Chapter 5: Strategic Planning and SWOT Analysis 93 Step 3 involves the development of a SWOT matrix for each business alternative under consideration. For example, say a hospital is evaluating the development of an am-bulatory surgery center (ASC). They are looking at two options; the first is a wholly owned
Environmental Effects of Exxon Valdez Spill Still Being Felt. On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground in northern Prince William Sound, spilling 42 million liters of crude oil and contaminating 1,990 kilometers of shoreline. Some 2,000 sea otters, 302 harbor seals and about 250,000 seabirds died in the days immediately following the spill. Now researchers writing in the journal Science caution that more than a decade later, a significant amount of oil still persists and the long-term impacts of oil spills may be more devastating than previously thought.
Over 125 million gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf after an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010. The settlement is the largest paid by a single company in US history . The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was one of the worst environmental disasters in US history and claimed the lives of 11 people. In December the US Supreme Court rejected the oil giant's legal challenge over an original compensation deal agreed in 2012.