...UK AUTOMOTIVE AT A GLANCE UK AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: PROFILE MANUFACTURING THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS MOTOR INDUSTRY FACTS 2014 REGISTRATIONS VEHICLES ON THE ROAD ENVIRONMENT CONTENTS WHAT IS SMMT? The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) supports and promotes the interests of the UK automotive industry at home and abroad. Working closely with member companies, SMMT acts as the voice of the motor industry, promoting its position to government, stakeholders and the media. SMMT represents more than 600 automotive companies in the UK, providing its members with a forum to voice opinions on issues affecting the automotive sector, guiding strategies and building positive relationships with government and regulatory authorities. As one of the largest and most influential trade associations operating in the UK, SMMT’s resources, reputation and unrivalled automotive data place it at the heart of the UK automotive industry. UK AUTOMOTIVE AT A GLANCE UK AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: PROFILE MANUFACTURING REGISTRATIONS To find out how to join SMMT and for more information, visit www.smmt.co.uk/memberservices or e-mail membership@smmt.co.uk. VEHICLES ON THE ROAD ENVIRONMENT www.smmt.co.uk CONTENTS 02 CONTENTS UK AUTOMOTIVE AT A GLANCE ................................. 4-5 REGISTRATIONS ........................................................ 16 Cars by fuel type ......................................................
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...INNO NATOUR. Lesson learnt from Innovation in Nature Based Tourism Services Contact: Faculty of Economics and Public Administration „Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava Universităţii str., no. 13, Building H 720229 SUCEAVA, ROMANIA Phone: (+40) 230 216147 ext. 294 Erasmus IP web site: www.innonatour.usv.ro Faculty web site: www.seap.usv.ro University web site: www.usv.ro 2012 Subject to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without written permission of the copyright owners. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................ 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT.............................................................................................................. 8 STUDENTS OF THE 20112012 ERASMUS IP ...................................................................................... 9 LECTURERS, TUTORS AND EXPERTS OF THE 20112012 ERASMUS IP ................................. 10 RESULTS OF THE ERASMUS IP INNO NATOUR 20112012......................................................... 19 FINAL REPORTS OF THE WORKING GROUPS .................................................................................. 20 INDIVIDUAL POST CASE STUDIES OF THE STUDENTS ................................................................. 44 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS ......................................
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...Multinational corporations Table of contents Preface 4 1. Introduction; General meaning of MNC 4 2. Ranking multinationals 5 3. Entry of Multinational corporation into new markets, 6 4. Three Stages of Evolution 7 5. Motives for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) 9 6. The comparison of MNC and TNC 11 7. What are the benefits and problems that MNCs face? 11 8. What are the Russian companies that achieve the multinational status? 13 Conclusion 14 Bibliography 14 Appendix 15 Preface We would like to consider the most interesting topic concerning the multinational corporations. If we called it like that, it means that company made a great success in the market, it operate in several foreign countries. In this mini-course work we will investigate more detailed the structure and strategies of MNCs. In the first part we will look through the history of MNCs. The history, in general, is to be considered as an essential part of every project in order everyone may compare the development of the particular sphere. Next part will show us the statistical data of MNCs, where we will recognize all the most reputable companies from the different industries, such as BMW, Nike, Lego, etc. We cannot leave a side the point of entry into the new market. There it will be explained the strategies of MNCs, such as mergering, joint venture and sequential market entries. Also we will consider investing into the particular companies, weather it is risky or not and the motives...
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...Research Toyota - The Global Automobile Manufacturing Industry (Cars) | | Contents History of Toyota 3 Introduction: 4 Toyota’s internationalisation strategy, internal /external triggers and an analysis and evaluation of those strategies and methods 5 The extent to which Toyota’s national environment contributed to its success as a multinational organisation using Michael Porter’s National Diamond Framework (1990) 7 Toyota and life cycle models: 8 Verification and Validation: Strategy 10 Conclusion 13 History of Toyota Toyota one of the largest car manufacturer’s in the world was bombarded with a series of issues in the last decade with multiple lawsuits causing the company millions of dollars in losses. An organization which was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1933 started off producing passenger cars and then in 1937 focused solely on truck production for the Imperial Japanese army. In the early 1950’s Toyota was on the verge of bankruptcy when it pulled through by obtaining an order of more than 5,000 vehicles from the U.S. military for its war efforts in Korea. This then was the beginning and the opening for Toyota into the U.S. Market. In 1957 Toyota established its first sales, marketing and distribution subsidiary in the U.S., called Toyota Motors Sales Inc (TMS). In 1982 Toyota Motor Corporation formed a joined venture with General Motors, called NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.) and began its operations in Fremont, California. Toyota’s...
