...Assignment Development of BMW into the leading car company in the UK for luxury class cars Abstract: The following report will examine the story of the German car producer BMW. Initiating from its inception to the modern day where BMW is a multinational concern. This report will highlight the internal and external circumstances to which BMW owes its current place as market leader for luxury cars in the UK. The subsequent analysis is based exclusively on sources collated from secondary research data. Research data consisted of chronicles and literature from BMW, domestic and foreign journals, marketing and market statistics, as well as published company reports. To reveal the success story of BMW, we will explore the concern with the aid of the SWOT-Analysis and of course using the 5-Forces according to Porter, to compare BMW with their competitors in the same product category. Furthermore we will use the PEST Analysis to scan the external macro-environment in which the company is operating. In addition to the outline above we will examine several important findings of our research. For example the strong dependency of BMW to foreign markets, these markets contribute 81% of the total turnover. (Schmid, Grosche et al., 2008, p. 16) Also, we can examine the reasons leading to a 4% increase in sales in the trading year 2012, operating within the premium segment of the UK to which they already had a lead (BMW Group, 2013). We will discover why the strategy of BMW is superior...
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...évolutions et leurs usages. Afin de ne pas seulement vous définir ce que sont les réseaux sociaux, nous avons décidé de combiner ce thème avec le marketing. Nous sommes tous les deux, présents sur les réseaux sociaux, nous avons grandit avec et nous vivons au quotidien avec. Nous voulons également par la suite, nous orienter vers le marketing, il était donc presque logique d’axer notre mémoire de recherche sur le marketing, et grâce à notre problématique, nous avons pu travailler sur les deux. La thématique de ce mémoire de recherche permet de voir non seulement ce que les entreprises ont déjà pu faire en terme de marketing et de réseaux sociaux, mais également les opportunités et les menaces que les réseaux sociaux représentent pour les entreprises. Abstract : We chose to make our memory of search on the topic of social networks, their evolution and their uses. In order not only do you define what social networks, we decided to combine this theme with marketing. We are both present on social networks, we grew up with and live with everyday. We also want to work in marketing after ours studies, so it was almost logical to focus our research paper on marketing. And thanks to our problem, we could work on both. The theme of this research paper you can see not only what companies have already been done before in terms of marketing and social networks, but also the opportunities and threats that social networks are for the companies. Mots-clefs : Réseau social, média social...
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...Researched, compiled and published by Woods & Seaton International Automotive Systems Customer Relationships Management - “CRM” May 2009 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ESTABLISHED ★ 1973 ★ ★ ★ ★★★ International Automotive Systems - “CRM” - 2009 For the sole, internal use of Aspen Marketing Services, Inc. - Contact: Bill Ewing. Researched, compiled and published by Woods & Seaton page 123 International Automotive Systems Customer Relationships Management - “CRM” May 2009 Copyright Notice All rights reserved. This document is supplied for the sole, internal use of... Aspen Marketing Services, Inc. - Contact: Bill Ewing. No part may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Any questions from Subscribers to Woods & Seaton Automotive Systems Information about this study should be addressed to Mike Seaton, Automotive Systems & Communications, Wash Hill House, ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wooburn Green, ESTABLISHED ★ 1973 ★ Buckinghamshire ★ ★ England, HP10 0JA. ★ ★ ★ Telephone: 44 (0) 1628 525 960 E-Mail address . . . mikeseaton@woods-seaton.com Web Site . . . http://www.woods-seaton.com © Woods & Seaton 2009 Tel. 44 (0)1628 525 960 E-mail: mikeseaton@woods-seaton.com www.woods-seaton.com Subscribers to Woods & Seaton Automotive Systems Information are automatically included on our e-mail Briefings list ...
