shakeout
Weak competitors eliminated
A shakeout is a period of intense competition or economic pressure that forces weaker participants out of a market or industry: The tech shakeout of 2000 eliminated hundreds of startups.
The term implies a necessary winnowing—what survives is presumably stronger.
In broader use, any process that separates the viable from the unviable: The first week of training camp is a shakeout.
Prolonged economic decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- crashSudden violent impact
- bubble burstSudden end of inflation
bear market · liquidation · bankruptcy · insolvency · layoffs · closures · failures · volatility
Corporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- realignmentAdjusting relative positions
reorganization · streamlining · winnowing · culling · pruning · rightsizing · divestiture · reengineering
Those who compete
- survivorsThose still alive after
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- winnersThose who prevail
- losersUnsuccessful competitors
contenders · challengers · market leaders · underdogs · dominance · market share · positioning · battleground
Those still alive after
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- viabilityCapacity to succeed
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- staying powerCapacity to keep going
adaptation · weathering · persistence · sustainability · fortitude · natural selection · fittest
Preliminary test attempt
- dry runPractice session beforehand
- dress rehearsalComplete practice performance
- debuggingError removal from programs
- troubleshootingSystematic fault diagnosis
stress test · proof of concept · pilot · evaluation · assessment · vetting · verification · quality control
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- crashSudden violent impact
bubble burst · bear market · liquidation · bankruptcy · insolvency · layoffs · closures · failures · volatility · uncertainty
merger
Corporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
realignment · reorganization · streamlining · winnowing · culling · pruning · rightsizing · divestiture · reengineering · optimization
rivals
Those who compete
- survivorsThose still alive after
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- winnersThose who prevail
losers · contenders · challengers · market leaders · underdogs · dominance · market share · positioning · battleground · attrition
survivors
Those still alive after
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- viabilityCapacity to succeed
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
staying power · adaptation · weathering · persistence · sustainability · fortitude · natural selection · fittest
trial run
Preliminary test attempt
- dry runPractice session beforehand
- dress rehearsalComplete practice performance
- debuggingError removal from programs
troubleshooting · stress test · proof of concept · pilot · evaluation · assessment · vetting · verification · quality control · inspection
- reorganizationreorganize, restructure, reshuffle, rearrange, realign
- Business Stagesstartup, launch, growth, maturity, decline
- shakeupsreshuffle, reorganization, restructuring, overhaul, upheaval
- commotioncommotion, clamor, brouhaha, bedlam, hullabaloo
- market movesdip, drop, decline, correction, reversal
- Volatilityvolatility, fluctuation, fluctuations, instability, unpredictability
shakeoutexpansion
Increase in scope
growth · proliferation · boom · market expansion · industry growth
shakeoutstability
Resistance to displacement
equilibrium · steady state · status quo · stabilization · stasis
shakeoutbuildup
Gradual accumulation over time
accumulation · aggregation · hiring spree · ramp-up · scaling up