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Long-list and criteria
A table that shows your evaluation and ranking of potential partners or acquisition targets
Further information
Explain your methodology for rating your potential partners or acquisition targets. Display the results of your study and analysis. Convey your conclusions on the matter.
• Hand out an extensive and self-explanatory support for discussion
• Clearly state your method of evaluation
• Give credit to your research and analyses with a professional looking output
• Convince your audience of the soundness of your result with a visually explicit demonstration
• Help decision making with a clear summarized hand-out
Insert in:
• Due diligence
• Strategic plan
• Market research
• Benchmark
Main sources:
• Existing reliable market studies (Markess, Xerfi, Reuters, MarketResearch, HBR…)
• Competitors’ publications: press releases, annual reports, corporate websites contents...
• Business press
• Your own market watch tools
• You want to compare a large number of actors on a given market
• You want to detail the results of your comparison across several criteria
• You wish to give your conclusion on the comparison with a rating or a prioritization
• You do not wish to delve into the details of each criterion
• You have a very small number of actors to compare
• You do not wish to give your conclusion on a rating or prioritization
• You have more than ten criteria you wish to compare the actors on
• You have less than five criteria you wish to compare the actors on