Tesla Case Directions/Requirements For this week’s individual case assignment, I ask that everyone first read the preceding section in the text entitled ‘How To Conduct a Case Analysis’. If th

Tesla Case Directions/Requirements

For this week’s individual case assignment, I ask that everyone first read the preceding section in the text entitled ‘How To Conduct a Case Analysis’.  If this is your first exposure to working with analyzing a business case, it can seem daunting.  However, I plan to role this out with you in conjunction with our progress with the text.  For example, we will take an incremental building block approach.

Use the format posted in the announcement section (nine sections) of the course.  Include all detailed information for sections  1 through 5.  Based on section 5, you will have your focus for section 6.

Key Issues To Be Addressed:  As you will see in the case, Tesla faces many external issues across all factors covered in a PESTEL analysis.  In addition, Tesla is attempting to vertically integrate along the Industry Value Chain.  Please address each of the following in your case analysis in detail:

1. Please describe in detail how Tesla is attempting to vertically integrate along the Industry Value Chain.  (Chapter 8 in text)
2. Does Tesla have the financial position to support such an investment?  Please support your answer with financial data (cite sources). 
3. What alternative strategies could be deployed?  (i.e. partnerships, alliances, carving niche in Value Chain, etc.)   (Chapter 9 in text)
4. What would you recommend?  Please support your answers in detail.

Be precise; support your reasoning for each question.

For section 6, I want your analysis portion of the case to focus on what is covered in this unit’s reading:

External Analysis

1. 1. Provide a detailed PESTEL analysis.  Please be complete.
   2. Provide a detailed VRIO analysis.  Please be complete.

Complete the remaining sections as required in the course template.

A case is only effective when you stated a specific set of issues to be addressed, apply the relevant evaluation tools focusing only on those issues and resulting in a set of recommendations which address the issues listed in the problem statement.

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