- Following questions are answered on the case study -
1. Perform an external analysis to understand the general environment facing Walmart. How will the firm be affected by external factors?
2. Use Porter's Five Forces model to analyze the global retail food/non-food industry. Given this analysis in the industry attractive or non-attractive.
3. Who are Walmart's main competitors. How do they measure up against these competitors?
4. What are Walmart's main capabilities? Do they have a core competence?
5. Create a SWOT analysis to understand Walmart's strengths and weaknesses. Do they have a sustainable competitive advantage? If so, what is the source? What about Walmart's evolution and current business strategy may pose problems going forward?
6. What is Walmart's business level strategy? Is the strategy appropriate to offset the forces in the industry? Do you recommend any changes and or forsee any challenges?
