Assignment: Banking/Financial Industry
1. Industry competitive analysis. An analysis of the banking/financial industry from the point of view of Porter's Five Forces (if your industry operates in perfect or monopolistic competition), Game Theory (if your industry operates in oligopolistic competition) or the Resource Based View of the Firm (if your industry operates as a full monopoly), and any other strategy frameworks that provide insight to your understanding of the industry.
2. Competitive position of your company within its industry. An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of JP Morgan Chase from the point of view of the Resource Based View of the Firm model and any other strategy frameworks that provide insight into your company's strategic competitiveness. Discuss your company's strategy for competitive advantage (i.e. cost leader, differentiation, etc.) and your opinion about how they might change or improve this strategy.
3. Growth potential of your firm. Analyze the opportunities and threats of JP, how your firm, based on its resources, can determine business opportunities as a result of the external environments. To do this please use the PESTEL model (politics, economics, society, technology, environment, legislation).
References:
• Thousand Insights. Porter's generic strategies
• Schmitz, A. (Trans.). 2012. Resource-based theory.
• Strategic planning tools. (2009). In Encyclopedia of Management (6th ed., pp. 869-875). Detroit: Gale.
• SWOT analysis. (2009). In Encyclopedia of Management (6th ed., pp. 915-918). Detroit: Gale.