Harley-Davidson Mini Case Question 1 The international business environment that Harley-Davidson faces includes several challenges and obstacles. These challenges include trying to increase sales in nations that already offer well-known brands of motorcycles at cheaper costs. Besides having to compete with local brands‚ in places such as Europe each specific country may have different preferences on styling‚ size‚ and the type of performance. Other obstacles include high tariffs in some emerging
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Executive Summary Harley-Davidson‚ Inc. is primarily in the business of recreational vehicle. Harley-Davidson was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin. Harley-Davidson is a true American success story. From their modest beginnings in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin to one of the most recognized company names worldwide‚ they have been passionate about motorcycles. Harley-Davidson‚ Inc. has a moderate to high level of diversification in the motorcycle industry. The corporation owns
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Competitive Landscape Harley Davidson‚ as a producer of motorcycles‚ competes as part of the “Recreational Vehicles” industry. Winnebago‚ Polaris‚ Thor‚ Arctic Cat‚ and Marine Products are just some of the companies that also compete under Recreational Vehicles‚ but these companies dominate the industry comprising of 92% of the market share. These 5 companies specialize in manufacturing boats‚ jet skis‚ snow mobiles‚ and terrain vehicles such as four-wheelers‚ Polaris being the only company
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Briefly Information of Company Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson (Harley)‚ a leading automotive company‚ which produces heavyweight motorcycles‚ motorcycle parts‚ accessories‚ apparel and general merchandise. The company also provides financial services such as wholesale and retail financing and insurance programs. The company primarily operates in the US and Europe. It is headquartered in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin and employs about 9‚755 people as on 31st December 2007. The company recorded revenues
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HARLEY DAVIDSON CASE ANALYSIS GLOBAL STRATEGY & POLICY MAN 4720 INTRODUCTION For over a century‚ Harley Davidson has excelled in providing consumers with distinctive style and outstanding quality. The motorcycle industry is a consolidated industry where they have high barriers to entry‚ differentiated products‚ well established brands and high profit margins. In my opinion‚ Harley Davidson maintained its competitive advantage by following the generic competitive strategy model of differentiation
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Strategic Audit of Harley-Davidson Case 16 Strategic Management MGMT 436 Group 5 Current Situation (Jw Hayes) A. Current Performance 2008 Revenue 2008 $5.59 billion down from $5.73 billion in 2007 Net Income $654.7 million down from $933.8 million in 2007 Earnings per stock share $2.70 down from $3.74 in 2007 Motorcycles sold 303‚470 down from 330‚619 in 2007 http://investor.harley-davidson.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=360949 B. Strategic Posture Mission We ride
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1. Historically‚ how did Harley-Davidson manage to dominate the U.S. market? How did it do so and what were its sources of competitive advantage? And starting in the 70s Harley got into trouble‚ what changed? Internally? Externally? Harley-Davidson is synonymous with the American Motorcycle culture and did not get there by accident. Since its conception as a company in 1903 the company has been known for their classic American style heavy bikes‚ their industry changing innovations and the superior
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SWOT ANALYSIS OF HARLEY DAVIDSON |STRENGTHS |Well Known Name. |Aged Customers Mass |WEAKNESSES | | |Coolness. |Production Capacity | | | |Leader in Motorcyle |Not Appeal to Women | | |
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1.0 Executive Summary Harley-Davidson is a company that despite enjoying nearly 15 years of being a leader in the market place and capitalizing on strong sales growth‚ find themselves reevaluating their overall strategy. The analysis below goes through the each level of the market-place to determine where‚ what and how change can take place. At the industry level‚ it is clear that the mature product life cycle necessitates stronger price competition‚ further expansion into foreign markets and
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