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...Footwear Industry Local Vs Global Footwear Industry Local Vs Global A Secondary Research and Analysis on Local and Global Brands in the Indian Footwear Industry Submitted to: Prepared By: Chirag Bansal Deepti Tripathi(IMT-G) Saurav Mishra (IIM-L) Contents 1. Industry Highlights………………………………………………………………………………………………………3 2. Timeline of the Global Footwear Industry……………………………………………………………………....4 3. Categories in Footwear Industry………………………………………………………………………………….… 6 3.1. Trends…………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………6 4. Porter’s Five Force Analysis….………………………………………………………………………………….8 5. Market & Competition Analysis……………………………………………………………………………12 6. Success Factors of Global Brands Vs the Failure Factors of the Local Brands………………......17 7.References………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………19 1. Overview FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY SPECIFICS: Primary activities of industry: | Major products and services in industry: | • Athletic shoes manufacturing• Ballet slippers manufacturing• Children's shoes manufacturing• Cleated athletic shoes manufacturing• House slipper manufacturing• Infants'...
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...Short Case Analysis of Gap Inc. in 2010: Is the Turnaround Strategy Working? Author of the article Annette Lohman of the California State University, Long Beach The Gap Inc. In 2010 Case Summary Case Summary This case study describes the business environment of the apparel market and how Gap Inc. tried in this highly competitive market environment to manage a turnaround in the time between 2000 and 2010. The U.S. clothing store sector accounted for approximately $156 billion in the year 2009 and had slightly declined compared to 2008 due to the worldwide recession. Average before-tax profits estimated by IBIS-World were around 3% in the year 2009. The level of globalization in the market is relatively low and made up by a large number of small and few major, domestically owned companies. The family clothing store industry is the most important sector, as it is responsible for more than half of the revenues in the U.S. clothing market. Concerning the gender woman clothes are most interesting, due to their will to spend more. Women clothing accounts for 50% of the market, followed by men and children with market shares of 37% and 13%. Hereby more than one third of the adult population has to be considered obese. According to price sensitivity 65% of the market is value-priced driven and targeted by family stores of companies such as Ross Stores or TJX Companies. They focus on still wanted brand names and discounts by delivering off-season styles. More emotional driven...
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...Afghanistan. Since late 2006, 18 of the 25 EU countries participating in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), NATO’s Afghan mission, have increased their troop contributions, and as a result EU member states now account for 43% of ISAF’s total deployment. This military surge has been accompanied by a steady growth in European efforts to contribute to Afghanistan’s reconstruction, from development aid to police training – although not every EU member state is pulling its weight. These measures have made the EU a major stakeholder in Afghanistan. Yet the EU’s real impact on the country has been limited. In the face of a likely request from the Obama administration to do more, European governments should now formulate a hard-headed political strategy as a complement to the coming US military surge. Introduction President Barack Obama and his secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, have made it clear that they expect a significant enhancement of the European effort in Afghanistan. The issue is likely to be viewed in Washington as a litmus test of whether the Europeans can be taken seriously as strategic partners. Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan is likely to include an attempt to “regionalise” the issue, involving some kind of dialogue with Iran and efforts to bring India, the Gulf states and the central Asian countries into the conversation; an initial increase of 17,000 US troops, particularly in the south and east of the country, with a possibility of further deployments...
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...as Boeing, Coca-Cola, DuPont, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle, Unilever, and Disney—that appear to have succeeded in going global. Globalization is no panacea, however. Success abroad varies widely, and it’s often tough to boost profits by investing overseas. Because most studies look at cross-industry patterns to draw lessons about how to succeed at globalization, they can be Rajiv Lal is the Stanley Roth Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. misleading. When we focused on one industry—grocery retailing—we found that, with a few exceptions, globalization’s benefits had not accrued to retailers. In contrast to other industries, grocery retail is still dominated by local players in most countries. International players are almost entirely absent from even the largest retail markets. And every grocery retailer that has ventured overseas has failed as often as it has succeeded. Moreover, our research shows that on average, the extent of internationalization does not have a significant effect on retailers’ revenue growth rates or their profit margins. Some industries clearly can’t travel across borders as well as others. A few grocery retailers have succeeded in globalizing by developing strategies that take into account the idiosyncrasies of their industry—and have found April 2012 Harvard Business Review 105 Retail Doesn’t Cross Borders new paths to growth at home as well....
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...Introduction 1. Albanian Business Environment Data 2. Albanian Business Law and its Consequences on Domestic /Foreign Business Environment 3. Key Risks Threatening Business in Albania 1. Domestic Political Situation 2. Inflation /Taxes & Price Effects 3. Population and Business Distribution Geography 4. The Immigration and its Impact on the Economy and Business Demand 5. Global crisis – Greek & Italian Crisis 4. Conclusions 5. Literature Abstract This paper provides an overall picture of the business environment difficulties of East European Countries, through the concrete case of Albania, towards new political & economic changes in parallel with global changes. It will consider the type of businesses operating within the country, the market environment fragility & volatility, several types of risks present, the impact of Euro versus domestic businesses and joint ventures within Albanian market and the most evident barriers that domestic business has in order to act internationally. Introduction Change in Eastern Europe, in early 1990’s, came in with a new set of political and economical problems. In Albania, the collapse of communism and its agricultural closed economy left the place to the free market economy. The passage faced the institutional gaps as well as it found an unprepared society towards the mixed market economy. The old industrial sectors was paralysed...
