Competitive forces affect strategy because your competitors react to the strategic actions you take in the marketplace, and your company has to react to their strategic moves. You have to make sure ...

As any successful business owner knows, within each challenge awaits a hidden opportunity. Using a SWOT analysis is one of the best ways to identify underlying problems in a business and unearth those ...

One of the most basic lessons you learn in first year business school is the SWOT analysis—strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. And it's a great framework to apply to your business to ...

In “Encyclopedia of Management Theory” Eric Kessler wrote “companies that keep analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats on a regular basis have 60 percent more chances to ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...