Nava Bharat Ventures (NABV) SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / MBA Resources

Introduction to SWOT Analysis

SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix for Nava Bharat Ventures (India)

Based on various researches at Oak Spring University , Nava Bharat Ventures is operating in a macro-environment that has been destablized by – there is increasing trade war between United States & China, increasing commodity prices, geopolitical disruptions, there is backlash against globalization, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, central banks are concerned over increasing inflation, banking and financial system is disrupted by Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, customer relationship management is fast transforming because of increasing concerns over data privacy, competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, etc

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Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Nava Bharat Ventures

SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University, we believe that Nava Bharat Ventures can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Nava Bharat Ventures, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Nava Bharat Ventures 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.

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SWOT Objectives / Importance of SWOT Analysis and SWOT Matrix

SWOT analysis of Nava Bharat Ventures can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning of Nava Bharat Ventures
2. Improving business portfolio management of Nava Bharat Ventures
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in India
4. Making a Electric Utilities sector specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of Nava Bharat Ventures

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Strengths of Nava Bharat Ventures | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The strengths of Nava Bharat Ventures are -

Strong track record of project management in the Electric Utilities industry

– Nava Bharat Ventures is known for sticking to its project targets. This enables the firm to manage – time, project costs, and have sustainable margins on the projects.

Sustainable margins compare to other players in Electric Utilities industry

– Nava Bharat Ventures has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Nava Bharat Ventures to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the Electric Utilities industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Nava Bharat Ventures to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.

Diverse revenue streams

– Nava Bharat Ventures is present in almost all the verticals within the Electric Utilities industry. This has provided Nava Bharat Ventures 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.

Successful track record of launching new products

– Nava Bharat Ventures has launched numerous new products in last few years, keeping in mind evolving customer preferences and competitive pressures. Nava Bharat Ventures 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.

Low bargaining power of suppliers

– Suppliers of Nava Bharat Ventures in the Utilities sector have low bargaining power. Nava Bharat Ventures has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Nava Bharat Ventures to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.

Learning organization

- Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Nava Bharat Ventures is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders at Nava Bharat Ventures emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.

High brand equity

– Nava Bharat Ventures has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Nava Bharat Ventures to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.

Ability to lead change in Electric Utilities

– Nava Bharat Ventures is one of the leading players in the Electric Utilities industry in India. Over the years it has not only transformed the business landscape in the Electric Utilities industry in India but also across the existing markets. The ability to lead change has enabled Nava Bharat Ventures in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.

Innovation driven organization

– Nava Bharat Ventures is one of the most innovative firm in Electric Utilities sector.

Training and development

– Nava Bharat Ventures has one of the best training and development program in Utilities industry. The effectiveness of the training programs can be measured in – employees retention, in-house promotion, loyalty, new venture initiation, lack of conflict, and high level of both employees and customer engagement.

Effective Research and Development (R&D)

– Nava Bharat Ventures has innovation driven culture where significant part of the revenues are spent on the research and development activities. This has resulted in – Nava Bharat Ventures staying ahead in the Electric Utilities industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.

High switching costs

– The high switching costs that Nava Bharat Ventures 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.

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Weaknesses of Nava Bharat Ventures | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The weaknesses of Nava Bharat Ventures are -

Capital Spending Reduction

– Even during the low interest decade, Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Electric Utilities industry using digital technology.

Aligning sales with marketing

– From the outside it seems that Nava Bharat Ventures needs to have more collaboration between its sales team and marketing team. Sales professionals in the Electric Utilities industry have deep experience in developing customer relationships. Marketing department at Nava Bharat Ventures can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as Nava Bharat Ventures is planning to shift buying processes online.

Lack of clear differentiation of Nava Bharat Ventures products

– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Nava Bharat Ventures needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.

Skills based hiring in Electric Utilities industry

– The stress on hiring functional specialists at Nava Bharat Ventures has created an environment where the organization is dominated by functional specialists rather than management generalist. This has resulted into product oriented approach rather than marketing oriented approach or consumers oriented approach.

Interest costs

– Compare to the competition, Nava Bharat Ventures 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.

No frontier risks strategy

– From the 10K / annual statement of Nava Bharat Ventures, it seems that company is thinking out the frontier risks that can impact Electric Utilities industry. But it has very little resources allocation to manage the risks emerging from events such as natural disasters, climate change, melting of permafrost, tacking the rise of artificial intelligence, opportunities and threats emerging from commercialization of space etc.

Slow to harness new channels of communication

– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, Nava Bharat Ventures is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication can help Nava Bharat Ventures to provide better information regarding Electric Utilities 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 Nava Bharat Ventures supply chain. Even after few cautionary changes, Nava Bharat Ventures is still heavily dependent upon the existing supply chain. The existing supply chain though brings in cost efficiencies but it has left Nava Bharat Ventures vulnerable to further global disruptions in South East Asia.

