Analyse the strategic and competitive environment faced by Daimler and Chrysler in the 1990's. To what extent do these external factors provide the primary rationale for the Companies' decision to merge in 1998?
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QUESTION 1: Analyse the strategic and competitive environment faced by Daimler and Chrysler in the 1990's. To what extent do these external factors provide the primary rationale for the Companies' decision to merge in 1998? INTRODUCTION After having analysed the environment of Daimler and Chrysler in the 1990's, we'll see in a second part both companies history and products, and also the reason why they merged. PART 1: THE DAIMLER AND CHRYSLER ENVIRONMENT IN THE 1990'S. We can use the combination of the two analysis described below to analyse the environment of Daimler and Chrysler before the merger. * The SWOT analysis: summaries the key issues from an analysis of the business environment and the strategic capability of an organisation. * The aim of this analysis is to identify the extent to which the current strategy of an organisation and its more specific strengths and weaknesses are relevant to, and capable of, dealing with the changes...

