3. Company Analysis - An Overview
Why should you do it?
Your past experience companies
Recruiting Company' Problems
4. Company Analysis - An Overview
Why do organizations do it?
Corporates/New ventures
Corporate Strategy & Planning
Investment decisions
Finance firms
Equity Research reports
Consulting companies
To help clients with strategy/financing
5. Hygiene Factors
Must know!
Products & Services
Differentiators
Business Model & Key Financials
Revenues/Profitability/Key Ratios/Key Metrics
Key Personnel
CXO level | Hiring team
PrePlacement Talk
Content | Personnel | Anecdotes | Projects
Marketing Communication | News
Employee Traits
6. Frameworks
Deeper Analysis
Industry Analysis
Value Chain Analysis
How does a company add value?
SWOT Analysis
Strength - Weakness - Opportunities - Threats
VRIN/VRIO Analysis
Sustained Competitive Advantage
Financial Analysis
Ratio Analysis | Equity Research Report | Investor/Analyst Notes
13. Business Model & Key Financials
Revenues
Absolute Number | Growth | Size of company amongst industry
Profitability
Gross | Net | Change
Financial Ratios
Sales Ratios | Inventory Ratios | Operations Ratios | Per Unit Economics | Cost Structure |
Debt/Equity | P/E | Share price - any changes
14. Key Personnel
CXOs/Hiring Personnel
LinkedIn Profiles
Career Growth
News Articles/Interviews
Key statements about company
Culture
Company culture
For online interviews, you will know the profiles beforehand!
22. Frameworks
Deeper Analysis
Industry Analysis
Value Chain Analysis
How does a company add value?
SWOT Analysis
Strength - Weakness - Opportunities - Threats
VRIN/VRIO Analysis
Sustained Competitive Advantage
Financial Analysis
Ratio Analysis | Equity Research Report | Investor/Analyst Notes
24. Value Chain Analysis - Example
Automobile Manufacturing Company
Cost Advantage - Competitive Strategy
25. Value Chain Analysis - Example
Automobile Manufacturing Company
Cost Advantage - Competitive Strategy
26. Diverse revenue streams
Strong brands
Social initiative (Tripple Bottom Line)
Inter & Intra Divisional Strength
Strengths
Tapping into growing rural economy
Lifestyle changes & higher disposable incomes
Growth in packaged food industry
Strategic acquisitions
Opportunities
High proportion of revenues from Tobacco
Association with Tobacco
Weaknesses
Increased competition in FMCG business
High awareness on health hazards of tobacco
Strict regulations & higher taxation
Threats
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SWOT Analysis - ITC
27. VRIN/VRIO Analysis
Identifying Valuable Resources
Which activities lower the cost of production without decreasing
perceived customer value?
Which activities increase product or service differentiation and
perceived customer value?
Does the company have an access to scarce raw materials or hard to
get in distribution channels?
Does the company have employees with unique skills and
capabilities?
Does the company have brand reputation for quality, innovation,
customer service?
28. VRIN/VRIO Analysis
Are the resources rare?
How many other companies own a resource or can perform
capability in the same way in your industry?
Can a resource be easily bought in the market by rivals?
Can competitors obtain the resource or capability in the near future?
29. VRIN/VRIO Analysis
Are the resources difficult to imitate?
Do other companies can easily duplicate a resource?
Can competitors easily develop a substitute resource?
Do patents protect it?
Is a resource or capability socially complex?
Is it hard to identify the particular processes, tasks, or other factors
that form the resource?
30. VRIN/VRIO Analysis
Are the resources difficult to imitate?
Does your company has an effective strategic management process
in organization?
Are there effective motivation and reward systems in place?
Does your company’s culture reward innovative ideas?
Is an organizational structure designed to use a resource?
Are there excellent management and control systems?