SWOT ANALYSIS ON Towers Perrin

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Towers Perrin was a professional services firm specialising in human resources and financial services consulting, which merged in January 2010 with Watson Wyatt to form Towers Watson. The firm was a provider of reinsurance intermediary services, and are active in the actuarial consulting arena with their Tillinghast insurance consulting practice.


Strengths

* Asset leverage
* Effective communication
* High R&D
* Innovation
* Loyal customers
* Market share leadership
* Strong management team
* Strong brand equity
* Strong financial position
* Supply chain

Weaknesses

* Bad communication
* Diseconomies to scale
* Over leveraged fiancial position
* Low market share
* Not diversified
* Ubiquitiouegory, products, services

Opportunities
  • Acquisitions
  • Asset leverage
  • Financial markets (raise money through debt, etc)
  • Emerging markets and expansion abroad
  • Product and services expansion

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    Threats

    * Competition
    * Cheaper technology
    * Economic slowdown
    * Exchange rate fluctuations
    * Lower cost competitors
    * Maturing categories, products, or services
    * Price wars
 
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