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SWOT Analysis of General Electric

&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;<p align&equals;"justify">General Electric Company &lpar;GE&rpar; is an American multinational corporation&period; General Electric &lpar;GE&rpar; has evolved from Thomas Edison&&num;8217&semi;s home laboratory into one of the largest companies in the world&period; General Electric Company was created as a result of merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company In1892&period; It is a diversified technology&comma; media and financial services company&period; The Company products and services ranges from water processing&comma; aircraft engines&comma; power generation&comma; and security technology to media content&comma; consumer financing&comma; medical imaging&comma; business and industrial products&period; The Company has 304&comma;000 employees around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Strengths<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">GE is highly diversified in Energy Infrastructure&comma; capital finance&comma; NBCU&comma; technology infrastructure and Consumer &amp&semi; Industrial&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">General Electric is second largest company in the world&comma; based on a method that compare the profits&comma; assets&comma; total sales and market value of numerous multinational corporations&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">General electric company has long history of acquisition around the world which resulted in strong globe presence&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">It has the 4th most familiar brand in the globe having value of almost &dollar;48 billion&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company has strong financial position&period; The company annual earning is approximately &dollar;11 billion&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">General electric company has very strong research and development due to heavy investment in this department&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">General Electric exports are increasing rapidly&period; For example&comma; United States exports rose to &dollar;18 billion&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company has solid industrial performance even though economy is suffering from financial crisis&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">It has Strong culture and management in terms of systems&comma; technology&comma; peoples and actions&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">General electric has improved the efficiency of supply chain and decreased overhead cost&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">General Electric Company has innovative technology and services&period; It has extended innovation across the portfolio&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">It has Innovative employees and they have capability to generate a low-cost position&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Weaknesses <&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">During the last 2 years&comma; General Electric cut employment by 10&percnt;&comma; raised equity and cut dividend&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">In 2009&comma; General Electric was fined &dollar;50 million for breaching accounting rules in two different cases&semi; misinforming investors into thinking GE would meet earnings expectations&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">General Electric&&num;8217&semi;s industrial division is not performing well&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">General Electric has faced criminal act concerning its defense associated operations&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">General Electric is not performing up to mark in Asian markets&comma; the developing and big markets in the globe&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Opportunities <&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;&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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