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Country Reports
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IBS offers detailed and tailored country
reports for companies looking to break into
new markets, for example, or facing an
investment decision in a particular country.
The service combines extremely well with
activity on the ground under the
International Strategy or New Business
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Detailed market mapping - size, key
players with estimated market share,
technologies and technical standards,
supply chain description. |
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Political and economic stability,
currency, macro-economic and trade
issues. |
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Legal framework, company law (highlights
for foreign investors), intellectual
property protection, dispute history. |
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Taxation |
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Competition analysis - domestic and
international. |
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Key market
drivers - consumer, environment,
finance, etc. |
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Niche markets -
ground to seize and occupy. |
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Possible routes
to market, case studies. |
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Industry Sector Reports
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Detailed sector report
for companies who are looking for a long
term view of their existing markets, or who
are investigating an opportunity or desire
to enter a new market. |
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Detailed sector overview - sub-segments
and branches of the sector, each with
size, number of companies and key
players with estimated market share.
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Technologies and technical standards.
Entry barriers, future trends and likely
scenarios. |
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International comparisons, industry
benchmarking |
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Competition analysis - domestic and
international. |
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Supply chain analysis |
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Market surveys,
confidential interviews and case studies |
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Key market drivers - consumer,
environment, finance, etc. trend
analysis |
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Niche markets - ground to seize and
occupy. |
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Effective Customer Surveys
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Understanding your customers' present and
future needs and their real feelings about
your products and services is obviously
crucial to your business planning. Stay in
control, stay ahead! IBS Customer Surveys
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point to immediate
performance improvement measures to keep
customers on board
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point to successful elements of company
performance from which to learn and
boost morale. |
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provide early warning
of customer migration or defection - and
point to possible counter-measures |
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provide an important
stimulus for innovation and help to
align business activities with the
customers' future needs and aspirations. |
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Competitor Reports
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How often have you wanted to know key facts
about your major competitors? Does your
business really understand its own strengths
and weaknesses relative to the competition,
or is much of it hearsay or guesswork?
Industrial espionage is illegal, but
intelligent, ethical and lawful research is
the legitimate responsibility of every
business! In addition to targeted activity
on the ground, IBS has teamed up with a
leading UK university Competitive
Intelligence Unit, with access to huge
information resources, to offer an
invaluable service to the company who wants
to get ahead. |
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Financial report and analysis from
available resources. |
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Detailed report on market
focus/segmentation, corporate structure,
route to markets and distribution chain
- identification of weak and strong
points, strategic intentions. |
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Anonymous
customer surveys - your company's
position from the customer's viewpoint,
in relation to selected competitor(s). |
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Recruitment patterns, court filings, IP
protection activity. |
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Competitive
positioning analysis |
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Acquisition Target Reports
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Even when the acquisition target is specific
and clear from the outset, a detailed target
report on the the non-financial strengths
and weaknesses of the target can be crucial
to the decision-making process of the
acquiring company. Where the target is not
clear, the IBS confidential search and
pre-screening service is a highly effective
method of finding your target while avoiding
internal distraction. |
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Specific target report with market
position, short and medium term business
prospects, competitive strengths and
weaknesses, management and operational
assessment. |
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General target short lists within
predetermined parameters, with top level
assessment of competitive strengths and
weaknesses, shareholding structure,
headline financial status, product and
market assessment. |
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Post-bid
management and integration assessment,
highlighting key people, roles and
responsibilities, morale and potential
culture clashes. |
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