Swot Analysis of "Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B)" written by Amar V. Bhide, Brian Mohan includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that Radosevich Marcia facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, Marketing, Pricing, Product development and Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) casestudy better are - – cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, digital marketing is dominated by two big players Facebook and Google, supply chains are disrupted by pandemic , increasing commodity prices, wage bills are increasing, increasing inequality as vast percentage of new income is going to the top 1%,
customer relationship management is fast transforming because of increasing concerns over data privacy, increasing energy prices, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B)
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Radosevich Marcia, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Radosevich Marcia operates in.
According to Harvard Business Review, 75% of the managers use SWOT analysis for various purposes such as – evaluating current scenario, strategic planning, new venture feasibility, personal growth goals, new market entry, Go To market strategies, portfolio management and strategic trade-off assessment, organizational restructuring, etc.
SWOT Objectives / Importance of SWOT Analysis and SWOT Matrix
SWOT analysis of Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of Radosevich Marcia
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Innovation & Entrepreneurship field.
4. Making a Innovation & Entrepreneurship topic specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of Radosevich Marcia
Strengths Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Radosevich Marcia in Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) Harvard Business Review case study are -
Sustainable margins compare to other players in Innovation & Entrepreneurship industry
– Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) firm has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Radosevich Marcia to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Radosevich Marcia to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Effective Research and Development (R&D)
– Radosevich Marcia has innovation driven culture where significant part of the revenues are spent on the research and development activities. This has resulted in, as mentioned in case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) - staying ahead in the industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.
Analytics focus
– Radosevich Marcia is putting a lot of focus on utilizing the power of analytics in business decision making. This has put it among the leading players in the industry. The technology infrastructure suggested by Amar V. Bhide, Brian Mohan can also help it to harness the power of analytics for – marketing optimization, demand forecasting, customer relationship management, inventory management, information sharing across the value chain etc.
High switching costs
– The high switching costs that Radosevich Marcia has built up over years in its products and services combo offer has resulted in high retention of customers, lower marketing costs, and greater ability of the firm to focus on its customers.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of Radosevich Marcia in the sector have low bargaining power. Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Radosevich Marcia to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Diverse revenue streams
– Radosevich Marcia is present in almost all the verticals within the industry. This has provided firm in Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) case study a diverse revenue stream that has helped it to survive disruptions such as global pandemic in Covid-19, financial disruption of 2008, and supply chain disruption of 2021.
Ability to lead change in Innovation & Entrepreneurship field
– Radosevich Marcia is one of the leading players in its industry. Over the years it has not only transformed the business landscape in its segment but also across the whole industry. The ability to lead change has enabled Radosevich Marcia in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.
Successful track record of launching new products
– Radosevich Marcia has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. Radosevich Marcia has effective processes in place that helps in exploring new product needs, doing quick pilot testing, and then launching the products quickly using its extensive distribution network.
Highly skilled collaborators
– Radosevich Marcia has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive segment. Secondly the value chain collaborators of the firm in Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) HBR case study have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Organizational Resilience of Radosevich Marcia
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing that Radosevich Marcia does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
Training and development
– Radosevich Marcia has one of the best training and development program in the industry. The effectiveness of the training programs can be measured in Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) Harvard Business Review case study by analyzing – employees retention, in-house promotion, loyalty, new venture initiation, lack of conflict, and high level of both employees and customer engagement.
Ability to recruit top talent
– Radosevich Marcia is one of the leading recruiters in the industry. Managers in the Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) are in a position to attract the best talent available. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.
Weaknesses Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) are -
Slow to strategic competitive environment developments
– As Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) HBR case study mentions - Radosevich Marcia takes time to assess the upcoming competitions. This has led to missing out on atleast 2-3 big opportunities in the industry in last five years.
High bargaining power of channel partners
– Because of the regulatory requirements, Amar V. Bhide, Brian Mohan suggests that, Radosevich Marcia is facing high bargaining power of the channel partners. So far it has not able to streamline the operations to reduce the bargaining power of the value chain partners in the industry.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the segment, Radosevich Marcia needs to come up with a strategy to reduce the workers concern regarding automation. Without a clear strategy, it could lead to disruption and uncertainty within the organization.
Low market penetration in new markets
– Outside its home market of Radosevich Marcia, firm in the HBR case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) needs to spend more promotional, marketing, and advertising efforts to penetrate international markets.