Employees’ less understanding of Nava Bharat Ventures strategy

– From the outside it seems that the employees of Nava Bharat Ventures don’t have comprehensive understanding of the firm’s strategy. This is reflected in number of promotional campaigns over the last few years that had mixed messaging and competing priorities. Some of the strategic activities and services promoted in the promotional campaigns were not consistent with the organization’s strategy.

Increasing silos among functional specialists

– The organizational structure of Nava Bharat Ventures is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the Electric Utilities industry, but Nava Bharat Ventures needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help Nava Bharat Ventures to focus more on services in the Electric Utilities industry rather than just following the product oriented approach.

Compensation and incentives

– The revenue per employee of Nava Bharat Ventures is just above the Electric Utilities industry average. It needs to redesign the compensation structure and incentives to increase the revenue per employees. Some of the steps that it can take are – hiring more specialists on project basis, etc.

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Nava Bharat Ventures Opportunities | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The opportunities of Nava Bharat Ventures are -

Use of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies for transactions in Electric Utilities industry

– The popularity of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies as asset class and medium of transaction has opened new opportunities for Nava Bharat Ventures in the Electric Utilities industry. Now Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Electric Utilities industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. Nava Bharat Ventures can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.

Creating value in data economy

– The success of analytics program of Nava Bharat Ventures has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in Electric Utilities industry. This can help Nava Bharat Ventures to build a more holistic ecosystem for Nava Bharat Ventures products in the Electric Utilities industry by providing – data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.

Learning at scale

– Online learning technologies has now opened space for Nava Bharat Ventures 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.

Developing new processes and practices

– Nava Bharat Ventures can develop new processes and procedures in Electric Utilities 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.

Redefining models of collaboration and team work

– As explained in the weaknesses section, Nava Bharat Ventures is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. Nava Bharat Ventures can utilize new technology in the field of Electric Utilities industry to build more coordinated teams and streamline operations and communications using tools such as CAD, Zoom, etc.

Leveraging digital technologies

– Nava Bharat Ventures 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.

Lowering marketing communication costs

– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for Nava Bharat Ventures in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the Electric Utilities industry, and it will provide faster access to the consumers.

Using analytics as competitive advantage

– Nava Bharat Ventures has spent a significant amount of money and effort to integrate analytics and machine learning into its operations in Electric Utilities sector. This continuous investment in analytics has enabled Nava Bharat Ventures to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Nava Bharat Ventures to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.

Increase in government spending

– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Nava Bharat Ventures can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Nava Bharat Ventures operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in Electric Utilities sector.

Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities

– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Nava Bharat Ventures to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.

Loyalty marketing

– Nava Bharat Ventures 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.

Building a culture of innovation

– managers at Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Electric Utilities industry.

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Threats Nava Bharat Ventures External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis

The threats of Nava Bharat Ventures are -

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 Nava Bharat Ventures business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.

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. Nava Bharat Ventures needs to understand the core reasons impacting the Electric Utilities industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.

Shortening product life cycle

– it is one of the major threat that Nava Bharat Ventures is facing in Electric Utilities sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.

Stagnating economy with rate increase

– Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Electric Utilities industry.

Easy access to finance

– Easy access to finance in Electric Utilities industry will also reduce the barriers to entry in the industry, thus putting downward pressure on the prices because of increasing competition. Nava Bharat Ventures can utilize it by borrowing at lower rates and invest it into research and development, capital expenditure to fortify its core competitive advantage.

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 Nava Bharat Ventures in the Electric Utilities sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.

Environmental challenges

– Nava Bharat Ventures needs to have a robust strategy against the disruptions arising from climate change and energy requirements. EU has identified it as key priority area and spending 30% of its 880 billion Euros European post Covid-19 recovery funds on green technology. Nava Bharat Ventures can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the Electric Utilities industry.

High dependence on third party suppliers

– Nava Bharat Ventures 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.

Consumer confidence and its impact on Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Electric Utilities industry and other sectors.

Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins

– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Nava Bharat Ventures prominent markets.

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 Nava Bharat Ventures.

Regulatory challenges

– Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Electric Utilities industry regulations.

Technology acceleration in Forth Industrial Revolution

– Nava Bharat Ventures has witnessed rapid integration of technology during Covid-19 in the Electric Utilities industry. As one of the leading players in the industry, Nava Bharat Ventures needs to keep up with the evolution of technology in the Electric Utilities 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.

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Weighted SWOT Analysis of Nava Bharat Ventures Template, Example

Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers at Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Nava Bharat Ventures 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 Nava Bharat Ventures needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.

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