IV. Structure of the Industry
A. Exit/Entry Barriers
- Try Factiva, and Business Source Complete , using keywords "entry and barriers"
- Gartner - provides forecasts, trends, magic quadrant comparisons in technology industries.
B. Value-added chain
- Mergent, EDGARScan, Lexis/Nexis, and Factiva--Annual Report to Shareholders may provide information on what the company is doing to "add value" and streamline business operations.
- Search Factiva, Business Source Complete , and Business & Company Resource Center , using "value added" to the company or industry search. These 3 databases can also provide information from press releases and articles about a company's activities and plans for adding value.
C. Major buyers and suppliers and power of each
- Factiva, and Business Source Complete (company profiles) can provide information on customers and distributors.
- Gartner - provides magic quadrant comparisons.
- CorpTech and Hoovers can also provide information about company/industry revenue sources.
- American wholesalers and distributors directory
HF 5421 A615 PCL Reference Business Services - Company
D. Range of Substitutes
- Factiva Industry publications and business wires cover industries.
- Business & Company Resource Center, and Business Source Complete provide trade journal articles on the industry.
- Gartner - provides forecasts, trends, magic quadrant comparisons.
- Mintel - provides market comparisons
E. Level of Rivalry
- Factiva Industry publications and business wires cover industries. Search "Industry" publications for rivalry. Example: "Cola Wars"
- Business & Company Resource Center and Business Source Complete have trade journal articles, rankings, competitors (Datamonitor company & industry reports), etc.
- Business Wire News and Factiva have new product announcements.
- Gartner - provides forecasts, trends, magic quadrant comparisons.
F. Major Competitors
- Factiva "company search" provides competitors.
- Business & Company Resource Center and Business Source Complete (Datamonitor company & industry reports) both provide competitor information.
- Hoovers provide competitor information
- Mergent allows searching on SIC or NAICS codes as well as the ability to design peer group analysis reports.
- Gartner - provides forecasts, trends, magic quadrant comparisons.
- Mintel - provides market comparisons.
G. Possible New Entrants
- Gartner has a "hype cycle" which tracks new entrants.
- Factiva and Business Wire News contains industry publications and business & PR newswires covering industry changes.
- Business & Company Resource Center can provide trade journal articles on industries, new products,etc.
H. Global vs. Multidomestic Operations
- Business & Company Resource Center, Business Source Complete, Hoovers and Mergent each can provide information on global and multidomestic operations.
- Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States
HG 4057 A155 2002 PCL Reference Business Services Directory Table- Directory of American firms Operating in Foreign Countries
HG 4538 A1 D5 PCL Reference Business Services Directory TableI. Level of Concentration in Operations and Locations
Previous Page / Next Page
- Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys
HC 106.6 S74(Print publications located in PCL Reference Business Services).- Mergent provides location and ownership information.
- EDGAR provides SEC documents, including the latest 10K.
- Business & Company Resource Center, Business Source Complete , Hoovers can each provide global operation information.
Page 5 of 7
