Global Real Estate Dividend Growers (GRL) SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / MBA Resources
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Introduction to SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix for Global Real Estate Dividend Growers (Canada)
Based on various researches at Oak Spring University , Global Real Estate Dividend Growers is operating in a macro-environment that has been destablized by – central banks are concerned over increasing inflation, increasing government debt because of Covid-19 spendings, increasing household debt because of falling income levels, supply chains are disrupted by pandemic , talent flight as more people leaving formal jobs, technology disruption, cloud computing is disrupting traditional business models,
competitive advantages are harder to sustain because of technology dispersion, there is backlash against globalization, etc
Introduction to SWOT Analysis of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers
SWOT stands for an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats . At Oak Spring University, we believe that Global Real Estate Dividend Growers can use SWOT analysis as a strategic management tool to assess the current internal strengths and weaknesses of the Global Real Estate Dividend Growers, and to figure out the opportunities and threats in the macro environment – technological, environmental, political, economic, social, demographic, etc in which Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers can be done for the following purposes –
1. Strategic planning of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers
2. Improving business portfolio management of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers
3. Assessing feasibility of the new initiative in Canada
4. Making a sector specific business decision
5. Set goals for the organization
6. Organizational restructuring of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers
Strengths of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Strengths in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The strengths of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers are -
High switching costs
– The high switching costs that Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
Innovation driven organization
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers is one of the most innovative firm in sector.
Digital Transformation in industry
- digital transformation varies from industry to industry. For Global Real Estate Dividend Growers digital transformation journey comprises differing goals based on market maturity, customer technology acceptance, and organizational culture. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers is present in almost all the verticals within the industry. This has provided Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
Highly skilled collaborators
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers has highly efficient outsourcing and offshoring strategy. It has resulted in greater operational flexibility and bringing down the costs in highly price sensitive industry. Secondly the value chain collaborators of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers have helped the firm to develop new products and bring them quickly to the marketplace.
Ability to recruit top talent
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers is one of the leading players in the industry in Canada. It is in a position to attract the best talent available in Canada. The firm has a robust talent identification program that helps in identifying the brightest.
Cross disciplinary teams
– Horizontal connected teams at the Global Real Estate Dividend Growers are driving operational speed, building greater agility, and keeping the organization nimble to compete with new competitors. It helps are organization to ideate new ideas, and execute them swiftly in the marketplace.
Operational resilience
– The operational resilience strategy of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers comprises – understanding the underlying the factors in the industry, building diversified operations across different geographies so that disruption in one part of the world doesn’t impact the overall performance of the firm, and integrating the various business operations and processes through its digital transformation drive.
Organizational Resilience of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers
– The covid-19 pandemic has put organizational resilience at the centre of everthing Global Real Estate Dividend Growers does. Organizational resilience comprises - Financial Resilience, Operational Resilience, Technological Resilience, Organizational Resilience, Business Model Resilience, and Reputation Resilience.
High brand equity
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers has strong brand awareness and brand recognition among both - the exiting customers and potential new customers. Strong brand equity has enabled Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to keep acquiring new customers and building profitable relationship with both the new and loyal customers.
Sustainable margins compare to other players in industry
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers has clearly differentiated products in the market place. This has enabled Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to fetch slight price premium compare to the competitors in the industry. The sustainable margins have also helped Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to invest into research and development (R&D) and innovation.
Low bargaining power of suppliers
– Suppliers of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers in the sector have low bargaining power. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers has further diversified its suppliers portfolio by building a robust supply chain across various countries. This helps Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to manage not only supply disruptions but also source products at highly competitive prices.
Weaknesses of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers | Internal Strategic Factors
What are Weaknesses in SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The weaknesses of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers are -
Slow decision making process
– As mentioned earlier in the report, Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
Employees’ less understanding of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers strategy
– From the outside it seems that the employees of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers is dominated by functional specialists. It is not different from other players in the industry, but Global Real Estate Dividend Growers needs to de-silo the office environment to harness the true potential of its workforce. Secondly the de-silo will also help Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to focus more on services in the industry rather than just following the product oriented approach.
Capital Spending Reduction
– Even during the low interest decade, Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
No frontier risks strategy
– From the 10K / annual statement of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers, it seems that company is thinking out the frontier risks that can impact 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.
