Case Name: GEELY’s ACQUISITION of VOLVO 1. INTRODUCTION INDUSTRY | AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY | TIME OF CASE | 2010 | ISSUE ON HAND | ACQUISITION OF “VOLVO” BY “GEELY” | KEY PLAYERS | “VOLVO” AND “GEELY” | COMPANY COUNTRY | CHINA | FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY | LI SHUFU | PRODUCT | LUXURY CARS | 2. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS Li Shufu was born in China in 1963, the son of a small business owner. He started the business from making photographs of tourists, then he shifted to making
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Introduction y Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), (literally English: Bavarian Motor y y y y y y y Works) is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. Founder(s): Franz Josef Popp Norbert Reithofer (CEO), the parent company is Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW is known for its performance and luxury vehicles, and is a global leader in premium car sales. Profit is ¼204 million and Employees is 96,230. company logo of BMW, combined with the blue and white colors of
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About the innovation, BMW pays a lot attention to develop research labs and focus on technical improvement. For example, In December 1917, the first BMW inline six-cylinder engine, the serial number is BMW IIIa, the maximum output power of 185 horsepower come into being. Two years later, improved version of this engine, BMW IV 250 horsepower created a flight altitude of 9,760 meters record. 1924, BMW Manufacturing's first V12 engine to power up to 580 horsepower, not only for the aircraft, also to
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BMW AG; Financial Performance Analysis This paper is prepared by: Asif Ahmed BBA 13th Batch Department of Accounting & Information Systems Faculty of Business Studies University of Dhaka, Bangladesh E-mail; asif.ahmed0001@yahoo.com Cell Phone; +8801922939126 BMW AG; Financial Performance Analysis (Asif Ahmed) 1 of 24 Executive Summary: The world is just recovering from a big recessio n. Various big corporations became bankrupt because of this. Many of the automaker giant posted
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Luxury Car Retailing & Trends Executive Summary A luxury car is indeed a status symbol that is a reflection of one’s personality and power in society. There is a steady increase in luxury car customers globally as there is a rise in income, wealth and urbanization. It is more of a dream come true of the rising middle class to purchase and own a luxury car. After the global financial crisis (Reyneke et al., 2012) hit the luxury auto market, it was interesting to find that the younger generation
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just a social symbol to show your amount of wealth. If you had no financial restrictions which car would you choose? There are two major classes of cars in todays world. They are the luxury cars which are made up mainly of Mercedes and BMW and the economy cars made up mostly of Honda, Toyota, General Motors, and Ford. There is a very larger price difference between these two classes of cars. What your paying for in an economy car is to get you from point A to point B in a little
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BMW advertising strategy BMW has built its brand on 4 core values: * Technology * Quality * Performance * Exclusivity Coupled with WCRS (BMW’s advertising agency since 1979), the company made his advertising strategy, based on these values. However, it is important to point out that BMW also relies on its sensitively to the environment, which is clearly seen by how the company’s advertisements evolved in response to economic, environmental and competitive changes. The brand image
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team is very familiar with the auto industry. As a point of interest, our team analyzed the manufacturing process of Bavarian Motor Works, better known as BMW. Throughout this reflection, we will highlight the type of process design BMW uses and various elements of their manufacturing process. From our team discussion, we determined that BMW is a make-to-stock company. We also understand that the make to stock company carries finished goods inventory in anticipation of an order. The only
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PRABHAR OIL Lube industry (PSU vs. PVT)MARKET share • Foreign players entry in Indian lube market during 1992-93 (liberalization) • Import duties fall 85 % to 25% also drives the growth • Market share of PSUs has been decreased to 48% in 1999-2000 because of MNC players entry and increased competition 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 PSU Private Sector Pre-liberalization Post-liberalization Opportunity • Growing disposal income, Lifestyle and improved infrastructures
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Engine Displacement Bore x Stroke Max. Power Max. Torque Transmission Suspension Dimension [LxWxH]mm Fuel tank Capacity Wheels Tires Model Type Trim Body Type 12 Steel Wheels 16" Alloy 205/65 R16 12A 2.4 DOHC Theta II Engine 2359 cc 88mm x 97mm 178ps @ 6000 rpm 23.3 Kgf.m @ 4000 rpm 6 Speed Automatic Front : McPherson Strut, Rear : Multilink 4820 x 1835 x 1470 70 Litres 17" Alloy 215/55 R17 12B (314A) GL Sedan FEATURES ت ا وا 6 ● ● ● ● ● ● Full Auto ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
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