Case Incident 2:A Diamond Personality Ask Oscar Rodriguez about the dot-com burst‚ and he may grin at you as if to say‚ “What burst?” Rodriguez‚ a 38-years old entrepreneur‚ owns an internet business that sells loose diamonds to various buyers. Business is booming. In 2004‚ Rodriguez had sales of $ 2.06 million- a 140 percent increase from 2003. Rodriguez’s database of almost 60‚000 available diamonds is one of the largest in the industry and is valued‚ according to him‚ at over $350 million
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SWOT Analysis – WIPRO Background: Wipro Ltd. is the flagship company of the Azim H Premji group. Wipro was incorporated in the year 1945. The company started off originally as a manufacturer of vegetable ghee/vanaspati (hydrogenated vegetable oils)‚ refined edible oils etc. Gradually‚ It diversified into various other businesses. The group forayed into information technology business in 1982. Wipro is a global IT services company. The company provides comprehensive IT solutions and services
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SWOT ANALYSIS A SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is a structured planning method used to evaluate the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats involved in a project or in a business venture. A SWOT analysis can be carried out for a product‚ place‚ industry or person. It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieve that objective. Table below shows the SWOT and
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Céline Creppe SWOT ANALYSIS OF LIEGE –BELGIUM Liège is located in the East part of Belgium‚ in Wallonia where the language is French. It is not far from borders with Germany and with Netherlands. The area is over 69.39 km2 and the population is about 195‚576‚ which means a density of 2‚800 inhabitants/km2. Swot analysis: Strengths Weaknesses Old historical city‚ Palais des Congrès (for business meeting)‚ squares like “jardin botannique”‚ “parc de la boverie”‚
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Vonkel Enterprises have recently purchased Thembeka‚ a company that specializes in the sale and distribution of gold and diamond jewelry. This company designs‚ manufactures and markets fine jewelry throughout South Africa. It had previously been a family run business‚ and following the death of the founder and CEO‚ family members decided to sell the enterprise. Vonkel saw the potential for this business and purchased it‚ with intentions of improving supply chain performance. The domestic supply
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SWOT ANALYSIS OF HAL’S HARDWARE E-COMMERCE After reading the narrative case study of HAL’S hardware‚ let me first introduce to you in my own opinion about the SWOT analysis. First and foremost‚ a SWOT analysis is a strategy in which companies could assess there situational standing for the development and the good of there business and transactions. According to Khushboo in India‚ “it’s like a mirror to oneself. It tells where the person stands. Strength‚ gives power. One should analyze his weaknesses
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Mattel SWOT analysis Strengths Strong brand portfolio. For the past 69 years Mattel has developed some well-known core brands such as‚ Barbie‚ Hot Wheels‚ American Girl‚ Thomas & Friends and Fisher-Price to become the largest toy company in the world (Hartline‚ M. & Ferrell‚ O.C.‚ pp. 458). According to the company one Barbie is sold every 3 seconds and at least 12 dolls are owned by girls between the age of 3 and six. Because of the high acceptance of the brand‚ Mattel has been able to maintain
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CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts...............................................................................................................3 SWOT Analysis.....................................................................................................4 Sony Corporation © MarketLine Page 2 Sony Corporation Company Overview COMPANY OVERVIEW Sony Corporation (Sony or ’the group’)
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automobile producer in the world. The two pillars of Toyota Production System are just-in-time and built-in quality. The Porter’s 5 forces analysis of the car industry for the late 1990s shows low threat of new entrants‚ as well as low bargaining power of both buyers and suppliers. The threat of substitutes and the competitive rivalry were high. The SWOT analysis for the period between 1990 and 2000 shows that the main challenges of the decade were caused by legal (tariff-barriers) and macro-economical
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Business SWOT Analysis Abstract As a mutual fund manager‚ I have decided to conduct some research on Southwest Airlines. I will provide an overview of the company’s history‚ and an analysis of their strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats (SWOT). While there wasn’t any rhyme or reasoning behind my selection‚ I do feel that Southwest Airlines is one of the leading airlines in the United States. Conducting a SWOT analysis will help me understand what the company’s strengths and weaknesses
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