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...A multivariate explanatory study into the factors that affect consumers' attitudes, intentions and engagement with indirect mobile marketing. A dissertation submitted by: Phil Hudson BA (Hons) Marketing The Media School Bournemouth University 2012 - 2013 Word count: 9992 I Dissertation Submission Form with Author’s Declaration This form must be fully completed and submitted to the Media School Student Support Reception with 2 copies of your bound dissertation/project. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. Full Name: Phil Hudson Student ID Reference No: 4229546 Programme: BA (Hons) Marketing Submission Date: …………………………………………………… I declare that this dissertation/project is all my own work and the sources of information and the material I have used (including the internet) have been fully identified and properly acknowledged. Student signature ……………………………………………………… Contact Details Please ensure that details of your contact address for future correspondence and information regarding graduation are up-to-date via the log-in page of the student portal: http://studentportal.bournemouth.ac.uk/log-in/?srclnk=123home Access Permission to the Dissertation I approve the use of my dissertation/project as a reference text for future students on the following basis: Public Access (freely available) Confidential (permission of author required) Strictly Confidential (not available for reference under any circumstances) Yes / No Yes / No Yes / No For Office Use Only Date...
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...right track. Also establishing strong relationships with business partners such as The Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation of India Ltd., is of great importance in stable situation of the company. 1.2. Problem formulation At present company’s situation looks stable. But aspirations oscillate in entering the German market. Company is known right now on the Danish market, but they would like to have develop and have more customers and distributors. Conducting and understanding market research as the main purpose of this project might help to answer the question: Is Siba able to successfully conquer German market? To find out solution for main problem we will also outline answers to following research questions: * Marketing: How to assess possibilities of expanding to German market? * Communication: What is the way to attract new customers to Siba’s products? * Organization and Management: How the logistic efficiency can be improved for sustain a proper development? * Economics: What kind of investments shall be done in order to increase their market share? * Business Law (working on cases) 1.3. Delimitation In our project we would like to concentrate on conducting market research. We will conduct it on Danish society but despite that...
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...Marketing Note de curs pentru studenții la master Capitolul 1. CONCEPTUL DE MARKETING 1.1. Esenţa marketingului 1. Conceptul de marketing Termenul de „marketing” este de un cuvânt de origine anglo-saxonă provenind din verbul englezesc „ to market” care înseamnă a vinde, a cumpăra, a realiza schimburi pe piaţă. Marketingul este o noţiune cu caracter complex şi cu o utilizare largă internaţională. Acesta se referă la realizarea unui produs începând cu concepţia şi până la producerea lui efectivă, precum şi la vânzarea, promovarea şi distribuţia produsului pornind de la cunoaşterea nevoilor consumatorilor şi având ca scop satisfacerea superioară a acestora. Dicţionarul enciclopedic al limbii române defineşte marketingul ca fiind: „ansamblul activităţilor (procedeelor) prin care producţia este orientată şi adaptată cererilor prezente şi viitoare ale consumatorului, pentru satisfacerea integrală, la locul şi timpul dorit, cu mărfurile cerute de acesta, în condiţiile rentabilităţii întreprinderii producătoare sau comerciale.” Marketingul nu trebuie confundat cu activitatea de vânzare desfasurată de firmă. În vechea concepţie comercială, toate eforturile organizaţiei erau îndreptate spre sprijinirea desfacerii, a tot ceea ce producea firma. Marketingul are însă menirea să ofere recomandări referitoare la produsul potrivit consumatorilor, modalitatea de a ajuge la aceştia precum şi cantitatea necesară de produse, prin coordonarea tuturor...
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...Hybrid Cars IQP A Study on Hybrid Cars: Environmental Effects and Consumer Habits An Interactive Qualifying Project to be submitted to the faculty of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science. Submitted By: Michael Beliveau James Rehberger Jonathan Rowell Alyssa Xarras Submitted to: Submitted: 28 April 2010 Project Advisor: Prof. Chickery Kasouf 1 Hybrid Cars IQP Table of Contents List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 9 Literature Review ................................................................................................................ 12 2.1 Environmental Effects ....................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Emissions ............................................
