technical and design aspects that differentiate modern cars from antiques. Without considering the future of the car‚ the modern era has been one of increasing standardisation‚ platform sharing‚ andcomputer-aided design. Some particular contemporary developments are the proliferation of front- and all-wheel drive‚ the adoption of the diesel engine‚ and the ubiquity of fuel injection. While all of these advances were first attempted in earlier eras‚ they so dominate the market today that it is easy to overlook
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OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF GENERAL MOTORS "General Motors has no bad years‚ only good years and better years" (Sloan‚ 1972). This mantra established in 1950 by former GM president Harlow H. Curtice may have been true at one point‚ but is called into question today by many‚ including Wall Street. By many standards‚ General Motors is an extremely successful company‚ though an analysis of the corporation today uncovers many troubling issues. GM is and has been the world ’s leader in automotive
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Ford Motor Company‚ founded in 1903‚ has been a global multi-business company since the 1920’s. Currently Ford has major manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom‚ Canada‚ Mexico‚ Germany and many other countries‚ 200‚000+ employees and automobiles distributed in over 200 markets across 6 continents (Ford Annual Report 2009). Ford has utilized its product portfolio‚ brand strategy and global business structure to withstand recent financial disasters in the auto industry and strive towards its
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REPORT TATA MOTORS-JAGUAR LAND ROVER ACQUSITION Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 SWOT Analysis of Ford Motor Co 5 Business Strategy of Ford 6 SWOT Analysis of Tata Motors 7 Why Acquisition 9 Future study 9 References 10 Executive Summary: This project aims at analysing the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover by Tata Motors. Jaguar and Land Rover brands were held by Ford Motor Company. Ford
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Background: The Electric Motor Works (EMW) was Siemen’s primary producer of low wattage alternating current (A/C) motors‚ which sales volume was contributed by 80% of standard motors and 20% of customized motors. Although the firm had started to alter their program and had expanded the business in 1974‚ they still could not decline the price sufficiently to compete with the lower labour rate in Eastern Bloc competitors. Instead of mass production‚ EMW changed their strategy to manufacture efficiently
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comparing data from 1993 and 1994 Very well researched General Motors - Financial Ratio Analysis I. General Motors History Highlights In its early years the automobile industry consisted of hundreds of firms‚ each producing a few models. William Durant‚ who bought and reorganized a failing Buick Motors in 1904‚ determined that if several automobile makers would unite‚ it would increase the protection for the group. He formed the General Motors Company in Flint‚ Michigan‚ in 1908. Durant had bought 17
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Tata Motors Acquisition of Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Table of Contents Introduction 3 Tata Motors 3 Daewoo Motors 4 Strategic and Economic Aspects behind the Acquisition 5 Strengths of Daewoo Motors 7 The Challenges 9 The major potential synergies from the deal: Realisation of the same 11 Conclusion 13 Reference 14 Bibliography 16 Introduction This report will look into the case of Tata motors and Daewoo Commercial Vehicle
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1) If you would be the CEO of Eicher Motors‚ which other CSR activities you would have undertaken that would have aligned well with the current CSR activities? The case study on Eicher Motors CSR activities manifests a lot about company’s sincere interest towards socio-economic development‚ environment and community upliftment. The Company seems to have promoted various initiatives through EMP program and formulated mitigation measures to address environmental concerns/risks. Current CSR initiative
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Contents Contents 2 1. INTRODUCTION 2 Types of Risks Faced by GM 3 Transaction Risk 3 Translation Risk 3 Why do Companies Hedge? 3 2. COMPETITIVE CURRENCY EXPOSURE AT GM (2001: Using Case Info) 3 2.1 Performance 6 2.2 Automobile Market in USA 7 2. 3 Competitive Exposure Mechanism 8 2.4 Yen Exposure Quantified 9 3. APPROACHES TO MANAGE GM’s COMPETITIVE EXPOSURE 10 4. GM’s COMPETITIVE YEN EXPOSURE (993-2005) 13 4.1 GM’S US Car Sales Exposure 14 4.2 GM’S Market Share Exposure 15 4.3
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Case Analysis: Honda Motor Company View Point: President‚ Honda Motor Company Time Context: I. Problem In order to be more competitive and successful in the Global Market‚ Honda Motor Company will consider the integration of two different cultures (Japanese and American). II. Statement of the Objective * To be able to assess the pros and cons of integration of the two different cultures. * To identify the factors that may affect the current management style of two
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