...Automotive industry The automotive industry is a term that covers a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles and mopeds. It is one of the world's most important economic sectors by revenue. The automotive industry in India is one of the larger markets in the world. It had previously been one of the fastest growing globally, but is currently experiencing flat or negative growth rates India's passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturing industry is the sixth largest in the world, with an annual production of more than 3.9 million units in 2011. According to recent reports, India overtook Brazil and became the sixth largest passenger vehicle producer in the world (beating such old and new auto makers as Belgium, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Spain, France, Brazil), grew 16 to 18 per cent to sell around three million units in the course of 2011-12. In 2009, India emerged as Asia's fourth largest exporter of passenger cars, behind Japan, South Korea, and Thailand.In 2010, India beat Thailand to become Asia's third largest exporter of passenger cars Maruti Suzuki Maruti Suzuki India, commonly referred to as Maruti and formerly known as Maruti Udyog Limited, is an automobile manufacturer in India. It is a subsidiary of Japanese automobile and motorcycle manufacturer Suzuki As of November 2012, it had a market share of 37% of the Indian...
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...sector commands in the global arena is driving its growth. India ranks second in the world as per the 2010 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index (GMCI) prepared by the US Council on Competitiveness, and Deloitte. As per the same source, India would maintain its second ranked and continue to dominate the global manufacturing even after 5 years. India has set benchmarks in the international market with respect to quality in manufacturing. The country is currently second only to Japan in hosting companies awarded for quality excellence. The India advantage is favouring growth in the sector as international players such as Hyundai, Nokia, Samsung and Airbus are focussing on setting up manufacturing facilities in the country. Interestingly, India’s growth in the manufacturing sector overshadows other BRIC members. This can be associated to the strength in the Indian Domestic market. In a major boost to the 'Make in India' initiative, the Government has received confirmation from top technology firms such as GE, Bosch, Tejas and Panasonic regarding their decision to invest in the electronic, medical, automotive and telecom manufacturing clusters in India. "We have received 57 investment proposals of over Rs 19,000 crore (US$ 3.05 billion) of which 30 proposals worth Rs 6,500 crore (US$ 1.04 billion) have been approved," said Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. In a bid to push the 'Make...
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...Introduction The following investigative document presents an overview of the textile industries in two emerging countries: Guatemala and India. The document analyses, compares and contrast the differences in the institutional structures of both countries and offers specific details and analysis of the textile industries for local and international businesses. Guatemala Republic of Guatemala is located in Central America bordered by Mexico to the North, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Belize to the North East Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast. The country is mountainous with small desert and sand dune patches, having many hills filled with people, except for the south coastal area and the vast northern lowlands of Petén department. Two mountain chains enter Guatemala from west to east, dividing the country into three major regions: the highlands, where the mountains are located; the Pacific coast, south of the mountains; and the Petén region, north of the mountains. All major cities are located in the highlands and Pacific coast regions; by comparison, Petén is sparsely populated. These three regions vary in climate, elevation, and landscape, providing dramatic contrasts between hot and humid tropical lowlands and colder and drier highland peaks. Volcán Tajumulco, at 4,220 meters, is the highest point in the Central American states. Demographics Guatemala is a country of youth; 70% of its population is less than thirty years old. The capital...
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...The Investment Proposal In early January of 2013, Manuel Pena, a venture capitalist, was attending a presentation conducted by two brothers- Dr. Adya Bharat and Dr. Sidhu Bharat- in New York City. Mannuel had been invited to the meeting by Sydney Smithers, a friend of his who knew he’d been actively looking for small businesses in which to invest. Sydney, a fellow Canadian, owned two businesses: one was a nursing home and the other, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), sold medical supplies for elderly people, including such items as walkers, canes, and special toilet seats. Sydney and the Bharat brothers were hoping Manuel would agree to invest $100,000 in their business proposition. Sydney had gotten to know Adya while they were graduate students together at a major Canadian university. Adya had earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience there, and when he subsequently obtained work with a company that developed artificial human organs, he moved to New York, where its research facility was located. He was later joined there by his brother, Sidhu, who’d recently completed a Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering and had gotten a job building mathematical models for a big drug company in the city. His models amalgamated statistics on patient responses to a range of drugs so that doctors could better achieve their clinical intent when prescribing medication. All three had since come together with the idea of providing an integrated medical service. Their original plan had been to target...
