Lagoon Selatan‚ Bandar Sunway‚ 46150 Selangor Darul Ehsan‚ Malaysia. E-mail: jane.tong@ monash.edu Proton: Its rise‚ Fall‚ and Future Prospects For Dato’ Haji Syed Zainal Abidin Tahir (Syed Zainal‚ hereafter)‚ Managing Director of Proton‚ recent headlines such as “Auto Sector Faces Numerous Challenges” and “European Carmakers Zoom in”1 were simply reminders of the challenges his company faced. Proton had been troubled by its declining share of the domestic auto market (Exhibit 1) and consequent dwindling
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SWOT Viability Analysis SWOT Viability Analysis on News Corp Schmitt Management Consulting Abstract Buying the newspapers in Rupert Murdoch’s empire is not a viable action for profit today. With the on-going scandal and lawsuit claims‚ the reputation of the corporation has been damaged beyond repair and your takeover would be fruitless. The future potential regulatory restrictions and fines are unknown today and there-fore leave a large portion of the picture unclear. Being able to hire
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incorporate an environmental analysis‚ which scans the existing macro influences and potential opportunities. A situation analysis evaluates environmental influences in relation to internal factors‚ to establish an individual firm ’s limitations and competitiveness. Micro environment is less universal to some extent which the micro environment refers to factors affecting firms in a specific sector or industry. The "Porter ’s Five Forces" modal is an industrial analysis used by firms to understand
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Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (0175) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review Summary Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (Geely Automobiles) is a China based automobiles manufacturer‚ which is engaged into the research and development‚ production‚ sales and servicing of auto products. The company produces automobiles under five brand groups: Geely‚ Maple‚ Gleagle‚ Emgrand‚ and Englon. It also manufactures and develops engine platforms that include engine capacities from 1 litre to 1.8 litre
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Corporation - Company Statement 9 SM Investments Corporation - Locations And Subsidiaries 10 Head Office 10 Other Locations & Subsidiaries 10 Section 2 – Company Analysis 11 SM Investments Corporation - Business Description 11 SM Investments Corporation - Corporate Strategy 13 SM Investments Corporation - SWOT Analysis 14 SWOT Analysis - Overview 14 SM Investments Corporation - Strengths 14 Strength - Multi-Format Stores 14 Strength - Diversified Business Operations 14 Strength - Robust Financial
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3.0 Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ Threats Analysis (SWOT) A SWOT analysis was directed to categorize varies areas that could positively or negatively affect the business and through this a risk analysis was formed. The following section addresses this concept. STRENGTHS * Differentiation * Location * Appeal * Target market prominent in area | WEAKNESSES * High levels of competition * Cost strategies * Brand recognition * Unknown levels of financial and customer
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SWOT analysis “Cafe Friends Time” Background The present report shows the results of matching points according to SWOT analysis (appendix A)‚ and possible strategies that might be accepted for the business development. According to matching (Appendix B)‚ the strongest sides of the strategic planning were defined and thoroughly researched. The main goal of every company implies getting of financial income‚ which may be used in different ways by its owners. As usual‚ future increasing of income
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Competitive Environment PROTON is the first Malaysia national car. The big competitor in Malaysia in term of automobile companies and affordable car is PERODUA. The competitive environment as we can see roughly in Malaysia is affordable car where all citizens in Malaysia can buy it and the car maintenances also cheap. Here‚ the porter five are been applied for more clearly because the competitive environment not only about the competitor. It can be about the economic recession‚ natural disaster
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Question 1: From a financial analysis perspective‚ has the Proton management done a good job? Liquidity Ratio 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Current Ratio [Current Asset / Current Liabilities] 5‚026.5 / 2‚210 = 2.27 4‚431 / 2‚341.1 = 1.89 3‚165.5 / 1‚533.8 = 2.06 3‚446.1 / 1‚639.2 = 2.10 3‚404.6 / 1‚883.6 = 1.81 Quick Ratio [(Current Asset – Inventories) / Current Liabilities] 4‚059.4 / 2‚210 = 1.84 3‚042 / 2‚341.1 = 1.30 1‚891.9 / 1‚533.8 = 1.23 2‚345.8 / 1‚639.2 = 1.43 2‚009.5 / 1‚883.6 = 1.07 Liquidity
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Introduction In the present age‚ businesses have to intensive analysis themselves to improve shortcomings and get higher profit; SWOT analysis is a good way to choose. This essay will introduce the definition of SWOT analysis and the background of why people use it frequently. After that‚ there will be few examples to proof the opinions of SWOT analysis will help enterprises a lot on proving of their management and strategic planning. The merits and shortcoming when using this process will also
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