Industry Projects:
Define your industry, major competitors globally and by region providing sales in $$$ and or units from which you can determine worldwide and regional market-share percentages. ROI should provide some interesting observations. Include 10-year comparisons; usually graphs, grid, trend-line are especially helpful.
What are the major competitors’ missions and visions? What are the strategies for the major competitors, overall and do they vary by geographic region?
Compare governances, especially leadership and culture across the major competitors. Have any been particularly stable or unstable. Have the respective managements’ strategies helped or hindered financial performance?
Over the past ten years, what have been the industry’s environmental dynamics? Are there any unique variables in the specific regions? Include PLC/DIC dynamics, Porter’s Five-forces, and any other tools that provide insights.
Summarize the competitors’ strengths and weaknesses overall and by region and match to overall and regional opportunities and threats. Be sure to identify the SWOT factors.
Should missions/visions and respective objectives be changed? What should be the alternatives by competitors, overall and by region? Which ones would you suggest be implemented by competitor by region? Do the cultures and levels of preparedness allow for implementation of your of your suggested alternatives? What should be changed, how long will it take and how much will it cost? For the industry leader, identify the six-step chain from business functions to consistently high ROI of your industry’s leader?
