SALAM STUDY PRE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION TOPIC:IKEA SWOT ANALYSIS Student name: Aigerim Abdykarimova Tutor: mr.Georoge IKEA International Group SWOT analysis for 2013 Company Background Name: IKEA International Group Industries served: Retail Headquarters: Netherlands Current CEO: Mikael Ohlsson Revenue: € 27.000 billion Employees 139‚000 Strengths 1. Customer knowledge One of the key competitive advantages
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SWOT Analysis Before opening any business is to perform a SWOT analysis to look at Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats. This involves examining the present strengths and weaknesses of the venture as well as the potential opportunities and threats to such a business. Strengths The strength of childcare centers is increasing demand of daycare centers day by day because mostly both parents are working and they need day care of their children.the quality of childcare centers can be improved
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to represent a SWOT analysis for a WestJet Airlines Ltd. “SWOT is an acronym describing an organization’s appraisal of its internal Strengths and Weaknesses and its external Opportunities and Threats.” These factors will determine the success or failure of any company. This WestJet SWOT analysis is done at the level of the entire organization and is a useful tool for understanding‚ decision-making and achieving company’s corporate goals and objectives
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35th-largest economy. The company has a powerful influence on South Korea’s economic development‚ politics‚ media and culture‚ and has been a major driving force behind the "Miracle on the Han River". SWOT Analysis of Samsung If you think your business could be doing better‚ why not try a SWOT analysis? S.W.O.T stands for: Strengths‚ Weakness‚ Opportunities and Threats. By putting your firm under the magnifying glass you may find the way to grow their company or increase Samsung’s earnings. Samsung
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PESTEL analysis Political factor Generally. The political situation is stable and the political parties respect the agreements between the MNCs and the government. This will help IKEA ensure the healthy business environment. However‚ In Poland after the fall of communist government make the political situation changed drastically. That has bad impact to relationship between the supplier and IKEA such as the supplier tried to raise price. Economic factors The economic crisis is the good economic
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Key Issues Even though there is no guarantee for a desired 5 million Euro annual profit‚ Carle and the upper management have to make a final decision on the credit card launch in Romania. The issues Alpen bank has to address are: * Positioning – What is the target market; most affluent current customers and/or the growing middle class customers. Once the target market is determined Alpen has to determine what the best way of customer acquisition is: should they go for all entries presented
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SWOT Analysis The business plan I selected to perform my SWOT analysis on is Kona-Q‚ a fast-casual restaurant with a menu that focuses on healthy foods‚ rather than the typical fast food menu. Strengths The President‚ Kevin Anderson has 7 years’ experience in the restaurant industry‚ and a dual major in accounting and entrepreneurship which provides good education‚ experience‚ and knowledge for this venture. The business model for Kona-Q is well developed‚ offers a design for the successful
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The SWOT analysis identifies Ford’s developed strengths that can be used in tackling any weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and chances to address any threats that the company is facing that will help maximize their practice. In order to be successful in becoming one of the top company’s in the automotive industry‚ Ford must be capable in addressing the company’s main issues‚ so that performance is enhanced. It is obvious in this analysis that Ford suffers in the amount of
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Opportunities and Constraints in the Business Environment and SWOT Analysis Opportunities in the business environment are those factors that provide possibilities for a business to expand so as to make more sales and profits. Constraints are those factors that limit the ability to grow‚ and reduce sales and profit potential. A useful way of assessing opportunities and constraints is to carry out what is known as a SWOT analysis. Strengths and weaknesses are internal to an organisation. Typically
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Recommendation: CIBC and Barclays Bank PLC should merge their retail and corporate together in order to gain more economies of scale as well as to achieve more of an organic growth. Reasons to support recommendation: • Both financial institutions are operating in the banking industries. With this horizontal merger there is a high chance of growth potential due to the fact that there is a great synergy that exists between the companies since they are involved in the same line of business‚ with
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