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...complete this report. A special thank goes to my bellowed lecturer for giving me necessary guidance and instructions to make this a success. Furthermore I would like to thank my family members for supporting me throughout the entire process and especially this wouldn’t have been possible without the support of my mother and father. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides an analysis of the purposes of three business organizations called Bogawanthalawa Tea Estates PLC, Swarnamahal Financial PLC and Vallibel Power Erathna PLC and the nature of the national environments in which the companies operate, the behavior of the organizations in their market environment and the importance of the global factors that shape national business activities. First the report identifies the purposes of the selected companies and then categorizes based on the differences between organizations. Then it identifies stakeholders and their expectations and applies the stakeholder mapping model to those stakeholders. After that the actions that the organization has taken to meet different responsibilities have been analyzed. Furthermore it investigates the resource allocation of the economic system in which the Bogawanthalawa Tea Estates PLC operates and the impact of monetary and fiscal policy on this organization and of competition policy on the activities of a business organization. By assuming that the aforesaid organization is operating in a monopolistic competitive market, the report analyzes the...
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...www.businessmonitor.com Q2 2011 UNITeD KINGDOM AUTOS RepORT INCLUDES BMI'S FORECASTS ISSN 1749-0251 published by Business Monitor International Ltd. UNITED KINGDOM AUTOS REPORT Q2 2011 INCLUDING 5-YEAR INDUSTRY FORECASTS BY BMI Part of BMI’s Industry Report & Forecasts Series Published by: Business Monitor International Production Date: March 2011 Business Monitor International Mermaid House, 2 Puddle Dock, London, EC4V 3DS, UK Tel: +44 (0) 20 7248 0468 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7248 0467 Email: subs@businessmonitor.com Web: http://www.businessmonitor.com © 2010 Business Monitor International. All rights reserved. All information contained in this publication is copyrighted in the name of Business Monitor International, and as such no part of this publication may be reproduced, repackaged, redistributed, resold in whole or in any part, or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by information storage or retrieval, or by any other means, without the express written consent of the publisher. DISCLAIMER All information contained in this publication has been researched and compiled from sources believed to be accurate and reliable at the time of publishing. However, in view of the natural scope for human and/or mechanical error, either at source or during production, Business Monitor International accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage resulting from errors, inaccuracies or...
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...European Union: Issues and Policies Name: Course Name: Course Instructor: Date of Submission: Executive Summary The current policies of the European Union continues to play an important role in the development of member states both in the political, economical, social, and agricultural sectors of the economy. Many succession countries are trying their lack in the otherwise difficult procedures of becoming member to the union. The union continues to offer adverse marketing fields for its members as trade free zone create and increase coverage and economic growth. The aftermath of the war that shuttered continents has led to succession countries joining the union out of free will. Succession countries by far benefit from the European union membership as the membership comes with a lot of advantages that influence economic growth for the member country. Contents Introduction 4 Succession Countries on Joining the European Monetary Union 4 CAP Reforms 8 The arguments in favor of the enlargement of the European Union 10 The Arguments against the Enlargement of the Union 11 Global Competitors 13 China and the Option to Leave the Eurozone 14 Conclusion 16 References 17 European Union: Issues and Policies Introduction The European Union is a group of 27 states primarily located in Europe with a de-facto capital in Brussels and operates using a supranational independent institutions and decisions negotiated intergovernmental by the member states. It...
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...assessment: Country clustering and country ranking S. Tamer Cavusgil*, Tunga Kiyak, Sengun Yeniyurt Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University, 370 North Business College, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA Received 2 November 1998; received in revised form 16 May 2003; accepted 23 October2003 Available online 24 December 2003 Abstract Companies seeking to expand abroad are faced with the complex task of screening and evaluating foreign markets. How can managers define, characterize, and express foreign market opportunity? What makes a good market, an attractive industry environment? National markets differ in terms of market attractiveness, due to variations in the economic and commercial environment, growth rates, political stability, consumption capacity, receptiveness to foreign products, and other factors. This research proposes and illustrates the use of two complementary approaches to preliminary foreign market assessment and selection: country clustering and country ranking. These two methods, in combination, can be extremely useful to managerial decision makers in the early stages of foreign market selection. D 2004 Published by Elsevier Inc. Keywords: Country ranking; Clustering; Foreign market selection; Country market assessment 1. Introduction Marketing across national boundaries has become imperative for long-term company survival and profitability. However, faced with so many countries to...
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...India (expected to grow by 22% this year), Brazil (13%) and China (11%). The potential long-term growth in emerging economies – many of which have growing middle classes – is vast. To give just one example: the per capita consumption of chocolate in China is only a tenth of that in Switzerland. Yet, as this global tour of the chocolate industry suggests, the future is not without challenges. The immediate concern is the balance between supply of cocoa and the chocolate industry’s demand. Manufacturers are already confronting this issue, investing in the development of higher-yield beans, encouraging more sustainable practices, collaborating more closely with farmers to improve efficiency and exploring potential new sources of cocoa in countries such as Australia and Vietnam. Across the world, consumer tastes remain diverse. In the US,...
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