As product life cycles become shorter and the pace of technology innovation and globalization increases, more businesses are having trouble sustaining a competitive advantage. Quatro Consulting advises clients on short-term and long-term business strategies through analysis and forecasting of:
- Competitive environments and rivalry
- Number of firms in the industry
- Cost structures in the industry
- Switching costs
- Network effects
- Level of product differentiation
- Entry and exit barriers
- Competitor diversity (culture, markets, products)
- Competitor reactions
- Threat of product substitutes
- Price elasticity
- Buyer power
- Threat of entrants
- Regulations
- Government policy