Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I (PLRI11) SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / MBA Resources
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Introduction to SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix for Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I (Brazil)
Based on various researches at Oak Spring University , Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I is operating in a macro-environment that has been destablized by – increasing inequality as vast percentage of new income is going to the top 1%, increasing commodity prices, geopolitical disruptions, digital marketing is dominated by two big players Facebook and Google, talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, there is backlash against globalization,
increasing transportation and logistics costs, wage bills are increasing, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University, we believe that Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I
2. Improving business portfolio management of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Brazil
4. Making a NA sector specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I
Strengths of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I are -
Digital Transformation in NA industry
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I is present in almost all the verticals within the NA industry. This has provided Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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.
Effective Research and Development (R&D)
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has innovation driven culture where significant part of the revenues are spent on the research and development activities. This has resulted in – Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I staying ahead in the NA industry in terms of – new product launches, superior customer experience, highly competitive pricing strategies, and great returns to the shareholders.
Training and development
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has one of the best training and development program in NA 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.
Learning organization
- Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I is open place that encourages instructiveness, ideation, open minded discussions, and creativity. Employees and leaders at Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I emphasize – knowledge, initiative, and innovation.
Highly skilled collaborators
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive NA industry. Secondly the value chain collaborators of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Ability to lead change in NA
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I is one of the leading players in the NA industry in Brazil. Over the years it has not only transformed the business landscape in the NA industry in Brazil but also across the existing markets. The ability to lead change has enabled Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I in – penetrating new markets, reaching out to new customers, and providing different value propositions to different customers in the international markets.
Organizational Resilience of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
Innovation driven organization
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I is one of the most innovative firm in NA sector.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in NA industry
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the NA industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I in the NA sector have low bargaining power. Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Superior customer experience
– The customer experience strategy of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I in NA industry is based on four key concepts – personalization, simplification of complex needs, prompt response, and continuous engagement.
Weaknesses of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I are -
Aligning sales with marketing
– From the outside it seems that Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I needs to have more collaboration between its sales team and marketing team. Sales professionals in the NA industry have deep experience in developing customer relationships. Marketing department at Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I can leverage the sales team experience to cultivate customer relationships as Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I is planning to shift buying processes online.
High operating costs
– Compare to the competitors, Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has high operating costs in the NA industry. This can be harder to sustain given the new emerging competition from nimble players who are using technology to attract Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I lucrative customers.
Slow to strategic competitive environment developments
– As Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I is one of the leading players in the NA industry, it takes time to assess the upcoming competitions. This has led to missing out on atleast 2-3 big opportunities in the NA industry in last five years.
Lack of clear differentiation of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the NA industry, Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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.
Ability to respond to the competition
– As the decision making is very deliberative at Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I, in the dynamic environment of NA industry it has struggled to respond to the nimble upstart competition. Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has reasonably good record with similar level competitors but it has struggled with new entrants taking away niches of its business.
High dependence on Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I ‘s star products
– The top 2 products and services of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I still accounts for major business revenue. This dependence on star products in NA industry has resulted into insufficient focus on developing new products, even though Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has relatively successful track record of launching new products.
Compensation and incentives
– The revenue per employee of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I is just above the NA 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.
Slow decision making process
– As mentioned earlier in the report, Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has a very deliberative decision making approach. This approach has resulted in prudent decisions, but it has also resulted in missing opportunities in the NA industry over the last five years. Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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.
Slow to harness new channels of communication
– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication can help Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I to provide better information regarding NA products and services. It can also build an online community to further reach out to potential customers.
No frontier risks strategy
– From the 10K / annual statement of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I, it seems that company is thinking out the frontier risks that can impact NA 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.
Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I Opportunities | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The opportunities of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I are -
Increase in government spending
– As the United States and other governments are increasing social spending and infrastructure spending to build economies post Covid-19, Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in NA sector.
Loyalty marketing
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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.
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– consumer behavior has changed in the NA industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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. Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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.
Finding new ways to collaborate
– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in NA industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.
Reforming the budgeting process
- By establishing new metrics that will be used to evaluate both existing and potential projects Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I can not only reduce the costs of the project but also help it in integrating the projects with other processes within the organization.
Building a culture of innovation
– managers at Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 NA industry.
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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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.
Use of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies for transactions in NA industry
– The popularity of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies as asset class and medium of transaction has opened new opportunities for Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I in the NA industry. Now Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I can target international markets with far fewer capital restrictions requirements than the existing system.
Lowering marketing communication costs
– 5G expansion will open new opportunities for Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I in the field of marketing communication. It will bring down the cost of doing business, provide technology platform to build new products in the NA industry, and it will provide faster access to the consumers.
Creating value in data economy
– The success of analytics program of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has opened avenues for new revenue streams for the organization in NA industry. This can help Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I to build a more holistic ecosystem for Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I products in the NA industry by providing – data insight services, data privacy related products, data based consulting services, etc.
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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.
Manufacturing automation
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I can use the latest technology developments to improve its manufacturing and designing process in NA sector. 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.
Threats Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I are -
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.
Instability in the European markets
– European Union markets are facing three big challenges post Covid – expanded balance sheets, Brexit related business disruption, and aggressive Russia looking to distract the existing security mechanism. Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I will face different problems in different parts of Europe. For example it will face inflationary pressures in UK, France, and Germany, balance sheet expansion and demand challenges in Southern European countries, and geopolitical instability in the Eastern Europe.
Increasing wage structure of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I
– 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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I.
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. Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I needs to understand the core reasons impacting the NA industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.
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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
Trade war between China and United States
– The trade war between two of the biggest economies can hugely impact the opportunities for Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I in NA industry. The NA 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.
Increasing international competition and downward pressure on margins
– Apart from technology driven competitive advantage dilution, Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I prominent markets.
Shortening product life cycle
– it is one of the major threat that Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I is facing in NA sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.
Barriers of entry lowering
– As technology is more democratized, the barriers to entry to NA industry are lowering. It can presents Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I with greater competitive threats in the near to medium future. Secondly it will also put downward pressure on pricing throughout the NA sector.
Technology acceleration in Forth Industrial Revolution
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I has witnessed rapid integration of technology during Covid-19 in the NA industry. As one of the leading players in the industry, Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I needs to keep up with the evolution of technology in the NA 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.
Regulatory challenges
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 NA industry regulations.
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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I.
Environmental challenges
– Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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. Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the NA industry.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I Template, Example
Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers at Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I 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 Polo FII Recebiveis Imobiliarios I needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.