Introduction As the infamous Volkswagen (VW) “Dieselgate” scandal comes to light‚ the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) started testing other automobiles on the road to ensure compliance of regulation. This leads to the exposure of Fiat Chrysler (FC) scandal and Renault scandal in 2017 (Bovens‚ 2017). Similar to VW‚ they were accused using a “defeat device” software to bypass laboratory test on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission level. Such act of cheating and the increase in scandal draws
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STRATEGIC ALLIANCE: 1. This strategy seeks to enhance the long-term competitive advantage of a company by forming alliance with its competitors. 2. The objective of this alliance is to leverage critical capabilities‚ increase the flow of innovation and flexibility in responding to market and technological changes. 3. Similarly‚ a company may enter a foreign market by forming alliance with a company in the foreign market for marketing or distributing its products. 4. Strategic
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Why are global strategic alliances so prone to failure? Analyse the key challenges to be overcome and suggest practical ways of improving the chances of success. GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCES Global Strategic alliances are often international associations which further the common interests of two or more firms across time and geographical boundaries. It involves corporate agreements covering a wide area of functions ranging from outsourcing jobs‚ Component sourcing through R&D to Production
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Strategic Alliances and Entertainment Jobs had the early strategic vision to complement computing with movie entertainment. After founding NeXT‚ he personally acquired a majority interest in the young movie company Pixar in February 1986. Jobs went on to invest ¼ of his personal wealth into Pixar. In 1995‚ Pixar solidified its position within animated movies with the debut of Toy Story. Grossing $358 million worldwide‚ it became the 3rd-largest grossing animated movie in history. After this
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McKesson has established several strategic alliances to include acquisitions which have helped the company expand across the United States and overseas. The company has grown over the years since it first started and its biggest success in expansion has come from its alliances and acquisitions in healthcare and technology companies. Most recently McKesson 2014‚ “Acquired Celesio to become a global healthcare leader moving its ranking to 11th on the Fortune 500 with more than $179 billion in annual
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Fiat in Europe Fiat‚ an Italian car manufacture‚ headquartered in Turin and operated by the Agnelli family‚ has been a major force in Italian economic life since the beginning of the 20th century. FIAT is mainly involved in the production of Fiat cars and has a number of plants in Italy and abroad. It also owns Alfa-Romeo‚ Lancia‚ and Ferrari. FIAT’s combined operations produce 3 million cars per year in Italy. FIAT’s large share of the Italian market allows it to compete in the European market
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Honda Motors and Scooters India Ltd announced to enter the motorcycle market. This brought the management of Hero group to re-think their strategy. In order to overcome the emerging challenges‚ the management thought it appropriate to forge strategic partnering with a firm that brings to the group a technology that is futuristic‚ eco-friendly and has a promising future. Hero group launched its first electric vehicle in collaboration with Ultra Motors of UK in the middle of 2007 and achieved
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Case Study: Fiat Auto and General Motors Alliance Case Study: Fiat Auto and General Motors Introduction The economic crisis and other factors‚ affect different companies in the global market and automotive industries are not exempted. In order to cope with economic problems within the industry‚ different companies try to find the most efficient ways to save the company and one of these is through the consideration of merging or going into alliance. In alliance‚ both companies
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Successful Strategic Alliances: How to prepare for an alliance Andrew Brown and Phil Hogg‚ Special to Financial Post | May 16‚ 2012 4:42 PM In this installment‚ we turn our attention to translating your alliance from a boardroom concept into real world implementation. As the driving force behind an alliance‚ here are specific actions you need to take to prepare for your alliance’s success: Assign an Alliance Champion. The alliance champion ultimately owns the success of the alliance. As a result
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expansion since the late 1900s. This market has very successful international companies such as Mercedes-Benz‚ Lexis‚ Hyundai‚ Chrysler‚ Camry‚ Fiat‚ etc. All of these firms have held a position in the automobile industry. Even in economic hardships when demand for automobiles was decreased‚ the market did not faze them. Two firms prominent in this industry are Chrysler and Fiat which have both held successful positions in the late 1900s. Due to decreased market demand and lackluster products both firms
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