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©2004 by South-Western/Thomson Learning 1
Competitive Rivalry and Competitive Rivalry and Competitive DynamicsCompetitive Dynamics
Robert E. Hoskisson
Michael A. Hitt
R. Duane Ireland
Chapter 6Chapter 6
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Chapter 2Chapter 2Strategic LeadershipStrategic Leadership
Chapter 4Chapter 4The InternalThe InternalOrganizationOrganization
Chapter 6Chapter 6Competitive Rivalry andCompetitive Rivalry andCompetitive DynamicsCompetitive Dynamics
Chapter 9Chapter 9International StrategyInternational Strategy
Chapter 1Chapter 1Introduction toIntroduction to
Strategic ManagementStrategic Management
Chapter 3Chapter 3The ExternalThe ExternalEnvironmentEnvironment
Chapter 5Chapter 5Business-LevelBusiness-Level
StrategyStrategy
Chapter 8Chapter 8Acquisition andAcquisition and
Restructuring StrategiesRestructuring Strategies
Chapter 11Chapter 11Corporate GovernanceCorporate Governance
Strategic IntentStrategic IntentStrategic MissionStrategic Mission
Chapter 7Chapter 7Corporate-Level StrategyCorporate-Level Strategy
Chapter 10Chapter 10Cooperative StrategyCooperative Strategy
Chapter 12Chapter 12Strategic EntrepreneurshipStrategic Entrepreneurship
StrategicAnalysis
StrategicThinking
CreatingCompetitiveAdvantage
MonitoringAnd CreatingEntrepreneurialOpportunities
The Strategic Management ProcessThe Strategic Management Process
Chapter 5Chapter 5Business-LevelBusiness-Level
StrategyStrategy
Chapter 6Chapter 6Competitive Rivalry andCompetitive Rivalry andCompetitive DynamicsCompetitive Dynamics
Chapter 7Chapter 7Corporate-Level StrategyCorporate-Level Strategy
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Discussion QuestionsDiscussion QuestionsClick Here
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1. What is competitive dynamics and why is it important?
2. What are the reasons why rivalry increases or decreases between firms?
3. What factors drive awareness of the potential for increased rivalry and competitive attack and response?
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4. What factors lead to motivation and ability for competitive attack and response?
5. Besides market commonality and resource similarity, what additional factors might lead a firm to attack?
6. Once competitive action is taken, what factors increase the likelihood of competitive response?
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7. What strategic approach is necessary to compete in slow versus fast cycle or hyper-competitive markets?
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DefinitionsDefinitions CompetitorsCompetitors
– firms operating in the same market, offering firms operating in the same market, offering similar products and targeting similar similar products and targeting similar customerscustomers
Competitive rivalryCompetitive rivalry– the ongoing set of competitive actions and the ongoing set of competitive actions and
responses occurring between competitors responses occurring between competitors – competitive rivalry influences an individual competitive rivalry influences an individual
firm’s ability to gain and sustain competitive firm’s ability to gain and sustain competitive advantagesadvantages
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DefinitionsDefinitions Competitive behaviorCompetitive behavior
– the set of competitive actions and competitive the set of competitive actions and competitive responses the firm takes to build or defend its responses the firm takes to build or defend its competitive advantages and to improve its competitive advantages and to improve its market positionmarket position
Competitive dynamicsCompetitive dynamics– the total set of actions and responses taken by the total set of actions and responses taken by
all firms competing within a marketall firms competing within a market
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From Competitors to From Competitors to Competitive DynamicsCompetitive Dynamics
CompetitorsCompetitors
• Through competitiveThrough competitivebehaviorbehavior
• Competitive actionsCompetitive actions• Competitive responsesCompetitive responses
• To gain an advantageousTo gain an advantageousmarket positionmarket position
Competitive DynamicsCompetitive Dynamics• Competitive actions and responses taken by allCompetitive actions and responses taken by all
firms competing in a marketfirms competing in a market
CompetitiveCompetitiverivalryrivalry
Engage inEngage in
What results?What results?
What results?What results?
Why?Why?
How?How?
