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General Motors Corporation SWOT Analysis

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>Produce fuel-efficient&comma; smaller&comma; and higher-quality models that can attract the consumers&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Chinese government condensed automotive taxes in order to encourage declining sales&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>In February 2009&semi; citing declining manufacturing numbers&comma; the State Bank of India decreased interest rates on automotive loans&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Establish or Equip facilities to manufacture &&num;8216&semi;advanced technology vehicles&&num;8217&semi; that would meet up certain fuel economy and emissions standards&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>One of the big opportunities is to shift manufacturing to other amenities in order to produce in-demand vehicles&period; Manufacturing could be done in those countries where the labor as well as material cost is low&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Diversification in other related and unrelated products or shifting to the hybrid electric engines&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The purchasing power of consumers is increasing due to end of financial crisis 2007-10&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Threats <&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>The automotive industry crisis of 2008-2010 was the big downturn&period; Now it is challenge for industry players to recover&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The financial crisis of 2007-10 caused by a liquidity deficit in the U&period;S banking system resulted decrease in consumer wealth&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The crisis mainly felt in the U&period;S and also affected Asian and European automobile manufacturers&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Car companies from North America&comma; Europe&comma; and Asia have implemented innovative marketing strategies to attract disinclined consumers&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Major producers&comma; including the Toyota and Big Three offered significant discounts across their lineups&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>North American consumers shifted to more fuel-efficient and higher-quality product of European and Japanese automakers&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Environmental politics and allied anxiety concerning carbon emissions have sharp sensitivity to environmental protection worldwide and gas mileage standards&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>U&period;S manufacturers are facing soaring gasoline prices&comma; health care costs for an aging workforce&comma; dependence on declining SUV and eroding market share&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The company is facing very high labor and raw material cost as compared to Asian manufacturers&period;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>GM is also facing criticism on its culture and corporate practices&period; In 2007&comma; its employees union went on the first countrywide strike due to which a transmission facility and two car assembly plants were closed down&period; <&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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