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Industry Analysis

 

Analysis of international business:  We offer entrepreneurs our in-depth analysis of various industries.  Our goal is to consolidate insightful analysis of industries that are of particular interest to our audience.   Use the "search bar"  to seek more industries that we cover.  To get you started, here is a sampling of some of our key industry analysis: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here is a list of all industries that we are reviewing (please feel free to add or edit any of your own content to any of these pages...)....

 

 

Advertising

Advertising

 

 

Agriculture

agriculture might not sound like an interesting topic for entrepreneurship, but think about renewable energy from corn, soy

 

 

 

Airplane Manufacturing

 

Airplane manufacturing industry

Airlines industry (see travel)

 

        

Automobile Manufacturing

 

Automobile Industry

 

The two most important forces in the US auto industry were Henry Ford (who started up the Ford motor company), and Alfred P Sloan the man who make GM into the economic powerhouse that it remained for the remainder of the century. In recent years, the Japanese automakers such as Honda have introduced interesting new business models, and competition to the market.

 

 

Beer

 

beer industry

 

 

Books

 

books

 

 

Black Market

 

The black market industry includes more than just the drug trafficking, illicit gun market, and illegal trade.....it also includes the "informal economy" in Latin America and in many developing nations.  In this section we will explore some of the economic and social issues surrounding these black markets.

 

 

 

Consumer Products

 

for the entrepreneur, there are 1000's of ideas for consumer products

 

 

 

Charity / Social Giving

 

Room to Read

 

WaterHealth

 more Educational Charities

 

 

 

Consulting

 

List of consulting companies

careers - management consulting

Consulting business models

Managment Consulting

Consultant

Location Consultants

business consultant example 1

business consultant example 2

 

 

 

Defense Industry

 

defense industry

 

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Education

 

online classes - getting your degree online, over the internet. Taking classes online.

online tutor - various companies offering online tutors - mostly from India

Education business models

Ranking of education performance worldwide (country vs. country ranking in subjects such as science, math, etc..)

management training industry (MBA's, etc)

 

 

 

Energy

 

energy industry 

 

 

Environment

 

For the entrepreneur, there should be lots of opportunities related to green issues.  

Environment issues 

Clean-tech and environmentally conscious investing

 

 

Fashion

 

While the clothing companies might not be your thing, there are definitely entrepreneur opportunities in the fashion industry.

fur trade industry 

 

 

Financial Services

 

Commercial Banking

 

Manhattan Chinatown Citibank branch (New York City)

 

more....

Financial Services Industry

Financial markets

 

 

Food & Drinks

 

food and beverage industry

 

 

 

Furniture

Furniture Importing

IKEA

Furniture Industry business models

 

 

Gaming Industry

online gaming, gambling, video games, etc...

gaming industry

 

 

Health Care

 

Health care industry ...more companies

 

Fitness industry

Yes, there is a massive industry surrounding our desires to (a) loose weight, and (b) get in better shape.

 

 

Internet

 

 

Internet-based business models 

internet industry

 

 

Insurance

 

Insurance industry

 

 

 

Information / Directories

 

Yellow Pages

ReachLocal

 

 

 

Import Export

Global trade

Import Export business models

 

 

 

Kitchen industry

Kitchen industry

 

 

 

 

Language Business

 

languages

LingoZ - online multi-language dictionary. Community generated content site, powered by http://www.babylon.com/

 

 

Leather Industry

 

leather industry

 

Luxury Goods

 

Luxury goods industry

 

 

 

 

Media & Entertainment

 

media entertainment industry

 

 

Music Industry

 

music industry

future of digital music industry

Live Nation - concert promotions

Music Royalties

SellaBand

 

Review more: Urge, iTunes, Rhapsody, Aime Street, Live-fm, Pandora-com, more...

 

 

Manufacturing

 

manufacturing industry 

 

MFG.com Inc., an Atlanta-based global online B2B marketplace for the manufacturing community, has raised $26 million in new VC funding. Fidelity Ventures and Fidelity Asia Ventures co-led the deal, and were joined by return backer European Founders Fund. MFG.com also has previously raised capital from Bezos Expedition, the personal investment vehicle of Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos. http://www.mfg.com/

 

   

 

Packaging Industry

 

O-I Owens of Illinois - the largest Glass bottling company in the world

 

 

 

Printing Industry

 

Xerox

 

 

 

 

Retail

 

retail industry

 

 

 

Real Estate

 

Real estate

 

 

Religion

 

Religion as an "industry"

 

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

 

 

Cemex

 

 - large diversified cement company from Mexico

 

 

 

Services

 

Business outsourcing - eLance

 

 

Sex industry

 

The sex industry includes anything from using sex to sell products, to using sex to sell sex.   Our discussion will include comments about sex tourism and human trafficking in Asia, and Eastern Europe.   These issues are real issues that should be discussed on any website focusing on trends in emerging markets.  In this section, we look at the industry from a development economist perspective, and hope to still discussion about what could/ should be done policy wise.  Feel free to add your comments, but keep the comments "clean" please.

