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.
What are the Environmental Effects of an Oil Spill? Oil spills are extremely destructive to the environment; a generic oil spill can take months or years to clean up. An oil spill is extraordinarily damaging because the oil, when released from its containment, penetrates specieâs ecosystem as well as its natural defense structure.