EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT-CATERPILLAR INC. External and Internal Environment Caterpillar: General Environment Economic Political Competition forces Supplier power: Medium Buyer power: High Addressing the competitive forces Supplier power Buyer power External threats and opportunities Resources, capabilities, and core competencies How Caterpillar leverages resources Vlaue chain analysis for improvement The external and internal environment of an organization significantly impacts the firm's performance and its ability to compete within the respective industry to which it belongs. Whereas internal environment is important in context of enhancing firm's performance,

While Caterpillar has its own financing arm, firms are not only dependent on Caterpillar to provide financing. Moreover, with interest rates at historic lows and capital investment low, the financing arm cannot be counted on to deliver strong top or bottom line growth. The present economic situation is a perfect storm for Caterpillar. Commodities prices have dropped dramatically over the past nine months. Credit is unavailable and when Caterpillar offers

The company has grown substantially over the past several years in terms of revenues, profits and share price. In 2008, however, the company's share price has declined 45.3% from the beginning of the year. As the economic crisis spread overseas, Caterpillar's policy of geographic diversification is at risk of being insufficient to insulate the firm from global economic catastrophe. Maintaining the current path, however, recognizes the long-term strength of

The 1990s and 2000s saw tremendous growth in the CAT brand as its new line of compact construction equipment receives tremendous support in the market place (CAT, history, 2011). Caterpillar is currently one of the most recognized brand names in the global construction market with contracts across the world in both public and private industry applications. Company future performance Caterpillar's future performance is a function of understanding that the global environment has

McDonald's Corporation This is an attempt to study the history and development of one of the great institutions of United States and a part of the images of the country that has spread in the whole world. As is well-known, the dominance of the world by United States came after the Second World War when the traditional leaders of United Kingdom and Germany lost their predominant positions due to the destructions

BEST BUY CO. INC. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS Strategic Analysis of Best Buy Current situation A- Current performance B- Strategic posture Corporate Governance A- Board of directors B- Top management External Environment: Opportunities and threats A- Natural physical environment B- Societal Environment C- Task Environment D- Summary of external environment Internal Environment: Strengths and Weakness A- Corporate Structure B- Corporate Culture C- Corporate resources D- Summary of internal environment Analysis of Strategic Factors (SWOT) A- Situational Analysis Strategic Alternatives and Recommended Strategy A- Strategic Alternatives Recommended Strategy Implementation Evaluations and control Part II Functional and Business strategies of