MANAGEMENT TOPIC IKEA CASE STUDY SUBMITTED TO: MARILYN MAY STUDENT NO: C0362023 1.0 INTRODUCTION: Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (IKEA) was founded by a 17year old boy Ingvar Kamprad in a small town of Smaland in Sweden. IKEA is now the largest furniture retailer in the world. As of October 2010‚ IKEA has 313 stores in 38 countries most of them in North America‚ Europe‚ Asia and Australia. The IKEA group owns 276 stores in 25 countries and 37 stores run by franchisees outside the IKEA group in
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Conducting a SWOT Analysis A SWOT Analysis takes is a method for examining the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats facing a business. It can give you insight into your company’s position in the competitive arena. When carrying out a SWOT analysis to determine how you rate against a competitor‚ the following guides should be used: Strengths Consider your company’s strong points. This should be both from your own and your customers’ points of view. Don’t be modest; be realistic
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SWOT‚ PESTEL‚ Porter’s 5 Forces and Value Chain analyses of IKEA (2012‚ 2700 words) This paper looks at IKEA‚ one of the global leading furniture retailers and a very successful brand. It examines the environment in which IKEA operates using SWOT‚ PESTEL‚ Porter’s 5 Forces and Value chain analyses to inspect the attractiveness and competitiveness of the industry. Conclusions are also made. IKEA‚ SWOT; PESTEL; Porter’s Five
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SWOT analysis‚ with its four elements in a 2x2 matrix. SWOT analysis (alternately SWOT Matrix) is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths‚ Weaknesses/Limitations‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture. It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieve that objective. The technique is credited to Albert Humphrey‚ who led a convention
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SWOT analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture. It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieve that objective. The technique is credited to Albert Humphrey‚ who led a convention at Stanford University in the 1960s and 1970s using data from Fortune 500 companies.
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quality and durability‚ at prices so low that the majority of people can afford to buy them (IKEA 1994). The company targets the customer who is looking for value and is willing to do a little bit of work serving themselves‚ transporting the items home and assembling the furniture for a better price. The typical Ikea customer is young low to middle income family. 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Swedish Company IKEA was the world ’ s largest furniture retailer since the early 1990s. It sold inexpensive furniture
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SWOT Analysis Table of Contents Defining SWOT Analysis………………………………………………………………..p. 3 How to Use SWOT Analysis……………………………………………………………p.4 Example SWOT Analysis………………………………………………………………..p.7 Specific SWOT Analysis for Sprint Nextel Corporation……………………………....p.9 Key Points..……………………………………………………………………………….p.12 References………………………………………………………………………………..p.13 Defining SWOT Analysis
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IKEA Value-Chain Analysis Posted on July 28‚ 2012 by John Dudovskiy “Each step in the manufacture of a product or the delivery of a service can be thought of as a link in a chain that adds value to the product or service. This concept of a how business fulfils its mission and objectives is known as the value chain” (Needles et al‚ 2007‚ p.836) The concept of Value-Chain analysis is introduced by Michael Porter (1985)‚ who divides activities of the firm into two categories: primary activities and
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Definition Of SWOT Analysis 3. SWOT Analysis of a General Store/Corner Shop. 4. Conclusion 5. References EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This assignment helps us to know about the meaning of SWOT analysis. SWOT analysis uncovers our strength‚ opportunities‚ weaknesses‚ threats. SWOT analysis of a general store will spread light on all above internal and external factors that are favourable or unfavourable to achieve our desire goal. Definition of SWOT Analysis SWOT analysis is a strategic
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SWOT ANALYSIS 2 SWOT is a business management anagram that stands for strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats. It is a tool that originated in the business world but is useful for any kind of strategic planning. It’s a simple but useful framework that helps you focus on your strengths‚ minimize threats‚ and take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities available to
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