Financial Analysis of General Motors and Ford Motor Company FNCE442 Advanced Finance (FN) Professor: Due date: June 01‚ 2009 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Porter Five Forces Analysis Model 5 Competitive rivalry within the industry 5 Barriers to Entry 6 Threats of Substitutes and Complements 6 Bargaining Power of Customers 6 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 7 SWOT Analysis 7 GM SWOT Analysis 7 Strengths 7 Weaknesses
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| | International Competitiveness of Automotive Industry in the UK 1. Introduction The automotive industry which has been treated as an imperative contributor to the global economy‚ plays an essential role supporting the growth of the UK’s economy. According to the figure provided by OICA (2009)‚ in 2008 this industry produced roughly 1‚649‚515 automobiles‚ ranking it 4th in Europe in terms of the whole output. Until now‚ there are about forty firms manufacturing vehicles in UK (LowCVP‚
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“transplant” facilities). The Big Three now dominate only in light trucks‚ and are being challenged there by the foreign brands. The Big Three have shed about 600‚000 U.S. jobs since 1980‚ while about one-quarter of Americans employed in automotive manufacturing (nearly 300‚000) work for foreign-owned companies — and that excludes Chrysler‚ which was acquired by Daimler Benz of Germany in 1998. These changes have had major effects on the structure and location of the U.S. motor
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Analysis of the Global Automotive Industry This report provides an analysis and evaluation of common and major global trends and identifies the common business opportunities and their impact on the global automotive industry. Globalization gave the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) not only the opportunity to expand to the new markets‚ but it also increased the risk of failure. Since globalization increased competition and gave the choice to consumers‚ automotive industry needs constant
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IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS Climate change has been one of the most discussed issues in these modern days. It is prove on many researches that the increase in man-made green house gas emission can significantly affect the climate in the world‚ on every part of the globe. In the last few years‚ climate change has become the most researched subject in science. The reason is that because climate change can affect significantly to the earth and it has to be taken care of. In a
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Competitive Advantage Within The Automotive Industry Abstract Within the automobile industry‚ it is vital that companies adequately compete for consumer sales. With the industry struggling due to the current economic conditions‚ as well as a push for environmental sustainability‚ companies have to come up with new competitive strategies. There are 6 major ways that a company can give themselves an advantage over others. They are cost‚ quality‚ service‚ brand‚ innovation‚ and convenience.
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Perspective Bill Russo Edward Tse Tao Ke The Path to Globalization of China’s Automotive Industry Contact Information Beijing Bill Russo Senior Advisor +86-10-6563-8300 bill.russo@booz.com Shanghai/Beijing Edward Tse Senior Partner +86-10-6563-8300 +852-3650-6100 +86-21-2327-9800 edward.tse@booz.com Tao Ke Principal +86-21-2327-9800 tao.ke@booz.com Booz & Company EXECUTIVE SUMMARY China is the world’s factory for “everyday low price” merchandise. Sara Bongiorni’s amusing yet engaging
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Automotive market in CHINA China’s domestic car sales‚ growing at more than 10% annually‚ these growing sales were in the domestic market and did not improve China’s competitiveness in the global auto industry. The rise of China as a Automotive car producer has lead to better roads‚ new distribution channels‚ the deregulation of the auto market‚ and China’s WTO entry. The multinational automotive companies invest in China for several reasons they try to find lower production costs‚ increase
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vehicles with modern exhaust emissions performance on the road‚ clear improvements in air quality can be seen. This trend will continue‚ even without further improvements to new vehicles‚ as older‚ more polluting cars are replaced with new ones. Automotive Industry Production Production 2005 Cars Commercial Vehicles Total % change 2004 The Auto Industry and Road Safety Road transport emissions in the EU – Index‚ 1995 = 100 120 100 80 60 40 20 Source: Auto Oil II Transport Base Case August
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the competitive advantage 11 1.1 Trends in the automotive industry 11 1.2 The isolating mechanisms 12 1.3 Strategy recommendations 13 5.Conclusion 14 6.Bibliography 14 1. Introduction The Encyclopaedia Brittanica defined the automotive industry as all the companies and activities involved in the manufacturing of motor vehicles‚ including most components‚ such as bodies and engines; but excluding tires‚ batteries and fuel1. The automotive industry started with the production of what is
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