Volkswagen and Porsche - Corporate Finance Case study: Mergers & Acquisitions of listed companies by Joachim Häcker What is the macro view of this case study? Small fish tries to eat big fish (financial figures are end of 2005 and rounded): VW: Market cap: €16 bn Book value: €24 bn Cash and cash equivalent: €8 bn (+€4 bn marketable securities) Porsche: Market cap: €11 bn Book value: €3.4 bn Cash and cash equivalent: €3.6 bn VW Porsche case study – by Joachim Häcker Seite 1
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BUS 488- STRATEGY PORSCHE NG KEE YANG ANDREW B1114179 1. Strategic Profiles and Case Analysis Purpose Porsche’s mission‚ vision and its reputation are clouded after the take over of VW group. VW group oversaw the take over of other famous brands like‚ Bentley‚ Buggati and Lamborghini. Under the new leadership and direction from the top brass‚ the first move was to restructure Porsche. The restructuring saw Porsche’s top executives sent to other car brands in VW group to share expertise
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Case 2: Porsche 1. Analyze the buyer decision process of a traditional Porsche customer Recognition Financially successful people wanting a car for a high status because they think of themselves as “entrepreneurial” and set high goal for themselves and work very hard to meet them. These people feel like they are not like the rest and the Porsche mirrors the way they look at themselves. Information Search The information will include the evaluation of alternatives seeing which will satisfy
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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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Porsche Q+A of group 1 The buying decision process: Need recognition Information Search Evaluation of alternatives Purchase decision and Post purchase behavior Question 1 Analyze the buyer decision process of a traditional Porsche customer. The traditional Porsche customer‚ follow the first stage 1) Need Recognition. Most of the traditional Porsche customer is a financially successful people who see themselves entrepreneurial. They are highly demanded. They buy the car to stand for their
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1) Do you believe that Porsche’s management is appropriately concerned with stockholder wealth? Does Porsche’s ownership structure work to the benefit or detriment of public shareholders? Although Porsche is publicly traded‚ the company is controlled by only two stockholders‚ the Porsche and Piéch families. As the quotation by Holger Härter makes clear‚ the two families hold exclusive shareholder influence over management. An interesting point for class discussion is whether the families actually
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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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Project Report On Competitive analysis of Gini & Jony Submitted by‚ Anchal Sahu Deepa Arthi S International brands for kids wear: We have taken five international brands for the competitive analysis. The brands are * Chicco * Tommy Hilfiger * United Color of Benetton * Reebok Juniors * Mother Care SWOT Analysis: S -Strength W -Weakness O -Opportunities T –Threats Chicco
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COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 1 Competitive Analysis Bryndee Conwell ECO/365 April 3‚ 2012 William Mason COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 2 Competitive Analysis Starbucks mission is “To inspire and nurture the human spirit— one person‚ one cup‚ and one neighborhood at a time” (Starbucks‚ 2009). Headquartered in Seattle‚ Washington since its founding in 1985‚ Starbucks Corporation “purchases and roasts whole bean coffees and sells them‚ along with specialized handcrafted coffee and tea beverages and food items
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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 the car has elastic demand‚ meaning that price elasticity is less than 1‚ the car maker will have to reduce margin in order to keep price constant in order to achieve sales. We suspect that Porsche cars are relatively price
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