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Industry
Example: Example: Online food delivery platforms
Name the industry being analyzed.
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Act as a senior investment research analyst specializing in industry structure and competitive economics.
Conduct a Porter’s Five Forces analysis using the information provided below.
Industry:
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Geographic and product scope:
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Industry participants and value chain:
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Market structure and financial data:
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Customer, supplier, technology, and regulatory information:
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Analysis requirements:
1. Define the industry boundaries precisely.
2. Map the value chain and major profit pools.
3. Assess rivalry among existing competitors using:
- concentration;
- growth;
- differentiation;
- excess capacity;
- fixed costs;
- switching costs;
- price competition;
- exit barriers; and
- strategic behavior.
4. Assess threat of new entrants using:
- capital requirements;
- scale;
- network effects;
- regulation;
- distribution;
- brand;
- technology;
- intellectual property;
- customer acquisition; and
- incumbent response.
5. Assess supplier power using:
- concentration;
- uniqueness;
- switching cost;
- forward integration;
- input criticality;
- capacity;
- labor;
- data;
- platforms; and
- regulation.
6. Assess buyer power using:
- concentration;
- price sensitivity;
- information;
- switching costs;
- backward integration;
- procurement sophistication;
- commoditization; and
- channel power.
7. Assess substitutes using:
- functional alternatives;
- relative price-performance;
- customer behavior;
- technology;
- regulation;
- convenience; and
- switching barriers.
8. Score each force using a transparent scale and supplied evidence.
9. Explain how the forces affect:
- revenue growth;
- pricing power;
- gross margin;
- operating margin;
- capital intensity;
- returns on capital;
- cash conversion; and
- cyclicality.
10. Identify how industry structure may change over three to five years.
11. Distinguish structural changes from cyclical conditions.
12. Identify which companies or business models are advantaged or disadvantaged.
13. Do not invent market shares, competitor behavior, regulation, margins, or technology adoption.
14. Clearly state evidence gaps and alternative interpretations.
Present the result as:
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Include:
- industry definition;
- value-chain map;
- five-forces scorecard;
- force-by-force analysis;
- financial implications;
- structural versus cyclical factors;
- future-change scenarios;
- advantaged and disadvantaged models;
- key evidence gaps;
- investment implications; and
- monitoring indicators.Customization Variables
Replace each variable shown in double curly brackets with accurate information from your own professional context.
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Geographic and Product Scope
Example: Define countries, customer segments, products, channels, and exclusions.
Five Forces results depend heavily on industry boundaries.
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Industry Participants and Value Chain
Example: List competitors, suppliers, customers, distributors, platforms, regulators, and substitutes.
Include upstream and downstream participants.
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Market Structure and Financial Data
Example: Provide concentration, growth, market shares, margins, capital intensity, capacity, and returns.
Use sourced and current industry data.
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Customer, Supplier, Technology, and Regulatory Information
Example: Provide switching costs, contracts, technologies, regulations, channels, and behavior.
Qualitative evidence supports interpretation of each force.
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Output Format
Choose the format required for research or investment review.
Expected Output
A structured Five Forces analysis containing industry boundaries, value chain, force scores, financial implications, structural and cyclical factors, future scenarios, business-model advantages, and monitoring indicators.
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completeness, accuracy, and relevance of the
information supplied to the AI.
Prompt Characteristics
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Prompt Anatomy
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Role
Positions the AI as an investment-research specialist in industry structure.
Context
Defines industry scope, value chain, participants, financial data, and supporting evidence.
Task
Requires a Five Forces assessment linked to profit-pool durability and financial outcomes.
Constraints
Prevents invented shares, margins, regulation, technology adoption, and competitor behavior.
Output Structure
Requires scorecards, financial implications, scenarios, advantages, gaps, and indicators.
Input Variables
Industry, scope, participants, market data, supporting information, and output format.
Customization Tips
- Define the industry narrowly enough to make rivalry and substitution meaningful.
- Link every force to margins, growth, capital intensity, and returns.
- Distinguish current cyclical weakness from long-term structural deterioration.
- Use evidence for market concentration, switching costs, and entry barriers.
- Revisit the analysis when technology, regulation, or distribution changes.
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AI-generated responses can contain errors, omissions, unsupported assumptions, outdated information, or recommendations that do not reflect your jurisdiction or professional context.
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