Global Industry Dashboard Advantages
The Global Industry Dashboard has unique benefits and advantages compared to other information vendors. In fact, the Global Industry Dashboard is so different from other information products, that it should be viewed as a complementary service rather than a direct competitive offering. In general, Hoover's and other information vendors can provide better historical financial data at the corporate level; and eCompetitors is far superior in providing strategically relevant information at the line-of-business level where true competition takes place. The Global Industry Dashboard is also far superior, and perhaps unique, in enabling users to compare global companies, side by side, at the line-of-business level.
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Strategically Relevant Information |
Global Industry Dashboard |
D & B
Hoovers |
All Other Global Information Providers |
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List of industries covered
(See notes 1,2, & 3) |
More than
10,000 |
Fewer than
1,000 |
Mostly fewer than 1,000 |
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Ability to view strategically relevant industries in terms of: competitors, product varieties, buyer types, channel types, trends impacting the industry, etc. |
Yes |
No |
In some cases |
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Ability to select strategically relevant industries based on any or all of the following criteria: Company or Brand Name; Industry Revenue; Industry Attractiveness; Buyer Decision Maker |
Yes |
No |
In rare cases |
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Ability to group strategically relevant industries to analyze that portion of the global economy of interest |
Yes |
No |
In some cases |
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Ability to compare companies side by side in terms of the strategically relevant industries they compete in |
Yes |
No |
Rarely |
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Ability to combine companies and view the combined entity in terms of:
Official Company Financials
Strategically Relevant Industries |
No
Yes
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Yes
No
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Some Yes
Rarely
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Ability to provide company data including:
Executive Names & Bios; Contact Information; Historical Information; News Articles |
No |
Yes |
Mostly Yes
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Ability to view and analyze 95% of the global economy in terms of strategically relevant industries (SRIs) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Notes:
1. A Strategically Relevant Industry (or SRI) is a grouping of one or more products and/or services that are direct substitutes and sold by one or more businesses to one or more external customers - and the right level to perform a Michael E. Porter industry analysis. (See "Competitive Advantage," by Michael E. Porter, published 1985, by The Free Press.) The Global Industry Dashboard provides access to over 10,000 Strategically Relevant Industry Dashboards, a non-redundant list of industries that account for approximately 95% of the global economy. It also provides a unique profile of companies by identifying the businesses they are in. (Or, as we like to say: the strategically relevant industries they compete in.)
2. Includes offerings from both D&B and Hoover's and across multiple subscription levels, including customer ability to download data for further computation and integration. D&B and Hoover's are trademarks of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. and Hoover's Inc., respectively.
3. Hoover's web site January 5, 2008 says it covers "600 industries that are representative of the modern global economy."