This 4 page paper considers the critical success factors for Nortel Government Solutions Inc by looking at the financial performance and the use of a SWOT analysis considering the markets that the company operates in and what they need to remain competitive. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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company we can address the assess what the critical success factors are. The first issue id the need for a profitable operations
in order to be seen as a viable contractor. Financial the company has been having a hard time, in 2003 the company turnover for Nortel Networks was $10,193 million, this
decreased in 2004 to $9,828 million. In terms of operating profit the problem was clear wit the profit of $45 million in 2003 falling to -$111 million in 2004. In
terms of performance. The return on assets fell from 2.67% to -0.3% and the return on equity fell from 16.47% to -1.29% (Nortel, 2004). This indicates he need for a
change. However this is just a snap shot of the private in two years, prior to this there has been rapid growth
and where there is a drop this can be due to numerous reasons with investments and strategies developed to ensure the company will proper in the future. However we can
note that the short term liquidity was not in question at any point as in 2003 the current ratio was 1.71 and in 2004 it was 1.61 and the quick
ratio was also over 1 in both years (Nortel, 2004). As such liqusisidy has nmot been an issue. The development of Nortel Government Solutions Inc is a long term
project with a company tat has the specific aim of providing professional IT services to the government. In April 2005 Nortel Networks Inc acquired the smaller company PEC Solutions, this
was added to the subsidiary company Nortel Government Solutions Inc (NGSI, 2006). By performing a SWOT analysis we can appreciate the position of this fairly young subsidiary company looking at