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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Billy Fitzgerald 3-13-12 Keystone Pipeline The Keystone Pipeline is a system that transports oil from Canada into the U.S. The owner of this Pipeline is TransCanada‚ who proposed the idea back in October of 2005. However‚ the construction on the Pipeline didn’t go under way until 2008. It took TransCanada over two years to acquire all the necessary state and federal permits for the pipeline. The pipeline runs for over 2100 miles‚ through a number of states and provinces throughout the
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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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The Keystone Pipeline The Keystone Pipeline is a pipeline system that holds oil and it runs through the United States and Canada. More specifically‚ it starts in Alberta‚ Canada at the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and travels to oil refineries in Texas and Illinois as well as oil tank farms and an oil pipeline distribution center located in Cushing‚ Oklahoma. The Keystone Pipeline consists of three phases as well as one more operation that was awaiting approval but has been rejected. The first
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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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SWOT analysis This type of analysis is designed to help identify several areas of a business that may need improvement and other areas where the company may be able to improve upon. SWOT is an acronym for; Strength‚ Weakness‚ Opportunities and Threats. A company should consider this analysis to be one of the most important steps to becoming one of the leading stores and schools of this nature in the area.A business idea gets started by acquiring knowledge of a product‚ market or skill. In
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SWOT ANALYSIS SWOT analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats involved in a business venture. 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. It is a scan of the internal and external environment is an important part of the strategic planning process Strengths of Lavazza LaVazza is a very profitable
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product. I know when I buy a product I would like to know that it has been through careful planning. SWOT Analysis:McDonald ’s McDonald ’s is the worlds leading fast food restaurant chain‚it ’s revenue is $5.56 billion (2012) and its profits are $5.46 billion (2012)‚with over 1‚800‚00 employees‚McDonald ’s competitors are Burger King‚Subway and many others. I looked
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Part II - Knowledge and an Overall Understanding of Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad (DLMI) (i) SWOT Analysis of DLMI Strength A well-structured and experienced Board of Directors and management team are one of the strengths of DLMI as the company grows continuously and expands time by time under the leadership. Experienced management team and Board of Directors team tends to be more knowledgeable and have a better and thorough understanding about the dairy industry‚ inherent risks associated with
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SWOT Analysis - Starbucks SWOT analysis is a tool for auditing an organization and its environment. SWOT analysis is the first stage of planning and helps marketers to focus on key issues. SWOT stands for strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats. Positive internal factor of Starbucks – Strengths (characteristics of the business or project team that give it an advantage over others) Starbucks Corporation is a very profitable organization‚ earning in excess of $600 million in 2004.The company
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