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D&B Research & Advisory Services
D&B's Research and Advisory Services leverages D&B's experience of working with small businesses and its proven expertise in the areas of Risk Management, Economic, Sector and Financial Research to provide customized research solutions and consulting to its clients. Research and Advisory Services are offered through the following practices:
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Dun & Bradstreet's Industry Research Service (IRS) provides comprehensive analyses of various industries & their dynamics towards assessing the growth potential and profitability in the broad regulatory & policy environment. This is offered as both, an off the shelf product as well as customized research solutions under D&B's Research & Advisory Services.
D&B's IRS focuses on the strategic considerations of the industries, including competition and risk assessment that would provide valuable insights to various stakeholders such as investors, financial institutions, banks, corporates & broking firms. The in-depth analytical content will also be useful to the industry practitioners, academicians & scholars. |
The structural content of the report is in the form of chapters, each highlighting a specific aspect of the industry in detail, bound by the overall objective of assessing the industry's attractiveness:
- Industry Structure
- Regulatory & Policy Environment
- Demand & Supply Dynamics
- Global Scenario & International Trade
- Competition Analysis
- Risk & Financial Analysis
- Strategic Implication & Outlook
Analyses of the financial performance and key events during the year would be captured through quarterly updates, followed by an annual review of the sector. The subscription package would be complemented with special reports, such as Union Budget impact analysis, policy updates, among others.
D&B's IRS includes the following sectors:
- Textiles & Garments
- Cement
- Passenger Vehicles
- IT & ITeS
- Pharmaceuticals
- Auto Components
- 2 & 3 Wheelers
- Commercial Vehicles
- Organic Chemicals
- Steel
- Power
- Banking
- Retail
- Hospitality
- Technical Textile
- IT Hardware
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The requirement of customized and specific research to substantiate business decision-making for business managers exists on a continuous basis. With the objective to fulfill this need and to provide a customized and systemic research based analytical framework, D&B has launched Customized Research Solutions (CRS). The Advisory team from CRS works with Industry Associations, Government agencies, Advisory firms and corporates to provide solutions to sector specific, business driven, and company specific research questions. CRS deploys an integrated analysis framework built
on the triad of economic research, financial analysis and sector expertise, and employs primary & secondary sources
to substantiate and validate the research hypothesis. The broad areas under Customized Research Solutions are:
- Growth & Demand Assessment: Assignments pertaining to assessing the efficacy of a chosen business strategy and validation of the underlying demand drivers & expected demand, to enable:
- Market Penetration Strategy
- Market Development Strategy
- Product Development Strategy
- Diversification Strategy
- Competitive & Strategic Benchmarking: Provides a solution framework to enable clients to determine,
with respect to their outlined business objectives, the relative competitive & strategic positioning of their firm/product offering in the overall structure of their Industry.
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The SME Business Advisory Services (SMEBAS) leverages D&B's longstanding experience of working with SMEs to provide them an integrated solution offering. SMEBAS provides assistance to SME businesses across their life cycle - from the point of idea-generation to facilitating funding for new products, and for businesses and related or unrelated business diversifications. SME Integrated Solution Framework is a modular solution offering for SMEs, with five levels of engagement that are independent yet integrated:
- Level One: SME Training and Development
- Level Two: Process Improvement, Financial Benchmarking and Cost Reduction
- Level Three: Business Plan Preparation
- Level Four: Project Risk Assessment
- Level Five: Valuation and Funding Support
For more information on D&B's Research and Advisory Services, please email advisory@mail.dnb.co.in Top |