Stage of the product life cycle

Stage of the product life cycle

Remember, this is an industry analysis not a company analysis.  Therefore, limit the amount of specific company (organizational) information. The specific company i choose is Walmart. You need to analyse and adequately address each of the areas provided below.

A. Factors that influence cost structures and profitability
1. Stage of the product life cycle.  (Stage of the product life cycle affects pattern of investment, cash flows, and profitability.)
2. Competitive environment.  Thoroughly analyze and discuss Porter’s Five Forces of Industry Competition.  Explain effects on costs and profitability.
B. Opportunities in the industry.  Using your analysis of the industry, prepare a thorough list of opportunities in the industry.  For example, weak competitive rivalry would be an opportunity in the industry.  Be sure to explain why each is an opportunity for the industry. Examples may include:
1. Serving additional customer groups/expanding into new markets
2.  Expanding the product line
3.  Integrating forward or backward
4.  Complacency among rival firms
5.  Strong increase in market demand
6.  Favorable demographic, social, cultural, technological trends
C.  Threats in the industry.  Using the industry analysis completed to this point, prepare a thorough list of threats in the industry.  For example, a strong competitive rivalry would be a threat in the industry.  Be sure to explain why each is a treat to the industry.  May include:
1. Entry of lower-cost foreign competitors
2. Rising sales of substitute products
3. Slower market growth
4. Adverse shifts in foreign exchange rates or trade policies
5. Adoption of new governmental regulations affecting the industry
6. Strong bargaining power of customers or suppliers
7. Changing buyer needs or tastes
8. Adverse demographic, social, cultural, technological trends

Again, please remember this is INDUSTRY ANALYSIS not company analysis. At the minimum, you should use 10 external references, 7 should be non-free web.

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3-D printing industry

Paper instructions:

https://biz.yahoo.com/ic/
http://www.valueline.com/Stocks/Industries.aspx
http://www.plunkettresearch.com
http://business.highbeam.com
http://www.investopedia.com/university/

(the links above is recommended by the teacher for us to use for research)

Description of Case Assignment

Case Assignment :  Stratasys As if your project scope was not broad enough, another client Stratasys has hired your team to help it understand the state of competition in the 3-D printing industry. Stratasys would like you to help them with a number of tasks.  They are interested in knowing more about how they can protect their intellectual property. Specifically they would like your team help them understand their options in regards to patent strategy.  From the USPTO patent database, the client would like you to identify three key competitors, three potential alliance or acquisition targets, four potential new personnel hires, and two or three logical locations to situate an operating facility should they choose to ally with, or acquire one of the suggested alliance or acquisition targets (Use one as an example). What is VIP’s patent strategy? Your client is also interested in your thoughts on the patent activity of its two major competitors. Is a patent race underway? Who is winning?  Please reference online information sources appropriately using endnotes. Please end the analysis with a discussion regarding implications. In other words, after gathering the data, so what? What does it mean?

Note/ for referance,  minimum of 3 online sources should be included

I can provide examples if needed, but this is an important paper for my fourth year course in business, i would appreciate it much if the paper includes analytical thinking and focused on business topics

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