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à is one of the best as well as a leading company in ¬ ¬, which is producing
well with the help of all the latest and innovative technologies. Apart from automobile, Honda
is one of the best and the largest producer of engine. Honda was the one, which compete with
and achieved the highest ¬¬. Honda was the first Japanese automobile-
based manufacturer, which produced the luxury-based . This company is thus working
well and generating effective outcomes. Apart from this, numerous threats as well as
weaknesses are there which plays an important role in weakening this company. Therefore, in
order to analyze the weak areas and to highlight the strong areas of a company, SWOT
analysis is done which results in better and productive outcome. (Dyck&Neubert, Pg 624,
2008)
Below mentioned is the SWOT analysis of Honda Company.
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High and powerful research and development R&D
Innovation
Best ¬ leadership
Strong and powerful brand equity
Different and unique products
One major strength is the revolutionary engine technology with the help of which Honda is
gaining success day by day
Popularity is termed as one of the best strength which results in betterment for the company
Cost structure of Honda is high as compare to other ¬
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Apart from Nissan & Toyota, Honda requires privileged purchase ¬
Honda focus more on international deposits as compare to domestic deposits
model is consider as one of the major weakness for Honda Company
Honda products are termed as inoffensive in terms of style and design
Prices for non-luxury vehicles are far high as compare to other manufacturers
In ¬ line, Honda Company is not offering strong products and proposals
Honda has the best opportunity to use its R&D in producing cars according to the needs and
demands of their customer. This is only possible because of the increase in demand for less
pollution cars.
Emerging market is one of the best opportunity for this company
Various models are there which caters the lower segment
Fuel efficiency is now a days termed as one of the best opportunity which can results in the
best productivity for the company
Alliances are the best opportunities for Honda Company
Honda can increase its production by focusing on sales and research
They can gain more popularity by doing better research and development
One of the major threat is the economic slowdown
All the external changes for instance taxes, politics as well as government are the major
threats for Honda Company
Another threat is the lower cost competitors
Price war is also consider as an important threat for this company
are contributing a lot towards the loss of Honda company
Second movers are the major threat for Honda company
Substitute products are the major threats for the Honda company
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Aaron Frank, (2003), Honda Motorcycles, MotorBooks International, page 192
Bruno Dyck, Mitchell Neubert, (2008), Management: Current Practices and New Directions,
Cengage Learning, page 624