Slow to harness new channels of communication
– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, Radosevich Marcia is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication mentioned in marketing section of case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) can help to provide better information regarding products and services. It can also build an online community to further reach out to potential customers.
High dependence on existing supply chain
– The disruption in the global supply chains because of the Covid-19 pandemic and blockage of the Suez Canal illustrated the fragile nature of Radosevich Marcia supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes mentioned in the HBR case study - Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B), it is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left Radosevich Marcia vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.
Slow decision making process
– As mentioned earlier in the report, Radosevich Marcia has a very deliberative decision making approach. This approach has resulted in prudent decisions, but it has also resulted in missing opportunities in the industry over the last five years. Radosevich Marcia even though has strong showing on digital transformation primary two stages, it has struggled to capitalize the power of digital transformation in marketing efforts and new venture efforts.
Need for greater diversity
– Radosevich Marcia has taken concrete steps on diversity, equity, and inclusion. But the efforts so far has resulted in limited success. It needs to expand the recruitment and selection process to hire more people from the minorities and underprivileged background.
High cash cycle compare to competitors
Radosevich Marcia has a high cash cycle compare to other players in the industry. It needs to shorten the cash cycle by 12% to be more competitive in the marketplace, reduce inventory costs, and be more profitable.
Increasing silos among functional specialists
– The organizational structure of Radosevich Marcia is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship segment. Radosevich Marcia needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help Radosevich Marcia to focus more on services rather than just following the product oriented approach.
Interest costs
– Compare to the competition, Radosevich Marcia has borrowed money from the capital market at higher rates. It needs to restructure the interest payment and costs so that it can compete better and improve profitability.
Opportunities Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The opportunities highlighted in the Harvard Business Review case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) are -
Loyalty marketing
– Radosevich Marcia has focused on building a highly responsive customer relationship management platform. This platform is built on in-house data and driven by analytics and artificial intelligence. The customer analytics can help the organization to fine tune its loyalty marketing efforts, increase the wallet share of the organization, reduce wastage on mainstream advertising spending, build better pricing strategies using personalization, etc.
Increase in government spending
– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Radosevich Marcia can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Radosevich Marcia operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Innovation & Entrepreneurship sector.
Learning at scale
– Online learning technologies has now opened space for Radosevich Marcia to conduct training and development for its employees across the world. This will result in not only reducing the cost of training but also help employees in different part of the world to integrate with the headquarter work culture, ethos, and standards.
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– Consumer behavior has changed in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. Radosevich Marcia can take advantage of these changes in consumer behavior to build a far more efficient business model. For example consumer regular ordering of products can reduce both last mile delivery costs and market penetration costs. Radosevich Marcia can further use this consumer data to build better customer loyalty, provide better products and service collection, and improve the value proposition in inflationary times.
Buying journey improvements
– Radosevich Marcia can improve the customer journey of consumers in the industry by using analytics and artificial intelligence. Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) suggest that firm can provide automated chats to help consumers solve their own problems, provide online suggestions to get maximum out of the products and services, and help consumers to build a community where they can interact with each other to develop new features and uses.
Finding new ways to collaborate
– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in Innovation & Entrepreneurship industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. Radosevich Marcia can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.
Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities
– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for Radosevich Marcia to expand its talent hiring zone. According to McKinsey Global Institute, 20% of the high end workforce in fields such as finance, information technology, can continously work from remote local post Covid-19. This presents a really great opportunity for Radosevich Marcia to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.
Leveraging digital technologies
– Radosevich Marcia can leverage digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate the production process, customer analytics to get better insights into consumer behavior, realtime digital dashboards to get better sales tracking, logistics and transportation, product tracking, etc.
Creating value in data economy
– The success of analytics program of Radosevich Marcia has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in the industry. This can help Radosevich Marcia to build a more holistic ecosystem as suggested in the Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) case study. Radosevich Marcia can build new products and services such as - data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.
Developing new processes and practices
– Radosevich Marcia can develop new processes and procedures in Innovation & Entrepreneurship industry using technology such as automation using artificial intelligence, real time transportation and products tracking, 3D modeling for concept development and new products pilot testing etc.
Manufacturing automation
– Radosevich Marcia can use the latest technology developments to improve its manufacturing and designing process in Innovation & Entrepreneurship segment. It can use CAD and 3D printing to build a quick prototype and pilot testing products. It can leverage automation using machine learning and artificial intelligence to do faster production at lowers costs, and it can leverage the growth in satellite and tracking technologies to improve inventory management, transportation, and shipping.
