Strategic Audit of Harley-Davidson Current Situation A. Current Performance 2008 ❖ Revenue 2008 $5.59 billion down from $5.73 billion in ❖ Net Income $654.7 million down from $933.8 million i ❖ Earnings per stock share $2.70 down from $3.74 in 20 ❖ Motorcycles sold 303,470 down from 330,619 in 2007 http://investor.harley-davidson.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=360949 B. Strategic Posture * Mission ❖ We ride with our customers and apply this deep connection
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STRATEGIC AUDIT HARLEY DAVIDSON Inc Audit Team: Graeme Eldridge Enya Gu Areeya Ongmongkonkun John Gao CONTENTS |Case Abstract |3 | |History |4 | |Current Situation
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University ScholarWorks at WMU Honors Theses Lee Honors College 12-10-2010 Harley-Davidson, Inc.: A Strategic Audit Sheila Lenz Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/honors_theses Part of the Accounting Commons, Sales and Merchandising Commons, and the Strategic Management Policy Commons Recommended Citation Lenz, Sheila, "Harley-Davidson, Inc.: A Strategic Audit" (2010). Honors Theses. Paper 1853. This Honors Thesis-Open Access is brought
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON STRATEGIC PLAN Submitted by Stacey Wagner Prepared for Professor Don Looney Business Policies and Strategies Spring 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS VISION STATEMENT .................................................................................................... 3 MISSION STATEMENT ................................................................................................. 3 EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT .............................................................................
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Case Study 6.1: Harley-Davidson, Inc. Zachary NewComer 11/06/14 Auditing Prof. Riggs (1)Identify the most significant new business risks facing Harley-Davidson as a result of integrating eBusiness into its supply-chain management system and by allowing suppliers to have access to the company’s Intranet. If your instructor does not specify the number of risks for you to identify, list at least three. 1. Suppliers might leak information to Harley-Davidson’s competitors 2. Suppliers might not
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1.0 Environmental Appraisal Analysis Environment refers to factors that can affect Harley Davidson’s directly or indirectly Kotlar and Armostrong (2011). For environmental analysis, Top-Down Approach will be followed. First, Harley should consider macro factor that can influence marketing plan. These will be evaluated with PESTEL analysis. Second, the company has to take insight on motorcycle industry of UK to examine competitiveness and long-term business prospects (Elliott, and Patton,1996)
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Case Study 6.1: Harley-Davidson, Inc. Zachary NewComer 11/06/14 Auditing Prof. Riggs (1)Identify the most significant new business risks facing Harley-Davidson as a result of integrating eBusiness into its supply-chain management system and by allowing suppliers to have access to the company’s Intranet. If your instructor does not specify the number of risks for you to identify, list at least three. 1. Suppliers might leak information to Harley-Davidson’s competitors 2. Suppliers might not
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Genuine Harley Davidson Parts Sales Recovery Marketing Plan Mark McLean BUS620 Dr. Patricia Ryan October 31, 2011 0.1 Company Overview Harley-Davidson, Inc. was founded in 1903 and is head quartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The motorcycle company produces and sells heavyweight, cruiser class motorcycles, and supports its customers with motorcycle parts, accessories, and related financial services. Harley –Davidson functions within two segments; Motorcycles and Related Products
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Brand Audit of Gibson Brands Progress Report of Phase 2 (Brand Planning) For years Gibson Guitars Corporation remained focused in just the musical instruments, mainly famous for their classy looking guitars. Being the market leader in musical instruments industry and to go with the flow, Gibson Guitars Corporation felt the need of related diversification and RE-BRANDING, so in June 2013 they Re-Branded their name and changed it to Gibson Brands. This step was purely aligned in terms of their resources
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stretching) is a strategic concept which relates to managing the brand portfolio. In addition, it can be understood as a process by which the practices of branding extend to social contexts beyond the traditional business domain. Critically analyse the purpose, implementation, advantages and disadvantages of brand extension. Illustrate your argument with at least two practical examples of brand extension. By Mr. Olan Kaewwichit Brand extension (or stretching) is a strategic concept which relates
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