Business growth depends largely on the continued prosperity of the external environment. Enterprises operating in depressed industries and markets or under tight regulatory controls cannot expect healthy financial returns. How will the market evolve in future years? What impact will government policy have on the business landscape? Which industries are most vulnerable to trade liberalisation? Is the time right for new investments?

The answers to these questions are not straight forward and a series of specialist skills and tools are required to analyse the economic fundamentals and bring up the information necessary for strategic business decisions. The products available under Economic Research and Consulting to meet business requirements for Economic Intelligence are:

Feasibility Studies

Sector Reviews

Industry Analysis

Feasibility Studies

You are planning to invest in a large project in Mauritius or abroad and need to prepare a business plan for presentation to shareholders, funding agencies or new strategic partners.

We can help you resolve your information needs and assist you with the following issues:

Understand and analyse the economic fundamentals relevant to your project

Forecast demand and turnover using econometric modelling techniques

Assess the impact of existing and forthcoming competition on the proposed project

Advise on pricing strategy

Investigate and comment upon regulatory issues

Develop a financial model with the Audit and Business Advisory (ABA) service to evaluate the financial viability of your project.

Sector Reviews

Is your business landscape changing and would you like to understand the dynamics that underpin those changes?
Do you want to know who's who in your industry and who are the key players?
Do you need a high level understanding of the market in which you operate before embarking on a comprehensive market research programme or commit to a project?

Our sector reviews can provide you with the necessary information to gain sufficient insight of the environment in which your business operates. These reviews provide concise industry overviews, backed by relevant comments, data tables and charts.

Based on your specific requirements, we can also provide you with customised forecasts on the evolution of specific economic or market variables such as the consumption of a specific product, the growth of an industry segment and the evolution of purchasing power in a specific country, amongst others.

Industry Analysis

Your company has been in operation for several years and, due to factors outside your control, you run the risk of losing business as a result of:

Adverse policy decisions arising from lack of understanding of the industry

Inadequate legislation and regulations to prevent unfair competition

Errors and omissions in the economic policy framework regulating your industry

Threats arising from trade liberalisation

You have genuine reasons to believe that the impinging factor will cause undue prejudice to your business or industry and you would like to obtain government or institutional support to address the situation. We can help you achieve this goal by building a strong case to show how the impinging decision will cause prejudice to your operations.

Our industry analysis covers the following type of analysis:

Clearly define the industry in which you operate and evaluate the economic contribution of this industry to generating economic wealth and employment.

Define and present the role of your enterprise in the industry, highlighting all the key contribution of the business to the industry environment.

Identify and quantify the social impact that could ensue arising from the closure of the enterprise.

Quantify the potential loss of economic wealth that is likely to arise should the business operation be terminated.

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