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Effect of Competitive Rivalry on Effect of Competitive Rivalry on a Firm’s Strategies a Firm’s Strategies Success of a strategy is determined by:Success of a strategy is determined by:
– the firm’s initial competitive actions the firm’s initial competitive actions – how well it anticipates competitors’ responses how well it anticipates competitors’ responses
to them to them – how well the firm anticipates and responds to how well the firm anticipates and responds to
its competitors’ initial actions its competitors’ initial actions
Competitive rivalryCompetitive rivalry– affects all types of strategies affects all types of strategies
– most dominant influence is on the firm’s most dominant influence is on the firm’s
business-level strategy or strategies.business-level strategy or strategies. Click Here Return to Discussion Questions
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Discussion Question 2Discussion Question 2
What are the reasons why rivalry increases or decreases between firms?
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A Model of Competitive A Model of Competitive RivalryRivalry
Competitive AnalysisCompetitive Analysis• Market commonalityMarket commonality• Resource similarityResource similarity
Drivers of CompetitiveDrivers of CompetitiveBehaviorBehavior
• AwarenessAwareness• MotivationMotivation• AbilityAbility
Interfirm RivalryInterfirm Rivalry• Likelihood of AttackLikelihood of Attack
• First mover incentivesFirst mover incentives• Organizational sizeOrganizational size• QualityQuality
• Likelihood of ResponseLikelihood of Response• Type of competitive actionType of competitive action• ReputationReputation• Market dependenceMarket dependence
OutcomesOutcomes• Market positionMarket position• Financial performanceFinancial performance
feedbackfeedback
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Competitive RivalryCompetitive Rivalry Firms are mutually interdependent Firms are mutually interdependent
– one firm’s competitive actions have noticeable one firm’s competitive actions have noticeable effects on competitorseffects on competitors
– one firm’s competitive actions elicit one firm’s competitive actions elicit competitive responses from competitorscompetitive responses from competitors
– competitors feel each other’s actions and competitors feel each other’s actions and responsesresponses
Marketplace success is a function of both Marketplace success is a function of both individual strategies and the individual strategies and the consequences of their useconsequences of their use
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Competitor AnalysisCompetitor Analysis Competitor analysisCompetitor analysis
– a technique firms use to understand their a technique firms use to understand their competitive environment. Along with the competitive environment. Along with the general and industry environments, the general and industry environments, the competitive environment comprises the firm’s competitive environment comprises the firm’s external environmentexternal environment
– a technique used to help the firm a technique used to help the firm understandunderstand its competitorsits competitors
– the first step to being able to the first step to being able to predictpredict competitors’ behavior in the form of its competitors’ behavior in the form of its competitive actions and responsescompetitive actions and responses
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Discussion Question 3Discussion Question 3
What factors drive awareness of the potential for increased rivalry and competitive attack and response?
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Market CommonalityMarket Commonality Market Commonality is concerned withMarket Commonality is concerned with
– the number of markets with which a firm and a the number of markets with which a firm and a competitor are jointly involvedcompetitor are jointly involved
– the degree of importance of the individual markets the degree of importance of the individual markets to each competitorto each competitor
Most industries’ markets are somewhat related Most industries’ markets are somewhat related in terms ofin terms of– technologiestechnologies– core competenciescore competencies
Multimarket competitionMultimarket competition– Firms competing in several marketsFirms competing in several markets
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Resource SimilarityResource Similarity Resource similarityResource similarity
– the extent to which the firm’s tangible and intangible the extent to which the firm’s tangible and intangible resources are comparable to a competitor’s in terms resources are comparable to a competitor’s in terms of both type and amount of both type and amount
Firms with similar types and amounts of Firms with similar types and amounts of resources are likely toresources are likely to– have similar strengths and weaknesseshave similar strengths and weaknesses
– use similar strategiesuse similar strategies
Assessing resource similarity can be difficult if Assessing resource similarity can be difficult if critical resources are intangible rather than critical resources are intangible rather than tangibletangible
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A Framework of Competitor A Framework of Competitor AnalysisAnalysis
MarketMarketCommonalityCommonality
HighHigh
LowLow
LowLow HighHighResourceResourceSimilaritySimilarity
The shaded area represents The shaded area represents degree of market commonality degree of market commonality between two firmsbetween two firms
Resource endowment BResource endowment B
Resource endowment AResource endowment A
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Drivers of Competitive Actions Drivers of Competitive Actions and Responses:and Responses:
Awareness is the extent to which Awareness is the extent to which competitors recognize the degree of competitors recognize the degree of their mutual interdependencetheir mutual interdependence– mutual interdependence results mutual interdependence results
fromfrom• market commonalitymarket commonality• resource similarityresource similarity
AwarenessAwareness
AwarenessAwarenessDrivers of competitive behaviorDrivers of competitive behavior
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Discussion Question 4Discussion Question 4
What factors lead to motivation and ability for competitive attack and response?
