Posted On: 02/13/2013 12:32:59 PM
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Emmy Winning Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT); Small-Cap in a Large-Cap Sector
In today’s tech driven era the markets for digital video systems and fiber optic systems are enormously competitive and it seems that the ante is being upped on a daily basis. The markets utilizing these functions are certainly characterized by rapid technological change and declining median prices. The chief competitive factors in this sector are network management capabilities, distribution capabilities, product performance and reliability, as well as price and distribution capabilities. Small-cap companies find it difficult to compete in this segment of the market because principal competitors such as Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Motorola Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MSI) and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) are substantially larger and have much greater financial, marketing and technical resources than the smaller players. The larger competitors are also in a better position to withstand significant reduction in capital spending by consumers and are more capable of engaging in price based competition for product sales.
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