Using analytics as competitive advantage
– Radosevich Marcia has spent a significant amount of money and effort to integrate analytics and machine learning into its operations in the sector. This continuous investment in analytics has enabled, as illustrated in the Harvard case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) - to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Radosevich Marcia to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, Radosevich Marcia can still utilize the low interest rates to borrow money for capital investment. Secondly it can also use the increase of government spending in infrastructure projects to get new business.
Threats Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats mentioned in the HBR case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) are -
Barriers of entry lowering
– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry in the industry are lowering. It can presents Radosevich Marcia with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the sector.
Capital market disruption
– During the Covid-19, Dow Jones has touched record high. The valuations of a number of companies are way beyond their existing business model potential. This can lead to capital market correction which can put a number of suppliers, collaborators, value chain partners in great financial difficulty. It will directly impact the business of Radosevich Marcia.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, Radosevich Marcia can face downward pressure on margins from increasing competition from international players. The international players have stable revenue in their home market and can use those resources to penetrate prominent markets illustrated in HBR case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) .
Learning curve for new practices
– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, as highlighted in case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B), Radosevich Marcia may face longer learning curve for training and development of existing employees. This can open space for more nimble competitors in the field of Innovation & Entrepreneurship .
Stagnating economy with rate increase
– Radosevich Marcia can face lack of demand in the market place because of Fed actions to reduce inflation. This can lead to sluggish growth in the economy, lower demands, lower investments, higher borrowing costs, and consolidation in the field.
Regulatory challenges
– Radosevich Marcia needs to prepare for regulatory challenges as consumer protection groups and other pressure groups are vigorously advocating for more regulations on big business - to reduce inequality, to create a level playing field, to product data privacy and consumer privacy, to reduce the influence of big money on democratic institutions, etc. This can lead to significant changes in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship industry regulations.
Backlash against dominant players
– US Congress and other legislative arms of the government are getting tough on big business especially technology companies. The digital arm of Radosevich Marcia business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
Increasing wage structure of Radosevich Marcia
– Post Covid-19 there is a sharp increase in the wages especially in the jobs that require interaction with people. The increasing wages can put downward pressure on the margins of Radosevich Marcia.
Shortening product life cycle
– it is one of the major threat that Radosevich Marcia is facing in Innovation & Entrepreneurship sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.
Easy access to finance
– Easy access to finance in Innovation & Entrepreneurship field will also reduce the barriers to entry in the industry, thus putting downward pressure on the prices because of increasing competition. Radosevich Marcia can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Technology acceleration in Forth Industrial Revolution
– Radosevich Marcia has witnessed rapid integration of technology during Covid-19 in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship industry. As one of the leading players in the industry, Radosevich Marcia needs to keep up with the evolution of technology in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship sector. According to Mckinsey study top managers believe that the adoption of technology in operations, communications is 20-25 times faster than what they planned in the beginning of 2019.
High level of anxiety and lack of motivation
– the Great Resignation in United States is the sign of broader dissatisfaction among the workforce in United States. Radosevich Marcia needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Innovation & Entrepreneurship industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.
Technology disruption because of hacks, piracy etc
– The colonial pipeline illustrated, how vulnerable modern organization are to international hackers, miscreants, and disruptors. The cyber security interruption, data leaks, etc can seriously jeopardize the future growth of the organization.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) Template, Example
Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers in the HBR case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) needs to zero down on the relative importance of each factor mentioned in the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants.
We can provide the relative importance to each factor by assigning relative weights. Weighted SWOT analysis process is a three stage process –
First stage for doing weighted SWOT analysis of the case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) is to rank the strengths and weaknesses of the organization. This will help you to assess the most important strengths and weaknesses of the firm and which one of the strengths and weaknesses mentioned in the initial lists are marginal and can be left out.
Second stage for conducting weighted SWOT analysis of the Harvard case study Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) is to give probabilities to the external strategic factors thus better understanding the opportunities and threats arising out of macro environment changes and developments.
Third stage of constructing weighted SWOT analysis of Marcia Radosevich and Health Payment Review--1989 (B) is to provide strategic recommendations includes – joining likelihood of external strategic factors such as opportunities and threats to the internal strategic factors – strengths and weaknesses. You should start with external factors as they will provide the direction of the overall industry. Secondly by joining probabilities with internal strategic factors can help the company not only strategic fit but also the most probably strategic trade-off that Radosevich Marcia needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.
