Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
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Case Study Description of Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration
This is a Darden case study.This mini-case demonstrates bid rigging and how it can be recognized. It accompanies the technical note - A Note on Understanding, Detecting and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations.
Swot Analysis of "Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration" written by John F. Terzaken III, Thomas Cross includes – strengths weakness that are internal strategic factors of the organization, and opportunities and threats that Detecting Criminal facing as an external strategic factors. Some of the topics covered in Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration case study are - Strategic Management Strategies, Business law, Government and Leadership & Managing People.
Some of the macro environment factors that can be used to understand the Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration casestudy better are - – digital marketing is dominated by two big players Facebook and Google, increasing inequality as vast percentage of new income is going to the top 1%, central banks are concerned over increasing inflation, increasing commodity prices, talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs, banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, wage bills are increasing,
technology disruption, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University , we believe that protagonist in Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration case study can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Detecting Criminal, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Detecting Criminal 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 Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning using facts provided in Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration case study
2. Improving business portfolio management of Detecting Criminal
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Leadership & Managing People field.
4. Making a Leadership & Managing People topic specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of Detecting Criminal
Strengths Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Detecting Criminal in Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration Harvard Business Review case study are -
Innovation driven organization
– Detecting Criminal is one of the most innovative firm in sector. Manager in Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration Harvard Business Review case study can use Clayton Christensen Disruptive Innovation strategies to further increase the scale of innovtions in the organization.
Highly skilled collaborators
– Detecting Criminal 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 Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration HBR case study have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Ability to recruit top talent
– Detecting Criminal is one of the leading recruiters in the industry. Managers in the Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration are in a position to attract the best talent available. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.
Successful track record of launching new products
– Detecting Criminal has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. Detecting Criminal 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.
High brand equity
– Detecting Criminal has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Detecting Criminal to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Learning organization
- Detecting Criminal is a learning organization. It has inculcated three key characters of learning organization in its processes and operations – exploration, creativity, and expansiveness. The work place at Detecting Criminal is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders in Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration Harvard Business Review case study emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.
Digital Transformation in Leadership & Managing People segment
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For Detecting Criminal digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. Detecting Criminal has successfully integrated the four key components of digital transformation – digital integration in processes, digital integration in marketing and customer relationship management, digital integration into the value chain, and using technology to explore new products and market opportunities.
Diverse revenue streams
– Detecting Criminal is present in almost all the verticals within the industry. This has provided firm in Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration 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.
Analytics focus
– Detecting Criminal 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 John F. Terzaken III, Thomas Cross 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 Detecting Criminal 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.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in Leadership & Managing People industry
– Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration firm has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Detecting Criminal to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Leadership & Managing People industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Detecting Criminal to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Strong track record of project management
– Detecting Criminal is known for sticking to its project targets. This enables the firm to manage – time, project costs, and have sustainable margins on the projects.
Weaknesses Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration are -
High cash cycle compare to competitors
Detecting Criminal 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.
Aligning sales with marketing
– It come across in the case study Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration that the firm needs to have more collaboration between its sales team and marketing team. Sales professionals in the industry have deep experience in developing customer relationships. Marketing department in the case Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as Detecting Criminal is planning to shift buying processes online.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the segment, Detecting Criminal 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 Detecting Criminal, firm in the HBR case study Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration needs to spend more promotional, marketing, and advertising efforts to penetrate international markets.
Ability to respond to the competition
– As the decision making is very deliberative, highlighted in the case study Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration, in the dynamic environment Detecting Criminal has struggled to respond to the nimble upstart competition. Detecting Criminal has reasonably good record with similar level competitors but it has struggled with new entrants taking away niches of its business.
High operating costs
– Compare to the competitors, firm in the HBR case study Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration has high operating costs in the. This can be harder to sustain given the new emerging competition from nimble players who are using technology to attract Detecting Criminal 's lucrative customers.
Slow decision making process
– As mentioned earlier in the report, Detecting Criminal 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. Detecting Criminal 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.
Capital Spending Reduction
– Even during the low interest decade, Detecting Criminal has not been able to do capital spending to the tune of the competition. This has resulted into fewer innovations and company facing stiff competition from both existing competitors and new entrants who are disrupting the industry using digital technology.
Lack of clear differentiation of Detecting Criminal products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Detecting Criminal needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.
Interest costs
– Compare to the competition, Detecting Criminal 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.
Slow to harness new channels of communication
– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, Detecting Criminal is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication mentioned in marketing section of case study Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration can help to provide better information regarding products and services. It can also build an online community to further reach out to potential customers.