Workers concerns about automation
– As automation is fast increasing in the industry, Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
Slow to harness new channels of communication
– Even though competitors are using new communication channels such as Instagram, Tiktok, and Snap, Global Real Estate Dividend Growers is slow explore the new channels of communication. These new channels of communication can help Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to provide better information regarding products and services. It can also build an online community to further reach out to potential customers.
Lack of clear differentiation of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers products
– To increase the profitability and margins on the products, Global Real Estate Dividend Growers needs to provide more differentiated products than what it is currently offering in the marketplace.
Products dominated business model
– Even though Global Real Estate Dividend Growers has some of the most successful models in the industry, this business model has made each new product launch extremely critical for continuous financial growth of the organization. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers should strive to include more intangible value offerings along with its core products and services.
High cash cycle compare to competitors
Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
Ability to respond to the competition
– As the decision making is very deliberative at Global Real Estate Dividend Growers, in the dynamic environment of industry it has struggled to respond to the nimble upstart competition. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers has reasonably good record with similar level competitors but it has struggled with new entrants taking away niches of its business.
Global Real Estate Dividend Growers Opportunities | External Strategic Factors
What are Opportunities in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The opportunities of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers are -
Developing new processes and practices
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers can develop new processes and procedures in 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.
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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
Finding new ways to collaborate
– Covid-19 has not only transformed business models of companies in industry, but it has also influenced the consumer preferences. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers can tie-up with other value chain partners to explore new opportunities regarding meeting customer demands and building a rewarding and engaging relationship.
Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
– As the trade war between US and China heats up in the coming years, Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to buy more products closer to the markets, and it can leverage its size and influence to get better deal from the local markets.
Using analytics as competitive advantage
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers has spent a significant amount of money and effort to integrate analytics and machine learning into its operations in sector. This continuous investment in analytics has enabled Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to build a competitive advantage using analytics. The analytics driven competitive advantage can help Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to build faster Go To Market strategies, better consumer insights, developing relevant product features, and building a highly efficient supply chain.
Manufacturing automation
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers can use the latest technology developments to improve its manufacturing and designing process in 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.
Loyalty marketing
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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, Global Real Estate Dividend Growers can use these opportunities to build new business models that can help the communities that Global Real Estate Dividend Growers operates in. Secondly it can use opportunities from government spending in sector.
Better consumer reach
– The expansion of the 5G network will help Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to increase its market reach. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers will be able to reach out to new customers. Secondly 5G will also provide technology framework to build new tools and products that can help more immersive consumer experience and faster consumer journey.
Remote work and new talent hiring opportunities
– The widespread usage of remote working technologies during Covid-19 has opened opportunities for Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers to hire the very best people irrespective of their geographical location.
Low interest rates
– Even though inflation is raising its head in most developed economies, Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
Redefining models of collaboration and team work
– As explained in the weaknesses section, Global Real Estate Dividend Growers is facing challenges because of the dominance of functional experts in the organization. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers can utilize new technology in the field of industry to build more coordinated teams and streamline operations and communications using tools such as CAD, Zoom, etc.
Changes in consumer behavior post Covid-19
– consumer behavior has changed in the industry because of Covid-19 restrictions. Some of this behavior will stay once things get back to normal. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
Threats Global Real Estate Dividend Growers External Strategic Factors
What are Threats in the SWOT Analysis / TOWS Matrix / Weighted SWOT Analysis
The threats of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers are -
Stagnating economy with rate increase
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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 industry.
Environmental challenges
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers can take advantage of this fund but it will also bring new competitors in the industry.
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.
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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers.
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. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers needs to understand the core reasons impacting the industry. This will help it in building a better workplace.
High dependence on third party suppliers
– Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
Learning curve for new practices
– As the technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning platform is getting complex, Global Real Estate Dividend Growers may face longer learning curve for training and development of existing employees. This can open space for more nimble competitors in the field of sector.
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.
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. Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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.
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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers in the sector and impact the bottomline of the organization.
Consumer confidence and its impact on Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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 industry and other sectors.
Shortening product life cycle
– it is one of the major threat that Global Real Estate Dividend Growers is facing in sector. It can lead to higher research and development costs, higher marketing expenses, lower customer loyalty, etc.
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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers business can come under increasing regulations regarding data privacy, data security, etc.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of Global Real Estate Dividend Growers Template, Example
Not all factors mentioned under the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats quadrants in the SWOT Analysis are equal. Managers at Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers 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 Global Real Estate Dividend Growers needs to make to build a sustainable competitive advantage.