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MotivationMotivation
Drivers of Competitive Actions Drivers of Competitive Actions and Responses:and Responses:
Motivation concerns the firm’s Motivation concerns the firm’s incentiveincentive– to take actionto take action– or to respond to a competitor’s or to respond to a competitor’s
attackattack– and relates to perceived gains and and relates to perceived gains and
losseslosses
AwarenessAwareness
Drivers of competitive behaviorDrivers of competitive behavior
MotivationMotivation
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AbilityAbility
Drivers of Competitive Actions Drivers of Competitive Actions and Responses:and Responses:
Ability relatesAbility relates– to each firm’s resourcesto each firm’s resources– the flexibility these resources the flexibility these resources
provideprovide Without available resources the firm Without available resources the firm
lacks the abilitylacks the ability– to attack a competitor to attack a competitor – to respond to the competitor’s to respond to the competitor’s
actionsactions
AwarenessAwareness
Drivers of competitive behaviorDrivers of competitive behavior
MotivationMotivation
AbilityAbility
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AbilityAbility
Drivers of Competitive Actions Drivers of Competitive Actions and Responses:and Responses:
Dissimilarity refers to the resource Dissimilarity refers to the resource imblance between the acting firm andimblance between the acting firm and– competitorscompetitors– potential responderspotential responders
The greater the imbalance, the The greater the imbalance, the greater will be the delay in greater will be the delay in response by the firm with the response by the firm with the resource disadvantageresource disadvantage
AwarenessAwareness
Drivers of competitive behaviorDrivers of competitive behavior
MotivationMotivation
DissimilarityDissimilarity
DissimilarityDissimilarity
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Drivers of Competitive Actions Drivers of Competitive Actions and Responses:and Responses:
A firm is more likely to attack the A firm is more likely to attack the rival with whom it has low market rival with whom it has low market commonality than the one with whom commonality than the one with whom it competes in multiple marketsit competes in multiple markets
Because of the high stakes of Because of the high stakes of competition under the condition of competition under the condition of market commonality, there is a high market commonality, there is a high probability that the attacked firm will probability that the attacked firm will respond to its competitor’s action in respond to its competitor’s action in an effort to protect its position in one an effort to protect its position in one or more marketsor more markets
MarketMarketcommonalitycommonality
Drivers of competitive behavior influenced byDrivers of competitive behavior influenced by
Market CommonalityMarket Commonality
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ResourceResourcesimilaritysimilarity
Drivers of Competitive Actions Drivers of Competitive Actions and Responses:and Responses:
The greater the resource imbalance The greater the resource imbalance between the acting firm and between the acting firm and competitors or potential responders, competitors or potential responders, the greater will be the delay in the greater will be the delay in response by the firm with a resource response by the firm with a resource disadvantagedisadvantage
When facing competitors with greater When facing competitors with greater resources or more attractive market resources or more attractive market positions, firms should eventually positions, firms should eventually respond, no matter how challenging respond, no matter how challenging the responsethe response
Drivers of competitive behavior influenced byDrivers of competitive behavior influenced by
MarketMarketcommonalitycommonality
Resource SimilarityResource Similarity
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Discussion Question 5Discussion Question 5
Besides market commonality and resource similarity, what additional factors might lead a firm to attack?