Opportunities Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration | 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 Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration are -
Leveraging digital technologies
– Detecting Criminal 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.
Increase in government spending
– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Detecting Criminal can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Detecting Criminal operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Leadership & Managing People sector.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for Detecting Criminal in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the Leadership & Managing People segment, and it will provide faster access to the consumers.
Manufacturing automation
– Detecting Criminal can use the latest technology developments to improve its manufacturing and designing process in Leadership & Managing People 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
– Detecting Criminal 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 Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration - to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Detecting Criminal to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.
Identify volunteer opportunities
– Covid-19 has impacted working population in two ways – it has led to people soul searching about their professional choices, resulting in mass resignation. Secondly it has encouraged people to do things that they are passionate about. This has opened opportunities for businesses to build volunteer oriented socially driven projects. Detecting Criminal can explore opportunities that can attract volunteers and are consistent with its mission and vision.
Reconfiguring business model
– The expansion of digital payment system, the bringing down of international transactions costs using Bitcoin and other blockchain based currencies, etc can help Detecting Criminal to reconfigure its entire business model. For example it can used blockchain based technologies to reduce piracy of its products in the big markets such as China. Secondly it can use the popularity of e-commerce in various developing markets to build a Direct to Customer business model rather than the current Channel Heavy distribution network.
Building a culture of innovation
– managers at Detecting Criminal can make experimentation a productive activity and build a culture of innovation using approaches such as – mining transaction data, A/B testing of websites and selling platforms, engaging potential customers over various needs, and building on small ideas in the Leadership & Managing People segment.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, Detecting Criminal can build a diversified supply chain model across various countries in - South East Asia, India, and other parts of the world. This reconfiguration of global supply chain can help, as suggested in case study, Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration, to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– Consumer behavior has changed in the Leadership & Managing People industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. Detecting Criminal 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. Detecting Criminal 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.
Use of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies for transactions
– The popularity of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies as asset class and medium of transaction has opened new opportunities for Detecting Criminal in the consumer business. Now Detecting Criminal can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.
Finding new ways to collaborate
– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in Leadership & Managing People industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. Detecting Criminal can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.
Redefining models of collaboration and team work
– As explained in the weaknesses section, Detecting Criminal is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration case study suggests that firm can utilize new technology to build more coordinated teams and streamline operations and communications using tools such as CAD, Zoom, etc.
Threats Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats mentioned in the HBR case study Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration are -
Learning curve for new practices
– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, as highlighted in case study Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration, Detecting Criminal may face longer learning curve for training and development of existing employees. This can open space for more nimble competitors in the field of Leadership & Managing People .
Easy access to finance
– Easy access to finance in Leadership & Managing People field will also reduce the barriers to entry in the industry, thus putting downward pressure on the prices because of increasing competition. Detecting Criminal can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.
Stagnating economy with rate increase
– Detecting Criminal 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.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– Detecting Criminal high dependence on third party suppliers can disrupt its processes and delivery mechanism. For example -the current troubles of car makers because of chip shortage is because the chip companies started producing chips for electronic companies rather than car manufacturers.
New competition
– After the dotcom bust of 2001, financial crisis of 2008-09, the business formation in US economy had declined. But in 2020 alone, there are more than 1.5 million new business applications in United States. This can lead to greater competition for Detecting Criminal in the Leadership & Managing People sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, Detecting Criminal 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 Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration .
Consumer confidence and its impact on Detecting Criminal demand
– There is a high probability of declining consumer confidence, given – high inflammation rate, rise of gig economy, lower job stability, increasing cost of living, higher interest rates, and aging demography. All the factors contribute to people saving higher rate of their income, resulting in lower consumer demand in the industry and other sectors.
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. Detecting Criminal needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Leadership & Managing People industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.
Regulatory challenges
– Detecting Criminal 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 Leadership & Managing People industry regulations.
Trade war between China and United States
– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for Detecting Criminal in the Leadership & Managing People industry. The Leadership & Managing People industry is already at various protected from local competition in China, with the rise of trade war the protection levels may go up. This presents a clear threat of current business model in Chinese market.
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 Detecting Criminal business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
Increasing wage structure of Detecting Criminal
– 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 Detecting Criminal.
Aging population
– As the populations of most advanced economies are aging, it will lead to high social security costs, higher savings among population, and lower demand for goods and services in the economy. The household savings in US, France, UK, Germany, and Japan are growing faster than predicted because of uncertainty caused by pandemic.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration 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 Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration 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 Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration 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 Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration 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 Understanding, Detecting, and Reporting Criminal Antitrust Violations: Case Demonstration 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 Detecting Criminal needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.
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