Business Environment Analysis Background Environmental analysis is a systematic process that starts from identification of environmental factors‚ assessing their nature and impact‚ auditing them to find their impact to the business‚ and making various profiles for positioning. A common process of environmental analysis or scanning is discussed in the following section. Environmental Analysis Process A business manager should be able to analyze the environment to grasp opportunities or face the threats
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Huawei Strategic Information Technology Plan Tricia L. Miller MGT 497 Thomas Hennefer May 9‚ 2011 Huawei Strategic Information Technology Plan Executive Summary The Huawei Technologies organization is a leader in innovative technologies and has developed a strong strategy to expand and grow as innovators. Huawei Technologies has embraced technology and has been innovative since the inception of the firm. “Huawei has built comprehensive advantages in core areas such as wired and wireless
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Family culture and strongman Control in Huawei Being ranked No. 1 of “most influential Chinese business leaders” by Fortune China in three consecutive years from 2011 to 2013‚ Zhengfei Ren‚ the founder‚ controlling shareholder and CEO of Huawei is almost regarded as hero of the company.1 He has been the man who is influencing and inspiring the whole company since it was founded in 1987. Now‚ Huawei is a global leading company in ICT (information and communication technology) solution with revenue
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Huawei Investment & Holding Co.‚ Ltd. 2013 Annual Report Contents Letter from the CEO 2 Letter from the Rotating and Acting CEO 10 Business Highlights in 2013 14 Five-Year Financial Highlights 15 Letter from the Chairwoman 16 Core Values 20 Management Discussion and Analysis 21 Industry Trends 49 Independent Auditor’s Report 54 Consolidated Financial Statements Summary and Notes 55 Risk Factors 106 Corporate Governance Report 108 Sustainable Development 129 Abbreviations
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MICRO ENVIRONMENT/ INDUSTRY ANALYSIS The environment which is close to business and affects its capacity to work is called micro or operational environment. Industry is a group of companies which offer same or similar product or services. These products and services are close substitutes of each other. It consists of: 1 Suppliers Supplier are the people who supply raw materials and required components to the companies. Increasing prices and reducing the quality of their products are potential
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Case #1-0001 Cisco Systems (A): Evolution to E-Business "We view the Internet as a prototype of how organizations eventually will shape themselves in a truly global economy. It is a self ruling entity." —John Morgridge‚ Annual Report‚ 1993 Cisco Systems‚ says president and CEO John Chambers‚ is “an end-to-end networking company.” Its products and services enable the construction of corporate information superhighways‚ a driving concern of today’s CEOs‚ seeking to become “e-business” leaders in
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Internal Analysis An Internal Analysis of a company focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of internal factors that give a company certain advantages and disadvantages in meeting the needs of its target market. Strengths refer to core competencies that give the firm an advantage in meeting the needs of its target markets. Weaknesses refer to any limitations a company faces in developing or implementing a strategy. The aim of the internal analysis is to identify the company’s strengths and weaknesses
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Organisations and Environment Analysis of the External Environment The dimension of the external environment which interests me the most is the economic dimension. Economics can be described as the social science that deals with the production‚ allocation and distribution of scare resources in order to please the unlimited wants and needs that individuals boast. Economics is also research into aspects such as interest rates‚ inflation‚ gross national product and unemployment in order to
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The Macro Environment Analysis is traditionally the first step of a strategic analysis; it is sometimes referred to as an external analysis‚ a pest analysis or a pestle analysis. The purpose of the Macro Environment Analysis is to identify possible opportunities and threats to your industry as a whole that are outside the control of your industry. There are many factors in the macro-environment that will affect the decisions of the organisation. Tax changes‚ new laws‚ trade barriers‚ demographic
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CHAPTER TWO EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS At the end of this chapter‚ the student should be able to: 1. Understand the processes for an environmentally conscious organization. 2. Know the importance of SWOT analysis in analyzing both external and internal environment. 3. Understand the different segments of the external environment known as the general environment. 4. To find out how the strength of the company’s competitive forces are congruent with the industry’s through the five-forces
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