tremendous sense of accomplishment. As head of the Commercial Vehicles Division within India’s giant Tata Motors‚ Kant had helped orchestrate the winning bid for Daewoo Commercial Vehicles (DWCV) after the South Korean government decided to auction off the failing company‚ accepting bids from many of the world’s leading auto makers in 2004. Winning the bid had by no means been a sure thing‚ and Tata had to overcome several obstacles along the way. Kant recalled a surprising conversation with a mid-level
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biggest conglomerate – Tata Group. Ratan Tata joined the company after college and took over his late uncle’s business 16 years ago. He is involved in more issues than he should be. The authoritarian Tata is the chairman of key units including Tata Motors and Tata Steel and is involved in all major deals and making all the key decision. 2. SECONDARY PROBLEMS 2.1 Short Term A bid for Jaguar and Land Rover might present an even more daunting challenge for Ratan Tata. It would be an uphill climb
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Cases Tata Group uses two different strategies locally and internationally when dealing with its businesses. Local businesses under Tata Group’ umbrella uses the Domestic Strategy which requires product differentiation base on the local adaption. Such example is the Tata Nano Car and the Tata Ace Truck (picture below)‚ produced by Tata Motors at an affordable price for the people in India. Ratan Tata wanted to produce a car which is super cheap yet reliable. Aside from this example‚ Tata Group
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the historical statement which Mr. RATAN TATA said when he launched his ambitious TATA NANO; the people’s car in India on 23 rd march 2009. Tata has always given value products in the Indian Car Market whether it is path breaking recently launched TATA NANO or TATA INDICA (which created great brand into the car industry in the diesel segment). Not only is the passenger car‚ even into the heavy vehicle segment TATA is the only sole leader in India. TATA has created its brand value not only in
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To: Ravi Kant (Managing Director‚ TML) From: Subject: Nano Tata-logy: The People’s Car Date: 17 the September‚ 2011 Situation Overview TML is currently posed with a tricky question of how to go about the Tata-Nano (the much-hyped “People’s Car”) business strategy‚ given its commitment to release it on time with the promised cost and the spectrum of issues and recent developments that pose potential hurdles. Issues Operations 1. Political problems at Singur Plant which will certainly
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House of Tata : Acquiring a Global Footprint. In order for Tata Group to implement acquisition and/or restructuring strategies‚ it would be helpful to know existing scope of the group operating company structure‚ especially‚ profitability and financing activities. The following table shows the detail information of Tata group company structure. Additionally‚ the financing and profitability of each operating company under Tata group in year 2007 (FY07). [pic] • The following table shows
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Introduction The Tata group comprises over 100 operating companies in seven business sectors. The group has operations in more than 80 countries across six continents‚ and its companies export products and services to 85 countries. Tata Motors Limited is India’s largest automobile company‚it is a public limited company with consolidated revenues of INR 1‚65‚654 crores in 2011-12. It is the leader in commercial vehicles in each segment‚ and among the top in passenger vehicles with winning products
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IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) e-ISSN: 2278-487X‚ p-ISSN: 2319-7668. Volume 11‚ Issue 1 (May. - Jun. 2013)‚ PP 41-47 www.iosrjournals.org An Analysis of the Impact of Merger and Acquisition of Corus by Tata Steel Manoj Kumara N V 1‚ Dr. Satyanarayana2 1 (Doctoral Student‚ Department of Post Graduate Studies in Management Sciences‚Maharaja Research foundation. University of Mysore‚ India) 2 (HOD and Professor‚ Department of Post Graduate Studies in Management Sciences
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Dao Tran MGMT405 12:30-1:45 Dr Yan Case #3 Tata Motors 1. What inspired Tata Motors to build the Nano? Why was there a need for an inexpensive car in India? The idea of Nano–The People’s Car was inspired by the middle class Indians who bought and transported their entire families on scooters. To most middle class families in India owing a car is a far cry. Rattan Tata‚ Tata Motor’s Chairman said that the tiny car is aimed at keeping the families of India’s growing middle class from having to travel
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Tata Motors Limited: Ratan’s Next Step Executive Summary Ratan Tata‚ chairman of Tata Motors Limited (Tata Motors)‚ came out with the good reputation "the world’s cheapest car" into New Delhi Auto Expo. Introduction of Tata’s background Situational Analysis Strengths Manufacturer of the world’s cheapest car 81% of domestic sales in India Diverse and complete range of resources (98 companies in 80 countries) Own steel factory resource Ratan’s well-known understanding of business (auto design
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