TIM685 Current Performance of First Solar

Company: First Solar (FLSR)

A. Current Performance

How did the corporation perform in the past year overall in terms of return on investment, market share, and profitability?

B. Strategic Posture

What are the corporation’s current mission, objectives, strategies, and policies?Are they clearly stated, or are they merely implied from performance?

–Mission: What business(es) is the corporation in? Why?

–Objectives: What are the corporate, business, and functional objectives? Are they consistent with each other, with the mission, and with the internal and external environments?

–Strategies: What strategy or mix of strategies is the corporation following? Are they consistent with each other, with the mission and objectives, and with the internal and external environments?

–Policies: What are the corporation’s policies? Are they consistent with each other, with the mission, objectives, and strategies, and with the internal and external environments?

–Do the current mission, objectives, strategies, and policies reflect the corporation’s international operations, whether global or multidomestic?