European nations in early 2010. This report will analyse the impact of the crisis on the performance and risk exposure of two major banks: Alpha Bank (AB) and Deutsche Bank (DB).. Alpha Bank‚ the second largest Greece bank‚ locates in one of the five Euro-zone nations which suffered the most following the global crisis. At the same time‚ Deutsche Bank (DB) is a German bank which operates in both investment and commercial banking sectors. In particular‚ this report will study the asset and liability structure
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SWOT Analysis of Starbucks Strengths Starbucks chooses its customers before its coffee. Howard Schultz’s mantra‚ “staying small while growing big‚” (76) is now the company’s biggest strength- its prime cause of its massive success. Weaknesses The opening hours of Starbucks is not providing 24 hours services to the customers‚ its having only the limited opening hours compared to other competitors . The prices of the product are very much expensive compared to other companies
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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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Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) is an $8Billion dollar network of businesses involved in retail‚ financial services and petroleum operations. They had just completed a strategic plan in 2002 with a clear corporate goal "to become a top quartile performer in our market sector as measured by total return to stockholders". This mandate guided CIO Andy Wnek to create IT strategies‚ imperatives and vision of "an agile It team‚ aligned to business priorities‚ operating a simpler technical environment with
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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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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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However‚ it was not until 1970s when the industry transitioned from local wineries to a quality winemaking. The Canadian wine and grape industry is a significant driver of the Canadian economy as it contributes to the business revenue‚ tax revenue and wages‚ totalling $6.8 billion of overall economic impact (Rimmerman‚ 2013). The grape and wine industry has created more than 31‚000 full-time jobs
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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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