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...Bajaj Auto Ltd Situational Analysis: Indian economy has undergone tremendous changes during the 1980’s and 1990’s. The Indian industrial sector was protected from the international competition by the government of India during the 1980’s. During the 1990’s the economic crisis forced the Indian government to open up the Indian economy. With the opening of the Indian economy the competition for the industrial sector especially the automobile sector was severely hit. Now even the foreign brand automotives could compete in the domestic market without any tariff barriers or any other interventions. This meant that the local industries had to compete with the international brands without any kind of protection. Bajaj Auto Limited (BAL) found that its domestic market declined by 5% in the year 1991-1992. Bajaj had set a goal to protect its dominance in the Indian market and increase its exports to 15% of total sales by 1998. In the domestic market it was facing a stiff competition from Hero Honda and Kinetic Honda. The main problems of the BAL lied in its improper inventory management, higher average cycle time for launching a new product, not very advanced R&D facilities. To overcome these shortcomings the company did modernize itself but it was important for the company to sustain the tough competition. Problem Statement: It was necessary for the company to reinvent itself to sustain competition. The sales have been falling drastically and to make things worse its experience...
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...DOLAT CAPITAL Analyst: Nehal Shah Tel : +9122 4096 9753 E-mail: nehals@dolatcapital.com Associate: Mahvash Ariyanfar Tel : +9122 4096 9736 E-mail: mahvash@dolatcapital.com October 5, 2011 India Research DOLAT CAPITAL October 5, 2011 Int en tio na lly Le ft B lan k 2 India Research Index Industry DOLAT CAPITAL Executive Summary..................................................................................................5 Indian Plastic Consumption......................................................................................6 Global Scenario………................................................................................................8 Innovation: Key to Growth & Margins.......................................................................9 Polymer Demand & Pricing.....................................................................................10 Plastic Composites.................................................................................................12 Major Companies: Key Parameters.........................................................................14 Companies Supreme Industries Investment Rationale.........................................................................................17 Company Background.......................................................................................25 Financials................................................................................................
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...SOUTH DIVIDE IN INDIAN GROWTH In the pre-British period, the economy of India was many divided into two major sectors, mainly, the self-sustaining village and the other was the towns which had administration, commerce, transportation and communication even though it was highly underdeveloped and the market size was also considerable small. India was evaded and conquered even before the Britishers but the only difference because of their invasion was emergence of new political and economic reforms and systems. The British Raj, also known as, the British Rule was mainly two epochs; first the rule of East India Company (1757-1858) and the second, The British Government in India (1858-1947). During these periods, England was working on making changes in the techniques and ways of production which made way for the revolution of manufacturing. This made the Britishers sell their machine made goods here in India against the Indian handicrafts. The supreme goal of Britishers was towards acceleration of economic drain of India through the creation of revenue settlement, spreading education, development of railways etc. The consequences of the British conquest in the economy of India was mainly cause of the following reasons; 1. Decline of the Indian handicrafts and aggressive ruralization of the Indian economy. 2. Commercialization of Indian agriculture and the new land system. 3. Industrialization in India. The pre-independence economy estimates the value of output of the agricultural...
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....................... 9 3 The Russian Federation................................................................................. 10 3.1 General information on the Russian Federation ................................... 10 3.2 Russia’s connection with the European Union...................................... 11 3.3 Russia’s financial situation.................................................................... 12 3.4 Russia’s imports and exports................................................................ 13 3.5 Russia’s leading companies ................................................................. 14 3.6 Conclusion ............................................................................................ 16 4 The Republic of India...
