Study Analysis Snap Inc.'s Stakeholder Analysis
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Added on 2019-09-25
Study Analysis Snap Inc.'s Stakeholder Analysis
Added on 2019-09-25
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1 Snap Inc. Stakeholder Analysis
2Executive Summary The current study is about the Snap Inc.’s stakeholder analysis. Snap Inc. has been a well-known social media organisation that has been competing with some global entities such asGoogle and Facebook. Over a period of 7 years since the incorporation, it has got immensesuccess to reach around 187 million people around the world. With the growth, it has developed a relationship with a number of people who directly orindirectly influence or get influenced by the entity. These people (stakeholders) are the keyto organisational success in various aspects.The report talks about the stakeholders of Snap Inc. entirely. At first, this highlights the keystakeholders followed by the 4 important stakeholders who are categorised as perorganisation centric stakeholder theory. Finally, an analysis is done with these keystakeholders and also some useful recommendation is provided to improve relationships.
31.0.Introduction 1.1.About the CompanySnap Inc. is an American multinational that is associated with majorly with the social mediamarket. The Company came into existence in September, 2011. Evan Spiegel and BobbyMurphy are the founders of this multimedia entity. The entity is listed with NYSE1 as SNAP.The company offers multimedia tools such as Snapchat, Bitmoji and Zenly. Apart from that,it diversified its business into the lifestyle segment by offering Spectacles (Brand of Snap Inc.that produces Smart glasses). (Etlinger 2016) 1.2.Stakeholders- A brief idea Stakeholders for a corporation such as a public or private limited company refer to all thosepersons, group and organisations that are having interest or concerns with an organisation.Stakeholders can affect organisational policies, procedures, actions etc. and the entity canalso affect the stakeholders with the same. Stakeholder numbers depend on the scope ofthe entity i.e. its business area. Some of the common stakeholders are owners,shareholders, employees, government, customer, creditor etc. (Stafford 2016).2.0.Stakeholders of Snap Inc. (particularly for Snapchat)2.1.Who are the stakeholders? Snap Inc.’s majority of the revenue comes from its social media application called Snapchat.It is a mobile messaging application which is used for sharing photos, videos, text anddrawings. Recently, audio and video calling features have been added to make theapplication platform as alternative traditional telecommunication or video conferencing.The application is "free of cost" and available on two most widely popular Operating SystemAndroid Google and Apple IOS. Due to its wide utility, the application has been widelyaccepted among the young population.1NYSE- New York Stock Exchange
4For Snap Inc.’s Snapchat, the stakeholders can be put as below- (Freeman 2001)1.Founder/Board members 2.Shareholders 3.General public user 4.Government 5.Vendors 6.Corporate Partners- corporate customers 7.Community 8.Employees 2.2.Why are they important?The above-mentioned stakeholders are important for the following reasons- (DeVries 2017)StakeholdersImportance Founder and boardmembers Founders and board members are the drivers of the entity. Theyhold the maximum shares of Snap Inc. so they are the major risktakers of the entity. They formulate policies and strategies ofthe entity. The entity’s success is highly dependent on theirplanned actions. It is the reason why they are importantstakeholders. Shareholders The entity is a listed company thus many retail investors havebought shares through IPO2. So they have expectations ofgetting a good Return on Investment (ROI) from the entity. Sothey are also important for the entity as they provide financialsupport to the company.General public user A company is nothing without customers. Snap Inc.'s 99%business depends on users of the Snapchat application. Theirinterest, trust and usage of the application allows the entity togenerate revenues from a marketer on this platform. It is thereason why they are important.Government Snapchat's application requires permission from the respectiveregional government to run their platform. Even for taxation,2IPO- Initial Public Offering- A process by which an entity offers shares of the company to the general public for getting a minimum subscription to be listed in the stock exchanges.
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