{"id":25859,"date":"2023-08-03T03:25:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T03:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/perform-an-external-environment-analysis-of-your-company-to-identify-the-companys-competitive-environment-and-find-an-opportunity-the-company-can-utilize-to-grow-its-revenue-or-market-share-i\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T03:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T03:25:58","slug":"perform-an-external-environment-analysis-of-your-company-to-identify-the-companys-competitive-environment-and-find-an-opportunity-the-company-can-utilize-to-grow-its-revenue-or-market-share-i","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/perform-an-external-environment-analysis-of-your-company-to-identify-the-companys-competitive-environment-and-find-an-opportunity-the-company-can-utilize-to-grow-its-revenue-or-market-share-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Perform an external environment analysis of your company to identify the company\u2019s competitive environment and find an opportunity the company can utilize to grow its revenue or market share in the industry."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"margin-top: 30px; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.8rem; cursor: auto;\">Prompt<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Perform an<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">external environment analysis<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of your company to identify the company\u2019s competitive environment and find an opportunity the company can utilize to grow its revenue or market share in the industry. Use resources such as the company website, which will have pertinent information including its most recent sustainability report, and other relevant sources to help complete this presentation. You can also use the resources in the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">MBA Library Research Guide<\/a><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to conduct further research about your company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to show the results of your analysis. Use both on-screen text and speaker notes to convey your information effectively. For example, you can use brief bulleted lists summarizing the highlights of your analysis on the slides, and include more detailed explanations where needed in your speaker notes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Competitors<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(slide 1): Identify at least two of your company\u2019s top competitors and explain how they compete with your company.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Competitive advantages<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(slides 2\u20137): Evaluate your company\u2019s competitive advantages.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Summarize the unique skill sets, products, location, and values of your company.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use Porter\u2019s five forces to analyze your company\u2019s competitiveness and growth potential in its industry. Assign a rating to your company for each of Porter\u2019s five forces as very high (VH), high (H), low (L), or very low (VL). Justify your ratings.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Area of opportunity<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(slides 8\u20139): Identify one area of opportunity that will help your company increase its revenue or market share over the next five years. Explain how this opportunity can lead to an increase in revenue or market share.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 30px; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.8rem; cursor: auto;\">What to Submit<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Create a PowerPoint presentation with 9\u201312 slides. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Consult the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">Shapiro Library APA Style Guide<\/a><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>for more information on citations.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prompt Perform an&nbsp;external environment analysis&nbsp;of your company to identify the company\u2019s competitive environment and find an opportunity the company can utilize to grow its revenue or market share in the industry. 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