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Factors Affecting Likelihood of Factors Affecting Likelihood of Attack:Attack:
First movers allocate funds forFirst movers allocate funds for– product innovation and developmentproduct innovation and development– aggressive advertisingaggressive advertising– advanced research and developmentadvanced research and development
First movers can gain First movers can gain – the loyalty of customers who may the loyalty of customers who may
become committed to the firm’s become committed to the firm’s goods or servicesgoods or services
– market share that can be difficult for market share that can be difficult for competitors to take during future competitors to take during future competitive rivalrycompetitive rivalry
First moverFirst moverincentivesincentives
First Mover IncentivesFirst Mover Incentives
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SizeSize
Factors Affecting Likelihood of Factors Affecting Likelihood of Attack:Attack:
Small firms are more likelySmall firms are more likely– to launch competitive actions to launch competitive actions – to be quicker in doing soto be quicker in doing so
Small firms are perceived asSmall firms are perceived as– nimble and flexible competitors nimble and flexible competitors – relying on speed and surprise to relying on speed and surprise to
defend their competitive advantages defend their competitive advantages or develop new ones while engaged or develop new ones while engaged in competitive rivalryin competitive rivalry
Small firms have the flexibility needed Small firms have the flexibility needed to launch a greater variety of to launch a greater variety of competitive actionscompetitive actions
First moverFirst moverincentivesincentives
SizeSize
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Factors Affecting Likelihood of Factors Affecting Likelihood of Attack:Attack:
Large firms are likely to initiate more Large firms are likely to initiate more competitive actions as well as competitive actions as well as strategic actions during a given time strategic actions during a given time periodperiod
Large organizations commonly have Large organizations commonly have the slack resources required to the slack resources required to launch a larger number of total launch a larger number of total competitive actionscompetitive actions
First moverFirst moverincentivesincentives
SizeSize
SizeSize
““Think and act big and we’ll get smaller. Think and Think and act big and we’ll get smaller. Think and act small and we’ll get bigger.”act small and we’ll get bigger.”
- Herb Kelleher, Former CEO, Southwest Airlines- Herb Kelleher, Former CEO, Southwest Airlines
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QualityQuality
Factors Affecting Likelihood of Factors Affecting Likelihood of Attack:Attack:
Quality exists when the firm’s goods Quality exists when the firm’s goods or services meet or exceed or services meet or exceed customers’ expectationscustomers’ expectations
First moverFirst moverincentivesincentives
SizeSize
QualityQuality
Product quality dimensions includeProduct quality dimensions include– PerformancePerformance– FeaturesFeatures– FlexibilityFlexibility– DurabilityDurability– ConformanceConformance– ServiceabilityServiceability– AestheticsAesthetics– Perceived qualityPerceived quality
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QualityQuality
Factors Affecting Likelihood of Factors Affecting Likelihood of Attack:Attack:
Quality exists when the firm’s goods Quality exists when the firm’s goods or services meet or exceed or services meet or exceed customers’ expectationscustomers’ expectations
First moverFirst moverincentivesincentives
SizeSize
QualityQuality
Service quality dimensions includeService quality dimensions include– TimelinessTimeliness
– CourtesyCourtesy
– ConsistencyConsistency
– ConvenienceConvenience
– CompletenessCompleteness
– AccuracyAccuracy
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Discussion Question 6Discussion Question 6
Once competitive action is taken, what factors increase the likelihood of competitive response?
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Factors Affecting Likelihood of Factors Affecting Likelihood of ResponseResponse
Firms study three factors to predict how a Firms study three factors to predict how a competitor is likely to respond to competitor is likely to respond to competitive actionscompetitive actions– type of competitive actiontype of competitive action– reputationreputation– market dependencemarket dependence
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Strategic and Tactical ActionsStrategic and Tactical Actions Strategic action or a strategic responseStrategic action or a strategic response
– a market-based move that involves a a market-based move that involves a significant commitment of organizational significant commitment of organizational resources and is difficult to implement and resources and is difficult to implement and reversereverse
Tactical action or a tactical responseTactical action or a tactical response– a market-based move that is taken to fine-tune a market-based move that is taken to fine-tune
a strategy; it involves fewer resources and is a strategy; it involves fewer resources and is relatively easy to implement and reverserelatively easy to implement and reverse
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Factors Affecting Likelihood of Factors Affecting Likelihood of Response:Response:
Strategic actions receive strategic Strategic actions receive strategic responsesresponses
