Title: San Francisco Symphony Case Analysis

Contents

            The paper is mainly based on the below case:

Meehan, W.  F., Schmitt, K. & Lee, A. (2015). The San Francisco Symphony. Graduate School of Stanford Business, 63, 1-12.

1. Introduction and Summary of the Case

2. Description of San Francisco Symphony

3. Situational Analysis (industry/trends)

4. Corporate Strategy

5. Business-level Strategy

6. Functional Strategies for San Francisco Symphony

7. SWOT Analysis for San Francisco Symphony

i. Strengths                     

ii. Weaknesses    

iii. Opportunities

iv. Threats

8. Porter’s Five Forces for San Francisco Symphony

i. Competitive Rivalry

ii. Threat of New Entrants

iii. Threat of Substitutes

iv. Bargaining power of Suppliers

v. Bargaining Power of Buyers

9. Generic Strategy and Financials

10. Conclusions and Recommendations

Number of words: 3,752 (12.5 pages)