the hybrids available and in April, 2008 we bought a Honda Accord Hybrid. It was a lovely car, with excellent gas mileage, but at 2000 miles it developed a backfire in the intake manifold on light acceleration. We took it in for service, showed the dealer the problem, but their answer was “all of them do it”. I told them mine didn’t do it until it reached 2000 miles. I took back three more times, but to no avail, even after talking to the Honda Engineering Team. I filed a Lemon Law with the appropriate
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Ducati feedback Q1. I wanted you to begin by recognising that this was a turnaround situation, with Ducati in 1996 close to bankruptcy. A new management team led by Minoli changed strategy with clear objectives of aggressive growth within a niche of the sports segment and competing as a focussed differentiator. The logic of the turnaround can be conceptualised as follows (a) Ducati reduced costs without affecting the WTP for the physical product (i.e. the quality and reliability of the product
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For the exclusive use of L. Jobard, 2015. IMB 443 SEEMA GUPTA VOLKSWAGEN IN INDIA In just 4 years since Volkswagen (VW) set up its India operations, it had captured a 3.6% market share – something the Detroit giants had not been able to do after more than a decade in the country (Exhibit 1). VW was the flagship brand of the Volkswagen group, which also owned Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, and Skoda. In India, the group was present with Skoda, Audi, and VW. 1 Maik Stephan, Managing
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and align themselves with the company strategy of cost minimization. What is the strategy that allowed Honda to be so successful in the motorcycle industry? The strategy of Honda was to accomplish economies of scale in order to produce Motorcycle with high productivity. So, it could decrease its total cost quickly and yet maintaining price competitiveness. To achieve high productivity, Honda implemented the following: It invested a lot of money in R&D to produce Motorcycle that could meet
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this market share. Honda’s entry into the U.S. market was nearly opposite of Harley in their marketing approach, as they stumbled onto a segment of customers being more “Family-Oriented”. In 1965, Honda was selling 1 out of every 2 motorcycles purchased in the U.S. More Japanese firms began to follow Honda, offering quieter, faster, and less expensive motorcycles and began leading the way in sales and market share in the U.S. As Harley’s bottom line began to dwindle away, they had to go public to raise
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1. Review the Honda Canada Inc., v. Keays case, plus discussion, found on pp. 455 - 458 of the textbook) 2. Summarize the facts of the case in 2 -3 sentences: Honda has redefined many aspects of the law of wrongful dismissal damages. These include determining reasonable notice, moral damages/aggravated damages, punitive damages, the duty to accommodate and the employers’ entitlement to deal with employees directly. 3. Identify the relevant issue: Keays had worked for Honda and was enrolled
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Labor Economics Research Subject: Labor Strikes Date: 6th July 2012 Done By: Hala Aziz Heba Elgendy Presented to: DR.Doaa salman Contents Introduction Definition How does the strike develop? Why a strike? Causes of strikes Types of strike Strike affect in Diff Countries Strikes number in Different Countries How Were the First Labor Unions Formed? Who wins in strike? Case study Conclusion and recommendation Bros and Cons of
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Toyota’s products were perceived to be following rather than setting the trend. Corolla was Japan’s bestselling car, but customers chose the car because of its value. In contrast, Honda cars were popular among younger generation, and their customers kept buying Honda cars as they grew older. In October 1994, Honda introduced a multi-purpose minivan named Odyssey into the Japanese recreational vehicle market, a market in which Toyota had a large market share. Odyssey won the car of the
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Is Globalization bad or good? We are stepping into a whole new time of globalization in many aspects. Countries and countries are associated with each other, from cultures, economy, and policy, etc. A big melting pot of different cultures is right on the stove, it is actually exposing many effects to various aspects and areas. Under the new social background with mixed cultures, things always have two opposite ways, good or bad. Some arguments point out that globalization could be the cause of some
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