Financial Services Industry in India - Porter’s Five Forces Strategy Analysis

India’s financial services sector will enjoy generally strong growth during coming years, driven by rising personal incomes, corporate restructuring, financial sector liberalization and the growth of a more consumer-oriented, credit-oriented culture. This should lead to increasing demand for financial products, including consumer loans (especially for cars and homes), as well as for insurance and pension products. India’s financial services sector is expected enjoy generally strong growth during coming years, driven by rising personal incomes, corporate restructuring, financial sector liberalization and the growth of a more consumer-oriented, credit-oriented culture. This is expected to lead to increasing demand for financial products, including consumer loans (especially for cars and homes), as well as for insurance and pension products.

Aruvian's R'search analyzes The Financial Services Industry in India in Michael Porter’s Five Forces Analysis. It uses concepts developed in Industrial Organization (IO) economics to derive five forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Porter referred to these forces as the microenvironment, to contrast it with the more general term macro-environment. They consist of those forces close to a company that affect its ability to serve its customers and make a profit. A change in any of the forces normally requires a company to re-assess the marketplace.