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...Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to India Ramkishen S. Rajana, Sunil Rongalab and Ramya Ghoshc April 2008 --------------------------a) George Mason University, Virginia, USA. E-mail: rrajan1@gmu.edu . b) International Professional Services Organization, Hyderabad, India. E-mail: sunil.rongala@gmail.com c) Claremont Graduate University, California, USA. Email: ramya.ghosh@cgu.edu We thank Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy for useful research assistance. The usual disclaimer applies. 2 1. Introduction Economic policymakers in most countries go out of their way to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). A high level of FDI inflows is an affirmation of the economic policies that the policymakers have been implementing as well as a stamp of approval of the future economic health of that particular country. There is clearly an intense global competition for FDI. India, for its part, has set up the “India Brand Equity Foundation” to try and attract that elusive FDI dollar. According to UNCTAD (2007), India has emerged as the second most attractive destination for FDI after China and ahead of the US, Russia and Brazil. While India has experienced a marked rise in FDI inflows in the last few years (doubling from an average of US$5-6 billion the previous three years to around US$ 19 billion in 2006-07) (Figure 1), it still receives far less FDI flows than China or much smaller economies in Asia like Hong Kong and Singapore was ahead of India (Figure 2). Not surprisingly India’s...
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...Overcoming the size barrier.......................................................... 6 Growth strategies for Indian manufacturing ................................ 7 Indian Manufacturing and Global Competitiveness .................. 8 Scale and innovation ................................................................... 8 Reverse currents: Going overseas for growth ............................... 9 Going global with pharmaceuticals .............................................. 9 The opportunity in the food chain ............................................. 10 Becoming suppliers of choice ..................................................... 10 Simplifying India for global retailers ........................................... 11 Multinational Companies Entering Indian Markets ................. 12 From India to the world.............................................................. 12 Beyond borders .......................................................................... 12 Operational Excellence in Indian Manufacturing ..................... 14 The importance of going lean .................................................... 14 In pursuit of quality .................................................................... 15 Global Policy Issues and...
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...Global Economics Paper No: 192 Goldman Sachs Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research at https://360.gs.com The Long-Term Outlook for the BRICs and N-11 Post Crisis The BRIC and N-11 countries are emerging from the crisis better than the developed world. As a result, our long-term projections for the BRICs look more, rather than less, likely to be realised. It is now possible that China will become as big as the US by 2027, and the BRICs as big as the G7 by 2032. Within the BRICs and N-11, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia and the Philippines appear to be performing best. Bangladesh, Egypt, Korea, Nigeria, Turkey and Vietnam form a second group of countries that have performed broadly in line with expectations. Iran, Mexico, Pakistan and Russia have need for improvement. We show the ongoing dramatic BRIC influence in key product markets, with autos and crude oil as examples. Important disclosures appear at the back of this document Thanks to Dominic Wilson, Michael Buchanan, Paulo Leme and Swarnali Ahmed for their valuable comments, and to Alex Kelston for the Growth Environment Scores Jim O’Neill and Anna Stupnytska December 4, 2009 Goldman Sachs Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research Global Economics Paper Contents Summary Section 1. Where We Stand on the BRICs and N-11 Section 2. The BRICs and N-11 in the Aftermath of the Crisis 2.1 BRICs and N-11 Global Importance Continues to Rise 3 4 6 6 Higher growth contribution...
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...UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN Louvain School of Management LLSMS 2062 European Business Report on Renault’s Strategy in India Professor: E. Cornuel Students: Barbier Théodora Cheffert Pauline Jadoul Thibault Kerstenne Nola Munster Diana Nguyen Kathy Academic year 2014 -2015 What other cars to introduce? Lower end of the market? Regarding the highly saturated lower end of the market, the launching of an ultra-cheap car does not seem to be the best strategy. Indeed, Suzuki and Hyundai are already major players on this segment. Moreover, Tata Motors, a well-established Indian manufacturer, announced the cheapest car in the world. Upper end of the market? Again, the competition is already struggling on this segment: GM, Toyota, Ford and Honda are already well represented on this market 1 . Although it is becoming more and more attractive due to the higher number of rich Indians, it seems dangerous to try this market regarding the strong competition. Our recommendation is therefore to invest in the middle end of the market. The reasons are growth opportunities and non-saturation of this segment. First, adapting the car to the local needs of the market is a priority, especially for India2, where mastering the local culture is a requirement. The features of the car would be the following: 1. The length of the vehicle should not exceed 4 meters due to tax measures (24%)2; 2. The style should be sportive, regarding the disastrous state of Indian roads and the trend...
