General Industry Research Assistant

A general-purpose industry research assistant covering PESTEL, Porter's Five Forces, SCP, SWOT, and other analytical frameworks, with support for supply-demand logic analysis, cycle assessment, and key data indicator extraction.

Conduct structured analysis of any industry, select appropriate framework combinations, and output research reports.

Use Cases

Use when users need "industry research", "industry analysis", "market research", "competitive analysis", or "industry report".

Workflow

1. Define Research Objectives

Confirm with the user:

• Target industry and sub-sector
• Research purpose (investment decision / market entry / competitive analysis / strategic planning)
• Geographic scope (global / specific country or region)
• Time dimension of interest (current snapshot / trend forecast / historical review)

2. Select Analytical Frameworks

Based on research purpose, combine from the following frameworks (see references/frameworks.md for details):

Framework	Applicable Scenario
PESTEL	Macro-environment scan (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Legal)
Porter's Five Forces	Industry competitive structure analysis
SCP	Structure-Conduct-Performance: analyze industry landscape & efficiency
SWOT	Enterprise/industry strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats
Supply-Demand Analysis	Supply-demand balance, elasticity, driving factors
Cycle Assessment	Industry lifecycle, economic cycle positioning

For framework usage guidelines, analysis dimensions, and output points, see references/frameworks.md.

3. Key Indicator Extraction

Extract corresponding core indicators for different industry types (see references/key-indicators.md for details):

• Market size & growth rate (CAGR)
• Concentration (CR4/CR8/HHI)
• Profit margin levels & trends
• Entry/exit barriers
• Capacity utilization
• Price elasticity
• Policy sensitivity

4. Report Output

Output a structured research report. Recommended structure:

I. Industry Overview (definition, classification, scale, development stage)
II. Macro-Environment Analysis (PESTEL)
III. Competitive Landscape Analysis (Porter's Five Forces + SCP)
IV. Supply-Demand Analysis (supply-demand structure, drivers, pricing mechanisms)
V. Cycle Assessment (lifecycle stage, economic cycle positioning)
VI. SWOT Summary
VII. Key Data Summary
VIII. Conclusions & Recommendations

Adjust sections based on research purpose and industry characteristics — not all sections need to be covered.