此買家議價能力好強。 第一個 BAD!

(2) Bargaining Power of Suppliers 供應商的議價能力。戲院五成嘅成本去咗租金， 霎時間佢要搬走亦都唔鍾意， 喺香港幾大發展商話晒事， 因此戲院供應商的議價能力又係好強。第二個 BAD。

(3) Barriers to Entry 入行門檻。 你同我好少話突然間會開間戲院，但好多地產發展商都會投資做戲院。 技術水平唔需要高， 又冇話乜嘢特別版權， 問發行商攞電影就得啦， 門檻一啲都唔高。 炒碟餸你都要炒得好味啲， 但純粹播放電影，套電影又唔係你拍㗎， 你唔需要太多知識，有地方就得啦。第三個 BAD。

(4) Threat of Substitutes 代替品的威脅。 正如商舖最大嘅代替品就係網購。 去戲院睇戲最大嘅代替品，就係喺屋企睇或者甚至乎唔睇，打機上網youtube 算數。第四個 BAD。

(5) Internal Rivalry 內部競爭的激烈程度。 香港好多戲院，背後老闆都係大財團或地產發展商。 例如MCL 係麗新林建岳嘅，英皇院線就係楊受成嘅。 大財團大把錢， 獨立嘅院線真係好難做。第五個 BAD。

(6) Availability of Complements 互補商品的存在。 多咗馬路，就會多咗車。 馬路係車嘅 complement. 上網快咗，就多啲人睇 youtube 。 網絡嘅速度就係 youtube 嘅 complement. 越多互補效應，對個行業越好。 但戲院睇戲? 互補效應咁多年嚟都冇乜改變過，反而個個係 屋企睇電視螢幕大咗， 上網快咗， 音響靚咗，因此想睇戲，個個都少咗出街，留喺屋企睇好過。不進則退， 戲院嘅互補商品，第六個都係 BAD。

根據哈佛教授 Michael Porter 嘅 Competitive Six Forces 理論，香港做戲院就係一個 6-Star Crappy Business. You have an untenable position。 「六星級垃圾生意」， 你有個「站不住腳」的位置。I'm sorry, you can hate, 你鬧爆我 it's OK，但這是事實。 因此近年幾乎無一間院線賺到大錢， 一個浪冚埋來，就好容易全線倒閉。 就好似好多年前嘅卡拉OK咁， 當個個人係屋企都唱到歌或者多咗其他娛樂， 好多卡拉OK連鎖店都會結業。

你做生意都要諗下， 你個行頭以上嗰六種動力又點呢? Michael Porter 話你唔需要個個中曬， 嗰六個動力唔係一個計分制。你只係需要中致命嘅一個就已經可能玩完。

例如華為手機，過份依賴美國晶片供應商的話， 一受制裁，就好容易站唔住腳。 我做商舖基金都一樣，過份依賴某一個投資者亦唔健康。Bargaining power of one buyer 會太大。

要抗衡以上六種力量，如果你做生意醒目嘅話，就應該盡量推出啲新產品或新經營模式，將嗰六種動力由 BAD 轉做 GOOD，由 GOOD 成為 GREAT! 點轉? 有機會喺我嘅早餐會再同你小組詳談更多， 短短幾分鐘講唔曬。總之記住 UA 院線結業， 可能只係一個開始。 有好多行業以上六種力量都是差的話， 要扭轉乾坤，就必須馬上改變。Good luck!

李根興 Edwin

聯絡李根興 Edwin whatsapp (+852) 90361143

www.edwinlee.com.hk

#做生意六大動力，#戲院結業啟示