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A 6-Part Tool for Ranking and Assessing Risks

Harvard Business Review

You might say CARVER is a SWOT analysis on steroids. To consider another example, say a hedge fund is looking to acquire a tech company that claims to have a leading-edge technology. CARVER is an acronym that stands for: Criticality: how essential an asset or critical system is to your company.

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Strategic Planning Steps

CO2

Many leaders have been beaten over the head by financial owners like venture capitalists, equity funds, or hedge funds to believe that both the vision and all objectives should be financial. Use SWOT analysis of the data you collected in Step 2 to guide you.