Every business owner should conduct a regular SWOT analysis to assess the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in relation to its competition. A SWOT analysis helps evaluate where a company stands in a competitive market and what steps need to be taken for further strategic planning, helping decision-makers draw a future roadmap for the company. The importance (and advantages) of conducting a SWOT analysis can be summarised as follow:

published Dec 1st 2016, 5:04 pm, by Shelly Banjo (Bloomberg Gadfly) — New blood is good, right? Well, not exactly. Starbucks Corp.’s stock dropped as much as 10 percent in after-market trading Thursday on news that CEO Howard Schultz is stepping down from the coffee chain he bought in 1987