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...Lobschat, L., Zinnbauer, M. A., Pallas, F., & Joachimsthaler, E. (2013). Why Social Currency Becomes a Key Driver of a Firm's Brand Equity – Insights from the Automotive Industry. Long Range Planning, 46(PLS applications in strategic management: Partial Least Squares modeling in strategy research), 125-148. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2012.11.004 Introduction In the past decade, managers have endeavored to build brands by creating a strong identity and conveying this identity through consistently managing relevant touch points with customers (e.g., Aaker and Joachimsthaler, 2000; Keller and Lehmann, 2003). To this end, managers are striving to better understand consumer behavior and positively influence consumers' brand perceptions through marketing initiatives (e.g., Keller, 1993). However, the direction of influence on a brand's perception and image has become increasingly bilateral. Today, consumers are no longer simply “receivers” of company- and brand-related information. Instead, they operate as “senders” of this information, e.g., by giving brand recommendations, by expressing criticism, or by sharing information with others (Hennig-Thurau et al., 2010). For this reason, managers no longer have exclusive control over information circulating about a company or brand. Consumers therefore play an important role in forming a company's or brand's perception and value in the marketplace (Keller, 2007). Exchange of information about companies and brands between consumers is not a...
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...Investment Opportunities in Automotive Sector in RAK -A Sector Study on Automotive Sector in UAE with Regional Perspective Photograph: Ashok Leyland’s Bus Assembly plant in RAKIA Industrial Park in Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) December 2009 Contents Executive Summary Introduction The Changing Nature of Global Manufacturing The Changing Nature of Supply Chain Global Automotive Production & Major Players Automotive Production in the Middle East GCC Automotive Sector GCC Economic Outlook-Macro-economic Indicators GCC Macro-economic Indicators GCC Auto Industry SWOT Outlook for GCC Automotive Sector GCC Competitive edge Vehicle Assembly in GCC GCC Source of imports GCC Highlights-Foreign trade in Automotive sector UAE Automotive Sector UAE Auto Industry SWOT UAE Economic SWOT UAE Business Environment SWOT UAE Automotive Sector trade Automotive Manufacturing in UAE Low cost and Luxury car market in UAE Used Car Market in UAE After- sales Business in UAE Car Rental Market in UAE Rationale for setting up projects in RAK Identified Projects UAE Auto Industry Forecast Scenario Automotive Products & Free Trade Agreements About Ras Al Khaimah About RAK Investment Authority References Annexure I II III IV V-A V-B VI-A VI-B VII VIII IX X World Motor Vehicle Production By Country And Type In 2008 World Ranking of Vehicle Manufacturers In 2008 UAE Imports & Re-exports of Vehicles in value term List of Automobile Component Manufacturers in GCC UAE Trade figures on components 2006-1008 In...
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...|Universitatea Babeș Bolyai Cluj-napoca | |RAPORT DE CERCETARE | |CUMPĂRĂTORII DIN SECOND-HAND | | | |PROFESOR COORDONATOR: ASISTENT DRD. TIRCA ALEXANDRA-MARIA | |5/26/2011 | MOLDOVAN MIHAELA ELENA MOLDOVAN PETRU ALEXANDRU MOLDOVAN ADRIANA-FLORINA HOLIRCA ANDRA AFACERI INTERNATIONALE AN II GRUPA 3 Cuprins 1.INTRODUCERE 3 Documentare: 3 2.METODE DE CERCETARE 4 Stabilirea Ipotezele : 4 Obiectiv: 4 Elaborarea Chestionarului 4 Esantionarea 4 Instrumentele de cercetare 4 3.ANALIZA SI INTERPRETAREA DATELOR 4 Sectiunea A 4 Corelatie intre venitul lunar al respondentilor si procentul din acel venit pe care sunt dispusi s ail cheltuie lunar pe produsele Second-Hand 4 Corelatie intre frecventa intrarii in magazine si proportia in care se cumpara cumpara produsele din magazine...
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...Delivery and growth Royal Dutch Shell plc Annual Report and Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2007 Royal Dutch Shell Our Business With 104,000 employees in more than 110 countries and territories, Shell plays a key role in helping to meet the world’s growing demand for energy in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways. Our Exploration & Production business searches for and recovers oil and natural gas around the world. Many of these activities are carried out as joint venture partnerships, often with national oil companies. Our Gas & Power business liquefies natural gas and transports it to customers across the world. Its gas to liquids (GTL) process turns natural gas into cleaner-burning synthetic fuel and other products. It develops wind power to generate electricity and invests in solar power technology. It also licenses our coal gasification technology, a cleaner way of turning coal into chemical feedstocks and energy. Our Oil Sands business, the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, extracts bitumen from oil sands in Alberta, western Canada and converts it to synthetic crude oils. Our Oil Products business makes, moves and sells a range of petroleum-based products around the world for domestic, industrial and transport use. Its Future Fuels and CO2 business unit develops fuels such as biofuels and hydrogen and synthetic fuels made from natural gas (GTL Fuel) and potentially from biomass; and leads company-wide activities on CO2 management. With...
