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-SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) and strategic posture analysis (De Kluyver 2012).
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The severe recession and the housing and lumber market collapse in the 2007 to 2011 period has led to increased interest in market diversification in an attempt to cushion the impact of market swings in the United States. An international market diversification strategy has been implemented by several lumber manufacturers in Oregon and Washington t...
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... information collected from the resource analysis, the Chinese market opportunity analysis, and the five forces analysis was compiled in order to create a summary of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that exist for Montana's wood product manufacturers when partici- pating in the Chinese wood product export industry. By combining this information with the SWOT analysis model presented by De Kluyver (2012) and illustrated in Figure 3, a determination of the appropriate strategic position for Montana wood product manufacturers was attained. ...
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