Swot of Schlumberger

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Schlumberger Strengths * Since the company is based in usa but operates golbally its competitive advantage is enhanced The workforce has relatively high skills levels in Information Technology. Couple these two elementstogether and you have an operational basis that offers low-cost based, highly skilled competitive advantage. * Schlumberger is in a strong financial position. The business turned over more than $4 billion in 2008. This means that it has the capital to expand, and also the basis to leverage potential investors. * The company has bases in 44 global development centres, has offices in many developed and developing nations. This means that it has the capability to support the global operations of multinational clients. Weaknesses * On some on occasion struggles in the US markets, and has particular problems in securing United States Federal Government contracts in North America. Since these contracts are highly profitable and tend to run for long periods of time, Infosys is missing out on lucrative business. Added to this is the fact that its competitors do well in terms of securing the same Federal business (and one should also take into account that many of its competitors are domiciled in the US and there could be political pressure on the US Government to award contracts to domestic organizations). * It is sometimes argued that it is weaker when it comes to high-end management consultancy, since it tends to work at the level of operational value creation. Competitors such as IBM and Accenture tend to dominate this space. Opportunities * At a time of recession in the global economy, it may appear that some companies will reduce take up of services that offers. However, in tough times clients tend to focus upon cost reduction and outsourcing - with are strategies that Infosys offers. So hard times could be profitable

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