BUS 478 – STRATEGY / SECTION: D300 Tesla Motors Inc. Case Synopsis Date: March 17, 2014 [Edited] Yafeng(Elsie) Liu Yingying Kang Hao Wu Chan Chen Edith Hon Firm history Background Tesla Motors, Inc. is an American company that was founded in 2003 by a group of brilliant and innovative Silicon Valley engineers. These engineers proved that electric vehicles could be awesome substitute of the gasoline powered cars. Tesla not only designs, produces and markets electric cars, but it also provides
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The founder and ceo’s name is Elon Musk, age forty-six. Their headquarters are located in Hawthorne, California. Currently they have about 6,000+ employees. SpaceX’s goal is to reduce space transportation costs and colonise mars. It is a private company, which means it doesn't rely on
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Tesla has rocked the world of high-performance automobiles with the introduction of its new “Ludicrous mode” rapid acceleration feature. The internal-combustion engine business may never be the same. Regular readers of mine usually know at least two things about me: First, I believe that all predictions are silly, more about marketing than actually trying to figure out what comes next. Second, I am a fan of sleek, go-fast machines, preferably beautiful ones from Italy, Germany or the U.K.
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The 21st century world is one of great complexity. We are inundated with information nearly constantly through social networks, blogs, radios, advertisements, televisions--the list goes on. Perhaps this flood of information obscures us from the real problems we are facing as a society--or at least makes us numb to them. For example: On April 15, 2013, three people were killed and hundreds injured from bombings that took place during the Boston Marathon--this news made front-page-breaking-news
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Tesla Motors Strategic Analysis Prepared by: Lexen Beran Brenna Hayes Travis Heidemen Jenna Hughes Jake Latimer In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements For: MANGT 595: Business Strategy M/W/F at 12:30pm 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………...……2 Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………...3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………4 External Analysis………………………………………………………………………...5 Internal Analysis…………………………………………………………………………8
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In August 11th, 2017, during the yearly DOTA2 tournament of Valve, a bot from Elon Musk-backed startup OpenAI crushed the legendary DOTA2 professional player Danylo “Dendi” Ishutin in a live one-on-one match. I myself have been playing DOTA2 for more than 7 years and I understand that this is an astounding complex game. The game’s possibilities
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Most people associate space exploration with huge government agencies such as NASA, Roscosmos, and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. However, in the last ten to 15 years, private companies have become major players in the final frontier. Companies such as SpaceX and Boeing are already making rockets, and other spacecraft, for NASA and other space agencies. For example, the International Space Station receives regular supply packages delivered by SpaceX’s Dragon and Falcon 9 spacecraft.
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Topic: Changing nature of work and implications for managers Introduction For this paper, we begin by looking at the definition of Organisation Behaviour with a focus on job satisfaction and motivation; and see how these two workplace behaviours apply to the employees at Tesla Motors and BMW Group. Furthermore, we determine the implications for managers as a result of the changes in the workplace. Finally, we finish off with a conclusion that allows us to ponder over the changes or adapt
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April 18, 2013 Consumer Goods Tesla Motors, Inc. Ticker: TSLA Recommendation: Buy Current Price: $43.75 Implied Price: $50.88 Investment Thesis Tesla offers a competitive product that takes advantage of the current global “green” trend in an industry of heavy concern Tesla is expanding in the United States and overseas while simultaneously offering new products that are already in high demand Management has a proven history of success and is passionate about
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What “Top scientists” are you talking about, Scope Magazine? Scientists has believed that extraterrestrial life exists for decades since the concept was introduced. They didn’t just say for their new year’s resolution “Oh aliens aren’t sci-fi anymore, publish it on the Scope Magazine.” According to Kevin Hand, who’s supposedly an “expert” at NASA, we are likely to contact extraterrestrial life within 20 years. In the science fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke states in the epilogue
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