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  • Investigate and Analyze the Company’s History and Growth. A company’s past can greatly affect the present and future state of the organization. To begin your case study analysis, investigate the  company’s founding, critical incidents, structure, and growth.
  • Identify Strengths and Weaknesses Within the Company. Using the information you gathered in step one, continue your case  study analysis by examining and making a list of the value creation  functions of the company. For example, the company may be weak in  product development, but strong in marketing.
  • Gather Information on the External Environment. The third step in a case study analysis involves identifying  opportunities and threats within the company’s external environment.  Special items to note include competition within the industry,  bargaining powers, and the threat of substitute products.
  • Analyze Your Findings. Using the information in steps two and three, you will need to create  an evaluation for this portion of your case study analysis. Compare the  strengths and weaknesses within the company to the external threats and  opportunities. Determine if the company is in a strong competitive  position and decide if it can continue at its current pace successfully.
  • Identify Corporate Level Strategy. To identify a company’s corporate level strategy for your case study  analysis, you will need to identify and evaluate the company’s mission,  goals, and corporate strategy. Analyze the company’s line of business  and its subsidiaries and acquisitions. You will also want to debate the  pros and cons of the company strategy.
  • Identify Business Level Strategy. Thus far, your case study analysis has identified the company’s  corporate level strategy. To perform a complete analysis, you will need  to identify the company’s business level strategy. (Note: if it is a  single business, the corporate strategy and the business level strategy  will be the same.) For this part of the case study analysis, you should  identify and analyze each company’s competitive strategy, marketing  strategy, costs, and general focus.
  • Analyze Implementations. This portion of the case study analysis requires that you identify and  analyze the structure and control systems that the company is using to  implement its business strategies. Evaluate organizational change,  levels of hierarchy, employee rewards, conflicts, and other issues that  are important to the company you are analyzing.
  • Make Recommendations. The final part of your case study analysis should include your  recommendations for the company. Every recommendation you make should be based on and supported by the context of your case study analysis.
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