Tactical responses are taken to Tactical responses are taken to counter the effects of tactical actionscounter the effects of tactical actions
Strategic actions elicit fewer total Strategic actions elicit fewer total competitive responsescompetitive responses
A competitor likely will respond A competitor likely will respond quickly to a tactical actionquickly to a tactical action
The time needed to implement and The time needed to implement and assess a strategic action delays assess a strategic action delays competitors’ responsescompetitors’ responses
Type ofType ofcompetitivecompetitive
actionaction
Type of Competitive ActionType of Competitive Action
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ReputationReputation
Factors Affecting Likelihood of Factors Affecting Likelihood of Response:Response:
An actor is the firm taking an action An actor is the firm taking an action or responseor response
Reputation is the positive or negative Reputation is the positive or negative attribute ascribed by one rival to attribute ascribed by one rival to another based on past competitive another based on past competitive behaviorbehavior
The firm studies responses that a The firm studies responses that a competitor has taken previously when competitor has taken previously when attacked to predict likely responsesattacked to predict likely responses
Type ofType ofcompetitivecompetitive
actionaction
ReputationReputation
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MarketMarketdependencedependence
Factors Affecting Likelihood of Factors Affecting Likelihood of Response:Response:
Market dependence isMarket dependence is– the extent to which a firm’s the extent to which a firm’s
revenues or profits are derived revenues or profits are derived from a particular marketfrom a particular market
In general, firms can predict that In general, firms can predict that competitors with high market competitors with high market dependence are likely to respond dependence are likely to respond strongly to attacks threatening their strongly to attacks threatening their market positionmarket position
Type ofType ofcompetitivecompetitive
actionaction
ReputationReputation
Market DependenceMarket Dependence
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Discussion Question 7Discussion Question 7
What strategic approach is necessary to compete in slow versus fast cycle or hyper-competitive markets?
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Competitive Dynamics:Competitive Dynamics:
Slow-cycle marketsSlow-cycle markets– the firm’s competitive advantages the firm’s competitive advantages
are shielded from imitation for long are shielded from imitation for long periods of timeperiods of time
– imitation is costlyimitation is costly Competitive advantages are Competitive advantages are
sustainable in slow-cycle marketssustainable in slow-cycle markets A proprietary, one-of-a-kind A proprietary, one-of-a-kind
competitive advantage leads to competitive advantage leads to competitive success in a slow-cycle competitive success in a slow-cycle marketmarket
Slow-cycleSlow-cyclemarketsmarkets
Slow-Cycle MarketsSlow-Cycle Markets
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Gradual Erosion of a Sustainable Gradual Erosion of a Sustainable Competitive AdvantageCompetitive Advantage
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LaunchLaunch
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CounterattackCounterattack
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Fast-cycleFast-cyclemarketsmarkets
Competitive Dynamics:Competitive Dynamics:
Fast-cycle marketsFast-cycle markets– the firm’s competitive advantages the firm’s competitive advantages
aren’t shielded from imitation aren’t shielded from imitation – imitation happens quickly and imitation happens quickly and
somewhat inexpensivelysomewhat inexpensively Competitive advantages aren’t Competitive advantages aren’t
sustainablesustainable Competitors use reverse engineering Competitors use reverse engineering
to quickly imitate or improve on the to quickly imitate or improve on the firm’s productsfirm’s products
Non-proprietary technology is Non-proprietary technology is diffused rapidlydiffused rapidly
Slow-cycleSlow-cyclemarketsmarkets
Fast-Cycle MarketsFast-Cycle Markets
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Obtaining Temporary Advantages to Obtaining Temporary Advantages to Create Sustained AdvantageCreate Sustained Advantage
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Time (Years)Time (Years)00 55 1010 1515
LaunchLaunch
ExploitationExploitation
CounterattackCounterattack
Firm has already moved Firm has already moved to next advantageto next advantage
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Competitive Dynamics:Competitive Dynamics:
Standard-cycle markets Standard-cycle markets – the firm’s competitive advantages may the firm’s competitive advantages may
be shielded from imitationbe shielded from imitation– imitation is moderately costlyimitation is moderately costly
Competitive advantages are partially Competitive advantages are partially sustainable if the firm is able to sustainable if the firm is able to continuously upgrade the quality of its continuously upgrade the quality of its competitive advantagescompetitive advantages
FirmsFirms– seek large market sharesseek large market shares– gain customer loyalty through brand gain customer loyalty through brand
namesnames– carefully control operationscarefully control operations
Slow-cycleSlow-cyclemarketsmarkets
Fast-cycleFast-cyclemarketsmarkets
Standard-cycleStandard-cyclemarketsmarkets
Standard-Cycle MarketsStandard-Cycle Markets