Industry analysis and lifecycles

Overview

With a solid industry analysis,the business can better decide whether to enter, stay in, or leave an industry. The tools you will gain from this course will help you define where an industry is in its lifecycle, which can be used for applications such as determining the risk and reward ratio of a potential investment, or the making of strategic choices like diversification, market exit, market stimulation, and so on.

Key topics

• Five Forces Model
• The Industry Lifecycle
• The external environment/ecosystem

Gain experience with detailed exercises

Using case studies, real-life scenarios, and exercises, this course gives you the necessary tools to collect and interpret data to analyse the organisational ecosystem and external environment to boost you onto the next step of your business journey.

This is a standalone course but if you're interested in more of this type of learning while earning a designation, explore the CGMAr Finance Leadership Program.

Highlights

Key Topics

• Industry analysis - Five Forces model
• Industry lifecycles and group analysis

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Who Will Benefit

• Global accounting and finance professionals
• Management accounting professionals
• CPAs in public practice
• Supply chain professionals

Objectives

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse how industry structure determines profitability of an industry using the Five Forces model.
• Analyse how industries go through a series of identifiable lifecycle phases
• and how to group businesses within an industry.