Business Case

what are NS core values;

care for the earth

care for our customers

care for our community

care for our company

care for ourselves

missions:

to propagate the responsible use of solar energy, pioneer conscientious business practices and create holistic wealth for our community

current strategy

salary

employee ownership

FOH

BPM

Pestel analysis:

Political

Economic

Social

Technology

Environmental

Legal

Namaste solar is facing with three options: explain and describe each

Path A was to “sell the whole kit and caboodle”

Path B was a hybrid. Involving the sale of a portion of the company. With employees retaining partial ownership

Path c was to recommit to Namaste solar’s original vision of being a privately held, 100 percent employee-owned firm, with or without some changes in strategy.

What is Namaste solar market share:

The company has a share of between 20 and 25 percent of the state’s residential and small commercial solar photovoltaic markets

Who are the main competitors:

In Colorado, Namaste solar faced competition from both national and local firms: these included REC solar, Standard Renewable Energy, Real Goods solar, solsource, bella energy, and Akeena solar

What is their core business:

Namaste solar’s business was designing and installing solar electric systems for residential, commercial, non-profit, and government customers.

What is the current product and organizational life cycle:

Solar electric systems

Internal environment analysis:

+ resources:

- Tangible resources include financial (cash, securities, borrowing capacity,) physical (equipment, plant, property)

- Intangible resources include technology ( patents, copyrights, trade secrets), reputation (brands, relationship),

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