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...Ingredient Branding Philip Kotler· Waldemar Pfoertsch Ingredient Branding Making the Invisible Visible Professor Philip Kotler Kellogg Graduate School of Management Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208, USA p-kotler@kellogg.northwestern.edu Professor Waldemar Pfoertsch China Europe International Business School 699 Hongfeng Rd. Shanghai 201206, China wap@ceibs.edu e-ISBN 978-3-642-04214-0 ISBN 978-3-642-04213-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-04214-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010926489 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Germany Printed...
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...Strategic development TATA MOTORS Introduction: Tata Motors Limited (formerly TELCO, short for Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company) is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and a subsidiary of the Tata Group. Its products include passenger cars, trucks, vans, coaches, buses, construction equipment and military vehicles. It is the world's seventeenth-largest motor vehicle manufacturing company, fourth-largest truck manufacturer and second-largest bus manufacturer by volume. Tata Motors has auto manufacturing and assembly plants in Jamshedpur, Pantnagar, Lucknow, Sanand, Dharwad and Pune in India, as well as in Argentina, South Africa, Thailand and the United Kingdom. It has research and development centres in Pune, Jamshedpur, Lucknow and Dharwad, India, and in South Korea, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Tata Motors' principal subsidiaries include the British premium car maker Jaguar Land Rover (the maker of Jaguar, Land Rover and Range Rover cars) and the South Korean commercial vehicle manufacturer Tata Daewoo. Tata Motors has a bus manufacturing joint venture with Marcopolo S.A. (Tata Marcopolo), a construction equipment manufacturing joint venture with Hitachi (Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery), and a joint venture with Fiat which manufactures automotive components and Fiat and Tata branded vehicles. Founded in 1945 as a manufacturer of locomotives...
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...AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ INSTITUT D’ETUDES POLITIQUES MEMOIRE Pour l’obtention du Diplôme La création de valeur lors d’une opération d’acquisition Par M. Arthur URIOT Mémoire réalisé sous la direction de M. André CARTAPANIS L’IEP n’entend donner aucune approbation ou improbation aux opinions émises dans ce mémoire. Ces opinions doivent être considérées comme propres à leur auteur. Table des matières Résumé..................................................................................................... 5 Mots-clefs................................................................................................. 5 Introduction ............................................................................................ 7 1 Chapitre: Cadre théorique et définition de la fusion-acquisition . 1 1.1 Section 1 : Définition et motivations d’une opération de croissance externe ............................ 1 1.1.1 Paragraphe 1 : Définition et formes de fusion-acquisition .................................................................. 1 1.1.1.1 La fusion ...................................................................................................................................................................
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...MBA In A Day What You Would Learn at Top-Tier Business Schools (If You Only Had the Time!) Steven Stralser, Ph.D. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. TLFeBOOK More Praise for MBA In A Day® “Steve Stralser is a unique talent. It is unusual to meet people who are both highly professional as well as generous with their knowledge. Not only is Professor Stralser’s advice invaluable for business professionals, but those in the arts who are more focused on their creative endeavors would benefit from reading MBA In A Day® to help strengthen their business skills.” —Bobi Leonard, CEO, Arcara Enterprises, Inc. “Steve’s book is a valuable asset to anyone needing to avoid the pitfalls of business, be they a small business owner, a physician, a lawyer, or just about anyone who deals with business. Just because you have not had the opportunity to study for a formal MBA, why be at a disadvantage in the business world? In just a few days of quality reading time you will level the playing field. Let your own brainpower do the rest.” —George Reiss, MD, Clinical Instructor, Mayo Clinic; Eye Physician, Phoenix Coyotes Professional Hockey Club “Professor Stralser’s MBA In A Day® contains insights that are incredibly valuable for any entrepreneur obsessed with success. They provide quick access to sound practical thinking on the real-world business issues most likely to confront the busy start-up entrepreneur.” —Michael Hool, Partner, Rogers & Theobald, LLC; Chairman, Arizona...
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