Company Case: Porsche: Guarding the Old while bringing in the New BACKGROUND Porsche is known to be Europe’s largest automotive retail company‚ plus is consider being one of the market leaders in the global high end automobile industry‚ operating nowadays in more than 20 countries throughout Europe‚ South America and China. The company is mainly owned by the Porsche family. In 1900‚ the world’s first hybrid car was developed by Porsche‚ they created a gas-powered race car and a hybrid
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1. Which do you believe is most important for sustaining the sale of the new Carrera model‚ maintaining a profit margin or maintaining the U.S. dollar price? To answer this question‚ the price elasticity of demand must be known for the Porsche Carrera. If the car is relatively inelastic‚ the company can count on high exchange rate pass-through. Meaning‚ that the Porsche may keep the profit margin by increasing the price of the car as the U.S. dollar weakens in relationship to the Euro. If
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company’s history ..................................................................................................... 2 Present situation | Porsche in numbers.............................................................................. 3 3 | THE MACRO-ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS (PESTEL ANALYSIS) ............................................... 4 4 | ANALYSIS OF THE INDUSTRY......................................................................................... 5 Porter’s 5(+1) Forces............
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Porsche Catherine J. McConnehead MGT 4070 January 27‚ 2015 Dr. William Hahn South University‚ Savannah Analysis of Porsche “I couldn’t find the car of my dreams‚ so I built it myself‚” Ferdinand Porsche One of the key goals of a company is branding. Many companies strive to create a brand that will be memorable to every consumer over time. It is a part of the chain‚ if done correctly‚ will be the strength of the company and needs to be stronger than ever. Porsche
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Situation For years‚ the Porsche brand stands for expensive‚ high-performance sports cars. A typical consumer for Porsche is a young‚ adventurous‚ wealthy male who enjoys living life on edge (19). This single-minded focus would change in 1998 when Porsche made an announcement to develop an SUV to be released in 2003 in the United States. The new SUV would provide traditional Porsche styling and performance however combines components promoting family and outdoor activities. Porsche would be joining an
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Porsche: The Cayenne Launch Synopsis of the Situation Porsche has a legendary existence of more than 55 years with a brand image of being high-end‚ masculine‚ status-oriented sports car. Finding great growth and revenue opportunities in the light truck industry‚ Porsche announced to extend the product line by launching an SUV named ‘Cayenne’. This offended the Porsche enthusiasts and their negative responses overwhelmed the internet‚ press and media. Further‚ SUVs being associated with soccer moms
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Porsche: The Crisis of 1992 1. What challenges was Porsche facing in 1992? When Dr Wendelin Wiedeking was assigned his new job‚ the position could not be more challenging: * Porsche’s unit sales had dropped from a high 60 000 a few years earlier to less than 15 000 in 1992 * Declining financial results (negative net income) * Automotive industry in crisis * Difficult competitive environment especially with the Japanese luxury automakers * Rumors of takeover by another
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Case Week 2: Porsche (40 points) Please read the case on page 171-173 and answer the following questions: Question 1: analyse the buyer decision process of a traditional Porsche customer. (10 points) There are five steps to analyse the buyer decision process they are‚ need recognition‚ information search‚ evaluation of alternatives‚ purchase decision and post purchase behaviour. Porsche drivers don’t need to go through all these steps you can see above. Porsche drivers purchase their car because
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views Porsche AG gets top performance from SAP CRM with Trillium Software Luxury sports car manufacturer ensures it gets the very most from its global customer relationship management software investment by ensuring uncompromising data quality. Porsche The brand name Porsche is famous worldwide. From the 1930s when Ferdinand Porsche founded the Porsche Engineering Office in Stuttgart through the launches of various Porsche models - the very first 356‚ the 956‚ the 911 Carrera to the
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Consumer Behaviour 11/10/2012 CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT # 1 PORSCHE CANADA: SELLING WINTER DRIVING Mrs Leila Hamzaoui Essousi THE TEAM: MONSTERS Safa Hanfi Feriel Babbou Yassine Kacem Ilyes Belhaj 1 Consumer Behaviour 11/10/2012 The Table of Content: I. II. The executive summary Situation analysis (and current problem the company is facing) a. The market b. Micro-environment c. Macro-environment The assignment questions Key marketing issue and expected results III. IV.
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