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External And Internal And External Analyses

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External and internal analyses are used to help you find the sources of competitive advantage. The order in which these analyses are conducted is not important. This is because they both use each other to get the best information, order does not matter because they go together without mattering what’s done first. Both internal and external analyses allow firms to identify not only environmental threats and opportunities, but also it helps the firm identify its weaknesses and positive strengths of the firm.
1.8 Will a firm that has a sustained competitive disadvantage necessarily go out of business?
A firm that has sustained competitive disadvantage wouldn’t necessary go out of business for sure, but it will put them in danger which could …show more content…

This is because the firm has a return on investment of 11.64% as shown above. The ROA and WACC are lower than the ROA of the industry.
1-16. Do these same firms have below average, average, or above average accounting performance?
a. ROA = 14.3%, Industry Avg. ROA = 15.2%
(Below average performance for accounting)
Return on investment is lower than that of the industry.
b. ROA = 4.3%, Industry Avg. ROA = 4.1%
(Average accounting performance)
The difference is super small even though the return on investment is a little higher than the industry’s. Making it average.
c. ROA = 6.5%, Industry Avg. ROA = 6.1% (Above average accounting performance)
ROA is higher than the industry, making it above.
d. ROA = 8.3%, Industry Avg. ROA = 9.4%
(Below average performance for accounting)
Return on investment is lower than the industry.
2.8. Describe when the evolution of industry structure from an emerging industry to a mature industry to a declining industry is inevitable.

The demand is higher than the supply as told by the industry growth. For the maturity stage, the number of competitors is very big and this make prices drop down and be a big threat for future profitability. During the decline stage, as the capacity exceeds supply, the power of the buyers increases from it. This is because the market environment is always changing with time, so the industry must follow this life cycle to keep up with others. This makes make the evolution of the industry

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