Please submit a 5-page case analysis to include:
1) The history, development, and growth of the company over time
2) Identify the company's internal strengths and weakness'
3)The nature of the external environment surrounding the company
4) A SWOT analysis
5) The kind of corporate-level strategy the company is perusing
6)The nature of the company's business-level strategy
7) The company's structure and control systems and how they match it's strategy
8) Recommendations
The case write-up should provide an analysis of the critical issues with recommendations. Summaries with no analyses or recommendations will not be accepted.
Format should be 5 pages, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1" margins around. APA format is recommended. Merely answering the questions will not be sufficient for a complete answer. The Ikea case has one or several decision points. Identify the decision point(s), state the criteria you will use to make the decision(s), present a cogent analysis of the facts and state your position on the decision point(s). Do not introduce facts from outside of the cases as this will cause confusion in your analyses.