Christina L. Brown MRKT 454 Case # 10-2 The Smart Car June 16‚ 2012 Competitive advantage exists when there is a match between a firm’s distinctive competencies and the factors critical for success within its industry (Keegan & Green‚ 2011). There are two basic ways to achieve competitive advantage. First‚ a firm can pursue a low-cost strategy that enables it to offer products at lower prices than competitors. Next‚ an advantage can be gained by a strategy of differentiating products
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Should the government subsidize electric cars? By McClatchy-Tribune‚ adapted by Newsela staff on 01.08.14 Word Count 1‚431 Angie Vorhies plugs in the charging cord to her Nissan Leaf electric vehicle at a mall on Nov. 13‚ 2013‚ in San Diego. Photo: AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi PRO: Don’t pull the plug on electric cars BLOOMINGTON‚ Ind. — It would be very unwise to “pull the plug” on electric-car subsidies at this time. The government money helps support the car industry and make up for tough regulations
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emissions of electric cars with this graph. Here we see the higher amount of emissions per electric car‚ although this can naturally be compensated during the lower emissions during the life-cycle of this car. To note that in case the battery has to be replaced during the life-time of the vehicle‚ the amount will increase to 12‚5t of CO2 per car‚ so more than the double of a gasoline car. 2.2 Source of energy. Here we get to one of the biggest problems of electrics cars: the way we charge them
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The hybrid car becomes popular in worldwide nowadays and for example‚ the demand of hybrid cars especially in Japan are increase every year. There are many perspectives from experts about hybrid car. First perspective is a hybrid car is one that uses more than one of propulsion that means combining a normal petrol or diesel engine with an electric motor (Webster‚ 2014). Second perspective from expert is the hybrid vehicle utilizes two different power train “varieties” or energy sources and merges
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Assignment 1.3: Case Study: Merit Enterprise Corp Sara Lehn‚ chief financial officer of Merit Enterprise Corp.‚ was reviewing her presentation one last time before her upcoming meeting with the board of directors. Merit’s business had been brisk for the last two years‚ and the company’s CEO was pushing for a dramatic expansion of Merit’s production capacity. Executing the CEO’s plans would require $4 billion in capital in addition to $2 billion in excess cash that the firm had built up. Sara’s
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Executive summary Suprema Cars has been caused to a financial crisis. 7 options of recommendation have been suggested to Suprema Cars to get out of financial crisis. 3 outstanding options have been chosen in step 1 report to further analyze here. Setting up joint venture is recommended to Suprema Cars. 2 Introduction Suprema Cars‚ a manufacturer of a classic English sports car‚ began to lose sales and market share‚ and it made a loss in last two years. At the same time Suprema Cars is facing problem with
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changes on business and associated personnel 4a.1. On business itself Providing new product line (cosmetics)‚ customers have more choices for their needs. Previous period times‚ most of customers are living within Hanoi‚ often have high and maintain income. But now‚ Intershop’s target extends to people whose have average income. Beside clothing‚ they can choose cosmetics such as perfumes‚ skin cares‚ conditioner and so on. The new business plan will decide the growth of business in future and
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the developing countries are making serious efforts to attract them anyhow. UAE vehicle market plays a key role in the wholesale‚ retail and service sector of vehicles in UAE. A recent study‚ conducted by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce unveiled that there remarked a peak demand for luxury cars and volume cars‚ and this will remain strong throughout the nation. Dubai auto industry plays a vital role in endorsing competitiveness in the field. Increasing population‚ better incomes‚ urbanization‚
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2.4. Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) do not have a stable definition because it varies on the economic status of each country. Generally‚ SMEs are divided into two: small enterprises and medium enterprises. In the developing countries‚ the employment level for micro enterprises should be less than 10. Small enterprises should range from 10 to 49 while large enterprises should range from 50 to 249 (Hussain‚ et al.‚ 2012). It was specified by the European Commission
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Case Study: Merit Enterprise Corp March 19‚ 2013 After careful review Merit Enterprise Corp case study the pros of option 1: (assuming that JP Morgan Chase will continue to extend season credit lines and medium term loans.) First‚ it would keep Merit Enterprise as a private company. Secondly‚ Merit’s would have the right of non-disclosure. Private companies are not required to disclose details about their operations. Third‚ Merit Enterprise does not have to answer to shareholders if the stock
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