Business Analysis of JP Morgan Chase

Introduction                                                                                                               1                     

Mission Statement                                                                                                     3

Objectives                                                                                                                   3

Goals                                                                                                                          3

Current Issues Which Relates to:

v     Corporate Governance                                                                      5

v     Social Responsibility                                                                                     7

v     Business Ethics                                                                                  9

The External Environment (Opportunities and Threats)                                       10

v      Strategic Factor Analysis Summary                                                            12

v     External Factor Analysis Summary                                                 13

v     Internal Factor Analysis Summary                                                  14

The Internal Environment (Strengths and Weaknesses)                                         15

Strategy Formation                                                                                                   16

Strategy Implementation                                                                                           19

Strategy Implementation Control                                                                             22

Conclusion                                                                                                                 24

Bibliography                                                                                                              25

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.3 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management, and private equity. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the worlds most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan, Chase and WaMu brands. The brands JPMorgan Chase, J.P. Morgan and Chase are currently used in the marketplace to deliver community partnership capabilities around the world. Leadership in a community partnership serve is part of the enduring culture of JPMorgan Chase.

J.P. Morgan is a leader in wholesale financial services, offering intelligent solutions across one of the most comprehensive global product platforms available. J.P. Morgan serves one of the largest client franchises in the world. Some of their clients include corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, governments and affluent individuals in more than 100 countries. J.P. Morgan & Co. was founded in New York in 1871 as Drexel, Morgan & Co. by Philadelphia banker Anthony Drexel and J. Pierpont Morgan. In 1901 the world’s first billion-dollar corporation was created.

In July 2004, the merger of two powerful and globally renowned institutions, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank One, created one of the world’s most dominant financial service corporations. And as the 2008 merger with Bear Stearns illustrates, J.P. Morgan continues to demonstrate market leadership.

Firm-wide, now have top-tier positions in both business-to-business (wholesale) and mass-market (retail) banking, alongside a more balanced earnings stream, greater scale and financial strength. The retail businesses operate under the Chase brand. Within the wholesale businesses, it’s the future of the Investment Bank and Asset Management that they are shaping by hiring the very best graduates across the globe.