Legal + SWOT

Hi Everyone,

I think that finding the information for the legal section is going to be a little tricky but regardless I am working on it.
From class discussion on this case the main idea for legal was regarding the source code (privacy laws, foreign/national policies). Other than that there was not much else discussed in class.

With that said, I was wondering from Chakman which countries he was looking at for locating another R&D facility. This way I can find information about the privacy laws for these specific countries.

Greg thought maybe I could see if there would be any sort of legal issues in trying to get more connections with other universities in order to set up programs for graduate students.

I was just wondering if anyone else had any other ideas, so that I am not only writing about this source code.

As for the SWOT analysis which we said we would work on over the reading week. I was thinking maybe if everyone could send it to me (or just post on here) by Monday morning, I could collaborate it together and then Tuesday we can go over it and decide which items we want to keep in the SWOT for the final report/presentation.

Let me know if does/doesn't work for everyone.

Thanks,
Danielle

Finance and Marketing Section

Hey guys,

Here is what I will be doing for my part...I have already gotten a good start as far as research...let me know if there is anything I should add or delete from my list of points under Financial and Marketing.

FINANCIAL

• Compare the R&D spent to Sales Revenue
• Compare the percentage to who had the highest sales revenue (any trends)
• Should RIM expand R&D spending

• Have different forecasts income statements…depending on certain situations
• Expanding internationally, etc…

• Look at the current economic times and how it will affect sales/expenses

• Look at forecasts (sales, growth of industry) – need to have a long term fix

MARKETING

• How can RIM market themselves to potential employees
• The top talent that there is today

• How can RIM market themselves to potential communities where they’ll locate to (waiting for Jo-Anne to e-mail me back)
  

• Look at Porter’s five forces (issues RIM may have)