Demand Destruction
Market Strategy & Competition
Demand Destruction is a market & strategy risk scenario. It occurs when existential valuation risk where extreme price volatility forces consumers to adopt permanent technological substitutes, accelerated by high transparency of alt. The primary business impact is permanent Market Shrinkage.
Example industry: Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains ISIC 3520
Source: Risk Rule MKT_STR_006 — Market Strategy & Competition
Permanent Market Shrinkage. The Total Addressable Market (TAM) collapses as customers invest in capital-intensive alternatives; legacy production assets become 'stranded' and non-performing.
How This Risk Can Manifest
In Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains (ISIC 3520):
A 2026 natural gas spike triggers a permanent 20% demand drop as households, informed by AI-energy auditors (DT01), install electric heat pumps (ER05) to avoid future volatility.
What Triggers This Scenario
This scenario activates when all of the following GTIAS attribute thresholds are met simultaneously:
Scores drawn from the GTIAS 81-attribute scorecard. Click any attribute code to view its definition.
What To Do
Immediate steps to address or mitigate this scenario:
- Implement price-caps or long-term fixed contracts to prevent 'Switching Shocks'
- pivot R&D to include the substitute technology
- lobby for 'Transition Asset' status.
Recommended Playbooks
These tactical playbooks are designed to directly address this risk scenario:
- Outcome-as-a-Service Servitization (Outcome-as-a-Service) Business Model Innovation / Customer Success
How Partners Have Addressed This
Tools & Services to Address This Risk
You've seen what this scenario costs. Here are the tools that close each trigger condition before it activates — matched to the specific GTIAS attributes that trigger this scenario, ranked by how directly they address each risk condition.
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