Examine the Current Market Competitive Intensity (MCI) of Thailand

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1674d7/market_competitive)
has announced the addition of the "Market Competitive Intensity (MCI):
Thailand" report to their offering.

Datamonitor's MCI Index offers a robust framework for measuring
the development of utility Market Competitive Intensity. The MCI
assessment draws on nine underlying metrics grouped into three broad
clusters: Market framework; Supplier Push; Customer Pull.

Scope

- Insight into the current levels of competitiveness in the gas
and power markets of 20 key Asia Pacific countries.

- Benchmarking of the factors driving competition and market entry
in the gas and power sectors of the selected markets.

- Analysis of how the selected markets are likely to evolve given
the currently prevailing market dynamics.

Highlights of this title

MCI scores are calculated using two different methods. The first,
the simple weighted average (additive) measure shows overall
competitive intensity. The second, the multiplicative method, is more
complex. It prevents markets with an overly wide spread of underlying
raw scores from exerting undue influence over, or skewing, the final
result.

Liberalisation, energy pricing issues and environmental concerns
will remain key drivers of gas and power market dynamics throughout
the MCI forecast period.

Key reasons to purchase this title

- Assess the competitive environments of gas and power markets
both now and in the future.

- Gain insight into value chain factors driving market
competitiveness and how each individual part of the chain will evolve
as competition develops.

- Screen future market entry plans against the MCI scores to
highlight key areas of potential risk and opportunity.

Key Topics Covered:

- Introduction: Datamonitor's MCI Index offers a robust framework
for measuring the development of energy Market Competitive Intensity

- The MCI Index shows how attractive a particular market is to new
entrants in terms of the competitive environment

- The MCI assessment draws on nine underlying metrics grouped into
three broad clusters: market framework; supplier push; customer pull.

- The MCI Index measures the development of 20 Asia Pacific gas
and power markets

- The MCI Index assesses markets in December 2007, and on July 1,
2010, in addition to driving a market switching forecast

- Each of the nine pillars has an assessment scale to allow for
the comparison of diverse markets (see appendix for more details)

- Two differing overall MCI scores are calculated to ensure full
clarity of results

- In calculating the weighted individual scores, the power of the
corresponding weight (zi=xicaretyi) needs to be taken rather than its
product (zi=xi-yi).

- The MCI framework has a number of applications for your
organization

- Context: Ongoing energy market reforms will boost Thailand's
competitive intensity

- The Thai power market ranking shows improvement over the
forecast period

- In common with the power market, Thailand's gas metrics all show
improvement during the forecast period

- Power MCI: The Thai power market shows a marked increase in
competitive intensity over the forecast period

- Gas MCI: Thailand's gas market is slowly evolving towards a more
competitive structure

- Supplier Push metrics show limited development in the short term

- Outlook: Commercial opportunities in the Thai energy sector will
remain limited in the medium term

- MCI Scores

For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1674d7/market_competitive

Source: Datamonitor

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