BACKGROUND The Global Leadership of Carlos Ghosn at Nissan During March 1999‚ Brazilian Carlos Ghosn took over as the first non-Japanese Chief Operating Officer of Nissan‚ when Nissan had been incurring losses for seven of the prior eight years. Many of the industry analysts expected a culture clash between the French leadership style and his new Japanese employees. Analysts said‚ because the financial situation at Nissan had become critical so the decision to bring Ghosn in came at the worst possible
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Objectives of the study are: 1. To examine the marketing strategies available to companies in the early stages of market diversification. 2. Identification of the target market 3. To explore product positioning recommendations. 4. To consider how positioning is reflected in and built through the marketing strategy. Target of the study To introduce the concept of product positioning‚ branding
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Tale of Two Turnarounds One Problem‚ Same Solution but Two Results MBA General-2012/2014 Weekday batch Semester I (first half) – December‚ 2012 Group Assignment By Group II –Team 05 Members: Mr. S. Katpaganathan - 2012/MBA/WD /57 Ms. I. U.Ranabahu - 2012/MBA/WD /48 Mr. A. Devarajah - 2012/MBA/WD /63 Mr. C. Wijayasekara -2012/MBA/WD/70 Mr. S.Sivapalan - 2012/MBA/WD /61 Course: MBA 530 – Management Process and Practice Postgraduate
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Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 1. Situational Analysis 4 1.1 SWOT Analysis 4 1.2 Industry Analysis 4 1.3 Competitor Analysis 4 1.4 Consumer Analysis 5 2. Opportunity Identification 6 3. Marketing Objectives 7 4. Marketing Strategies 8 4.1 Target Segments 8 4.2 Segment Selection 8 4.3 Positioning 8 5. Marketing Mix Decisions 9 5.1 Product 9 5.2 Pricing 9 5.3 Distribution 9 5.4 Communications 9 6. Implementation and Evaluation 11
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What is the biggest challenge facing India today? - Amar Ranu (SMP 2008-09 batch) Email: amarranu@yahoo.com Few days back I was watching the show on Discovery Channel showing Biggest‚ Longest and Tallest… the items shown were truly exceptional. But All when it comes to India‚ do we need to find an answer to the biggest challenge? Truly not… India‚ once‚ a bird of gold‚ albeit developed and made its presence in almost all the sectors. We were subjugated but we fought back. If we look
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CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts...............................................................................................................3 SWOT Analysis.....................................................................................................4 Daimler AG © MarketLine Page 2 Daimler AG Company Overview COMPANY OVERVIEW Daimler AG (Daimler or “the company”) is engaged in
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SITUATION ANALYSIS This is a case about the success story of the renewal of Nissan’s brand and revival of the company from the “near death situation”. The background through which the company has reached this stature is explained in brief as follows: The company was founded – Mass production of cars began First compact import car was produced for the American Market This was the period the company launched 240Z and Dastun 510 sedan. For this decade the cars that were launched used the brand name
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France’s Renault SA to rescue its floundering Japanese business partner‚ Nissan Motor‚ Ghosn moved boldly. He slashed costs‚ closed unprofitable factories‚ shrank the supplier network‚ sold unprofitable assets‚ and rewired Nissan’s insular culture. Skeptics pronounced his efforts doomed. But within a year‚ Ghosn had returned Japan’s second-largest auto manufacturer to profitability and was widely credited with saving it from collapse. Since then‚ Ghosn—who was named CEO of Nissan in 2001—has
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Appendix 4 - Maslows 8 References 9 RICHARD LINDSAY !2 “Was Nissan’s CEO a technocrat?” The definition of a technocrat is someone that portrays characteristics of ‘ matrix management‚ totally quality management and new methods of strategic alliances and globalisation’. A technocrat is predefined in appendix 1 as ‘controlled‚ methodical and determined’. When analysing Ghosn he ultimately portrays more of these qualities than an ‘Artist’ who presents aspects of ‘volatility ‚ unpredictability and
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ZERO-EMISSION You can’t ignore that zero-emission vehicles are the wave of the future. Carlos Ghosn‚ president and CEO of Renault-Nissan Alliance‚ January 12‚ 2010 INTRODUCTION It had been five months since Nissan sold its first all-electric vehicle‚ the Nissan LEAF‚ in Redwood City‚ California. Carlos Ghosn‚ president and CEO of both Nissan and its Alliance partner Renault‚ was betting big on zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs)‚ to the tune of $5 billion‚ predicting they would be the wave of the future
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