Harnessing the Market Potential of the Bamboo Industry in Central Luzon, Philippines: An Analysis of the Internal and External Environment

The bamboo industry in Central Luzon holds significant promise for economic development and environmental sustainability. This study aims to analyze the internal and external factors influencing the bamboo industry in the region through SWOT and PESTLE analyses. Based on a focus group discussion involving key industry players, the study explores the industry’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, as well as political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors. Findings reveal the importance of comprehensive strategies that address political stability, economic growth, consumer awareness, technological advancement, legal compliance, and environmental sustainability. Recommendations include capacity-building for production and marketing, the establishment of bamboo treatment facilities, and advocacy for supportive policies. By addressing these factors, the bamboo industry in Central Luzon can realize its potential for socio-economic development and environmental stewardship.

China's Community O2O Market has Great Potential

The development of community businesses and popularized mobile payment will continue to boost China’s citywide020 market.The report'Research on Citywide020 and Community020 Markets'recently released by Roland Berger analyzes China’s market potential,the prospects of some market segments and corporate development strategies.

China's Auto Market Demand Potential

In the 1980s, China’s auto market saw three dramatic fluctuations. Since the beginning of the 1990s, the market, as a whole, has become calm and stable without any major changes, though it has never evaded occasional rises and fails. The pattern of demand on the market has been generally set and clear, and has begun to grow steadily. In view of the present situation, two major categories of vehicles—office-use and business or service use cars and trucks—have long been in demand on the market, almost dominat-

Enormous Potential of the Chinese Consumer Market

With a population of 1.2 billion, the enormous potential of the consumer market in China is common knowledge for people around the world. From an analysis by the Ministry of Internal Trade, the potential of the Chinese consumer market is shown mainly in two aspects. Firstly, the capacity of the market is growing fast. From 1979 to 1994, the yearly average increase rate of the gross value of national productivity was over nine percent. The sustained

Potential in the Chinese Air Purifier Market

Since 'haze' became a hot word in 2013,the air purifier market has been buoyant.However,as manufacturers gather,the competition is getting fiercer.To promote energy saving and environmental protection,the government provides subsidies to those energy efficient electric appliances based on a list.Last year,air purifiers of some brands were included on this list.

Great Potential of Detergent Market

The detergent market in China is quite different from the markets of other comsumer goods. TV advertisements basically concentrate on the products of "Ariel", "Persil", "Omo" produced by the four major detergent corporations in the world—P & G Corporation of the United States, Onilever of Britain and Henkel of Germany. But actually, about 90 percent of

Cooperation strategies when leading firms compete with small and medium-sized enterprises in a potentially competitive market

Efficient cooperation,which has become common under rising economic globalization,is leading to new opportunities and challenges for enterprises choosing long-term competition strategies.Sharing resources with competitors is believed to weaken a firm's competitive edge.However,a potentially competitive market may change a firm's incentive to share resources strategically with rivals.Consequently,this study investigates two possible cooperation models between leading enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs)to examine the impact of sharing resources on a firm's strategy.This analysis shows that cooperation strategies benefit both the leading firm and the SME under certain conditions.Furthermore,this study demonstrates that the wholesale cooperation strategy is always more detrimental to the environment than the license cooperation strategy.Interestingly,although cooperation can help SMEs develop sustainably in most cases,industries with high resource costs may experience a situation in which SMEs benefit from competition,thus resisting cooperation and harming the leading enterprise.This study highlights the role of a potentially competitive market and provides managerial insights for stakeholders.

中国海外港口——市场潜力、供应能力与进口渠道

Especially since 2012 Chinese companies have acquired stakes as investors and constructors of overseas ports in both high-income and emerging economies.These initiatives play an important role in the construction of a Maritime Silk Road and China’s Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).Although a result of many factors,of which Chinese port investments are only one,macro-geographical gravity methods show that distance impedance and increases in the export market potential,export supply capacity and access to imports of these countries drove increases in income per capita.Export supply capacity rose particularly in Southeast Asia and more recently in Sub-Saharan Africa.In difficult times for the world economy,countries in which China invested in overseas port infrastructure saw increases in national export market potential and income per capita,due to reduction in the impedance of distance,while in the case of developing economies export market supply capacity and access to imported capital equipment and intermediate goods improved.