 

 

 

Shoe Industry

 

shoe industry

 

 

Shipping Industry (Sea - Maritime)

 

Maritime Shipping:

Maersk – http://www.maersk.com

Dubai Ports World – http://www.dpa.co.ae/

Inchcape Shipping Services – http://www.iss-shipping.com

Sea Containers – www.seacontainers.com

S5 Agency World – http://www.s-5.org

 

North America - Norton Lilly International – http://www.nortonlilly.com

South America - Agunsa – http://www.agunsa.com

Northern Europe - Royal Burger Group – http://www.royalburgergroup.com

Southern Europe - Euroshipping – http://www.euroshipping.org

South East Africa - Sturrock Shipping – http://www.sturrockshipping.co.za

Asia Pacific - Jardine Shipping Services – http://www.jardine-shipping.com

Middle East - Kanoo Shipping – http://www.kanooshipping.com

Australasia - McArthur Shipping – http://www.mcaship.com.au

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation Industry

 

transportation industry

 

 

 

 

Television

 

BBC British Broadcasting Corporation (TV)

 

 

 

 

BSkyB Satellite TV (part of News Corp & Fox)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travel & Leisure

 

Travel industry business models

 

travel industry trends

 

Travel search engine market

 

 

 

Telecom Industry

 

Telecom Industry

 

telecom innovations and business plans

 

 

 

Wine Industry

BRL Hardy

Total Wine - big wine retailer in USA (like a Wal-Mart, but for wine)

Snooth.com, a search site for wine snoots

 

 

 

 

More companies Reviewed

 

 

 

 

Berkshire-Hathaway

google

 

Sports Agent

 

 

wikipedia , about-com

Business networking - LinkedIn , Hoovers Connect _ Visible Path

Business outsourcing - eLance

Employment sites - Simply Hired, Jobster

Reviews: bazaarvoice, Buzzillions

Photos & Videos: Photobucket

Music sites: SellaBand, Urge, iTunes, Rhapsody, Aime Street, Live-fm, Pandora-com, more...

mobile voice, data, email

US fixed line telecommunications industry review

Wifi: FON , Meraki, municipal wi-fi

 

 

Dell Computer

 

 

McDonalds

 

 

Publix - food supermarket chain Florida

 

 

Importing Exporting

 

Furniture Importing

Ethanol Importing - energy

Other models from the net:

http://www.answers.com/topic/import-export-store

http://www.answers.com/topic/import-boutique

 

 

 

Furniture

IKEA

 

Furniture-Com

FurnitureFan-Com

FurnitureFind-Com

HomePortfolio-Com

 

more Furniture Industry business models

 

 

Automobile manufacturing

Honda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travel

Travel industry business models

Orbitz , Priceline-Com

 

 

 

Retail

ToysRUs

 

 

Wal-Mart

 

 

Shopping eBay ,

Paying online - PayPal

Other interesting sites: BitWine

 

 

 

 

Victoria's Secret

 

Cemex

 

BRL Hardy

 

 

Education business models

Financial Services business models

Real estate business models

Consulting business models

Newspaper business models

Restaurant business models

Market research business models

 

Becton Dickinson blood collection systems

 

 

Migros - food coop in Zurich, Switzerland

 

 

 

 

Motley Fool

 

website

Sells newsletters — $299 / year for access to info database

 

 

 

Industry Rankings:

Surprisingly, the number two industry in terms of dollars spent is "Tourism", following just behind Aircraft, but ahead of the Oil industry, and the arms trade.  People around the world spend at least one trillion dollars on travel each year. Travel and tourism comprise the world's largest industrial sector and employ over 300 million people, nearly one-tenth of the global work force.

 

On the other hand, how the industries are ranked in size depends upon the way that you rank and the definitions that you use. The largest in the world is the finance industry, which includes banking, insurance, and investments. However, when you break them out, insurance normally is the largest of those three. The problem is, how you decide to rank them. Do you rank them by revenues, assets, profits, etc. In overall asset size, insurance is the largest industry given the amount of money spent on insurance and the incredible amounts of reserves behind them as well. Do not forget about the medical industry. Depending upon how you break it out, or categorize it, the medical industry can also be considered the largest when you consider overall dollars spent on doctors, vitamins, supplements, pharmaceuticals, medicines, etc. There truly is no one answer because the definitions and categories are subjective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Links (external) for more research:

 

List of 7000 + companies, sorted by Industry

industry _company list.xls

 

 1.  professional investors find more info here

 2.  country-specific list of companies:  Try International Trade Administration and Foreign Commercial Service, local office in each respective country or local one here who handles your specific Industry.  Also, try American Chamber of Commerce in these countries. AmCham usually have a long list of foreign and local companies.   Links:

 

List of companies by Country

 

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Trends

Behind the industry analysis that you see here, there are fundamental underlying trends that are shaping our world today.  Some of them such as the weakening of the US dollar are global in their impact.  Others, such as the rise in oil prices, or shifts of farmers to plant corn for ethanol may impact certain industries globally, but not others at all.   What business models are made possible by cheap air transportation, but will be made obsolete if oil prices rise? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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