You are on an airline's strategy team. Two new routes are on the table and the board asks a single question: can we make money on these routes?
In the Porter's Five Forces game you answer this question with five sliders: rivalry among competitors, the threat of new entrants, the threat of substitutes, the bargaining power of suppliers and the bargaining power of buyers. Each time you move a slider, the aircraft on screen climbs or descends with the industry's profit potential. The stronger the forces, the thinner the margin; the weaker they are, the wider it gets.
The game takes about five minutes. It starts with a briefing, continues with a warm-up round where you get to know the forces with the sliders and an analysis of two fictional routes, then comes a few short questions and a fictional decision point, and it ends with a debrief that wraps up what you have learned. Every correct analysis earns you flight hours and moves you up the ranks. At the end of the game you can share your result card.
The game is based on the Porter's Five Forces topic in The Invisible Mathematics of the Sky series. If you would like to learn the topic in depth, you can watch the episode video inside the game; when you watch it, the hours you earn on this flight are doubled.
🎮 Other games in the series:
Hub-and-Spoke Network Game
Daily Flight
The routes in the game and the scenario at the decision point are fictional.
How to play?
- Briefing: Read the mission and, if you like, open the episode video on the topic.
- Warm-up round: Move at least three sliders and watch how the aircraft climbs and descends.
- Route analysis: Read the text for two fictional routes, set each force to weak, medium or strong, and check your analysis.
- Questions and decision point: Correct answers earn flight hours; a wrong answer uses fuel, but the flight goes on.
- Debrief: Review what you have learned, collect your badge and share your result card.
- Use the TR / EN button at the top right to switch languages.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Porter's Five Forces model?
It is an analysis model developed by Michael Porter that examines an industry's profit potential through five forces: rivalry among competitors, the threat of new entrants, the threat of substitutes, the bargaining power of suppliers and the bargaining power of buyers.
What does the aircraft in the game show?
The aircraft's altitude shows the industry's profit potential based on the force levels you choose. As the forces weaken the aircraft climbs; as they strengthen it descends.
What is a substitute?
Substitutes are options that meet the same need in a different way. For example, a high-speed rail line opening between two cities is a substitute for air travel; it is not a new airline, but it can draw passengers away.
Where are my flight hours and rank stored?
Your progress is stored only in your own browser. When you come back from the same device and the same browser, you pick up where you left off. If you clear your browser data, this information is reset.
Can I play on my phone?
Yes. The game is designed to work on phones, tablets and computers.
Does this game replace a course?
No. The game is a supporting learning material designed to reinforce the topic; it does not replace textbooks or the instructor's teaching.
The Porter's Five Forces game was created so you can learn this topic of The Invisible Mathematics of the Sky series by playing. For a detailed explanation of the topic, you can watch the relevant episode of the series.
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