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...BRAZIL: Over the past few years, Brazil has moved from a country with great promise 'some time in the future' to being seen as one of the hottest investment opportunities in the world. A more stable political system and currency, coupled with vast mineral wealth of the country make Brazil a 'must' for all companies with truly global ambitions. With a population of 194 million, Brazil represents the fifth largest market opportunity in the world — after China, India, Indonesia and the USA. It is also the fifth largest country in the world by geographic size. An IMF (International Monetary Fund) report indicates that Brazil leads all other South American countries in terms of infrastructure and technological development. Combine these facts with the stabilising economic and political landscape — (the twin nightmares of corruption and hyper-inflation ravaged the country for decades) — and it is easy to see why Brazil attracts a higher percentage of total global foreign direct investment year on year. However, anybody wishing to do business with Brazil and the Brazilians should be aware of the various cultural and structural barriers which might confront them. Probably the most pervasive barrier encountered by the unwary traveller would be the 'Custo Basil' or the 'Brazil Cost'. This term refers to the very real extra costs of doing business in Brazil — corruption, governmental inefficiency, legal and bureaucratic complications, excessive taxation, poor infrastructure, inflation...
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...INDIAN AUTO COMPONENT INDUSTRY AN OVERVIEW 1 Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 About ACMA Indian Economy Automotive Industry Auto Component Industry of India Vision 2020 Capabilities & Challenges of Component Suppliers The Way Forward 7 2 Introduction Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India Role An apex agency of the Indian Automotive Industry auto component output in the organized sector 600+ companies forming majority of the Members Quality System ACMA operates on Quality System based on ISO 9001:2000 As Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India in the year 1982 Re-Christened Inception In the year 1959 as The All India Automobile & Ancillary Industries Association (AIA & AIA) 3 ACMA and Its Services Promotes Indian Automotive Component Industry Trade Promotion Technology Up-gradation Quality Enhancement Collection & Dissemination of Information Vital Catalyst for Industrial Development 4 International Business Development Promote India Promote India as a Brand as a Brand Organize Business Organize Business Development Delegation Development Delegation Overseas Overseas Undertake Export Undertake Export Promotional Promotional Projects Projects Organize Participation Organize Participation in Overseas in Overseas Automobile Automobile Exhibitions & Fairs Exhibitions & Fairs Global Interaction Global Interaction through through Counterpart Association Counterpart Association ...
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...Tata Motors: Can it become a global contender in the automotive industry? Executive Summary The objective of this report is to provide an analysis of Tata Motors’ current strategies and a detailed inspection of the financial situation, the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and the competitive nature of the car market in order to make a recommendation as to whether or not it is in Tata Motors best interests, to propel itself into the global automotive industry at this point in time. On close inspection there were three key issues identified. Firstly the financial condition of the company is analysed to determine the viability of an expansion into the global automotive industry. Secondly the safety issues & standards of the vehicles produced, particularly related to the Tata Nano need to be addressed, and thirdly the detailed market research to be undertaken by Tata Motors in relation to the competitive needs and expectations of the motoring public in countries Tata Motors is trying to move into eg. United States and Europe when it comes to passenger cars as well as ability to continue to effectively capture the Jaguar and Land Rover markets globally, along with their bus and truck range which are strong in India but not as strong in other countries. Economic conditions not only in India but globally are a consideration for Tata Motors. As of 2012 India was the 7th largest nation in area, the second most populous country on earth with...
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