Ducati Case Analysis Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Evaluation of Global Motorcycle Industry 3 Ducati’s Current Strategy 4 Recommendations and Specific Actions 7 Major Internal and External Risks 9 Exhibit 1: Porter’s Five Forces Diagram 11 Exhibit 2: Strategy Diamond Analysis 12 Exhibit 3: Projected Sales 13 Executive Summary As of year 2000‚ global motorcycle market is dominated by a handful of players. Japanese
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A.D. Machuca Reprint R0411G This document is authorized for use only in PGDM / Operations and Supply Chain Management by Dr. Sourabh Bhattacharya at Institute of Management Technology‚ Hyderabad (IMT‚HYD) from November 2013 to March 2014. HBR Spotlight The 21st Century Supply Chain COPYRIGHT © 2004 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Managing the modern supply chain is a job that involves specialists in manufacturing‚ purchasing‚ and distribution
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Executive Summary This study is to provide analysis of Ducati’s options to sustain its growth and continue to grow its margins. We have identified a number of key opportunities that would allow Ducati to meet both these goals. First through the use of SWOT analysis we identified where the company was vulnerable and where it had an opportunity to grow. The main items threatening Ducati’s sustainability is its economy of scale compared to its competitors‚ and small age gap of its riders.
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www.hbr.org Even as companies are being told that the future lies in globalization‚ some are severely punished for their international moves. A simple test can help you decide what makes strategic sense for your organization. When You Shouldn’t Go Global by Marcus Alexander and Harry Korine Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 When You Shouldn’t Go Global 8 Further
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Case Study: Ducati Should Minoli seek to grow the business in 2001? Since Minoli took the position as CEO of Ducati in 1996‚ the business has grown and became extremely successful. He transformed a company that was once on the verge of going bankrupt into one of the most profitable motorcycle manufacturers in the world. The explosive growth‚ profitability‚ market share‚ and revenues prove Minoli truly is an expert in turnaround management. He set high goals for the company such as reaching 10%
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Ducati & TPG – A “Wild Ride” LBO Case Study December‚ 2010 Q1. The nature of the opportunity and the question of brand expansion 1.1 The situation of the target firm Positives: (1) The Ducati brand was world famous;(2) The product was great in terms of technology and quality and it had won the 1990‚ 1991‚ 1992‚ 1994‚ and 1995 World Superbike championships against strong competition;(3) Ducati’s product family was broad offering 15 models in four families based on seven different engines;(4)
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HBR Case Study BY EDWARD E. LAWLER III COMMENTARY BY ANNA PRINGLE‚ F. LEIGH BRANHAM‚ JIM CORNELIUS‚ AND JEAN MARTIN Why Are We Losing All Our Good People? Sambian Partners has prided itself on being a great place to work‚ but now talented employees are leaving. What’s going on? MARY DONILLO‚ the head of human resources at Sambian Partners‚ motioned Tom Forsythe‚ Sambian’s assistant director of commercial design‚ to a comfortable chair in her office. It was late on a Thursday afternoon‚ and the
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Session 3 – Sep. 11 External Opportunities and Threats; Internal Strengths and Weaknesses Read: Day - Scanning the Periphery (HBR‚ Nov 05) (Reserves) Case Preparation: Netflix (Case Pack) 1. What distinctive organizational resources and core competencies has Netflix developed over the course of its existence? Which ones are most important to its survival? 2. Has Netflix developed a sustainable competitive advantage against its
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The Article Summary This article explained about how Panasonic overcome their difficulties in expanding their market in China‚ and the failure to make China as a manufacturing based by using competitive advantage strategy and local adaptation. The journey was started in 1978 when Deng Xiaoping visited Japan to ask for help for modernizing China’s industries. So in 1987 Panasonic established the Beijing Matsushita Color CRT. Panasonic started to understand the Chinese market when the market of home
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Discussion and Interpretation of Results The addition of HBr to 1-hexene created a 2-bromohexane‚ as indicated from the ethanol silver nitrate test and sodium iodide/acetone test. The observations when the product was subjected to these tests were similar to what were observed with the 2° bromide compound. When subjected to the silver nitrate test‚ the product produced a precipitate at the same rate of the 2° bromide compound‚ and the product produced a hue of yellow that was also similar to the
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