Strategic Analysis Report Guidelines Applied Strategy Inc. – Fall 2011 Company: Tesla Motors, Inc. (Tesla) Overall Objective: To analyze Tesla’s current operations and provide strategic recommendations to the board of directors of Tesla in order to answer how to protect and strengthen a current competitive advantage, or to create a new competitive advantage and then protect and strengthen it. The recommendations should be creative, should leverage Tesla’s current strengths and/or address Tesla’s
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Who is Nikola Tesla? NIkola Tesla was a serbian inventor born July 10, 1856. He was born and raised in Croatia. When Tesla was seven years old his brother was killed in a accident. When his brother died he was reported seeing visions. As a boy he was fascinated with the idea of turning Niagara Falls into a power source. Nikola Tesla’s teacher scorned him at the idea of turning Niagra Falls into a power source. Nikola Tesla’s mother Djuka Mandic inspired him as a child. His mom was always inventing
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The 21st Century Electric Car By Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning Tesla Motors The electric car, once the “zero-emissions” darling of environmentalists, is sometimes maligned as an “emissions-elsewhere” vehicle, since the electricity to charge its batteries must be generated in electrical generation plants that produce emissions. This is a reasonable point, but we must then ask how much pollution an electric car produces per mile – accounting for all emissions, starting from the gas
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Tesla's Model S is a perfect example of a connected car, in which Sierra provides the 3G-connection module that allows the car's infotainment system to tap into AT&T's wireless network. Tesla can then access data about the car's systems and make upgrades and adjustments based on feedback from the vehicle. Tesla is clearly a leader in automobile connectivity, but it's not the only company moving in this direction. Other car companies such as Ford, Toyota, BMW and others use Sierra's technology as
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representing 64%. The Automotive industry is still a very concentrated market, where the top 12 manufacturers represent 83% of the units assembled in 2011 (PwC, 2012). Despite this market structure, there have been a few new entrants, such as Tesla Motors and BYD, both electric car manufacturers. In Table 1, an analysis of the Automotive market environment is presented. FACTORS Political COMMENT IMPACT ON DEMAND/SUPPLY Governments and municipalities interest in green vehicles Positive
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Strategic Analysis Report Guidelines Applied Strategy Inc. – Fall 2011 Company: Tesla Motors, Inc. (Tesla) Overall Objective: To analyze Tesla’s current operations and provide strategic recommendations to the board of directors of Tesla in order to answer how to protect and strengthen a current competitive advantage, or to create a new competitive advantage and then protect and strengthen it. The recommendations should be creative, should leverage Tesla’s current strengths and/or address Tesla’s
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Rahmatullah 1 Aly Rahmatullah Ms. Heeg Introduction to Business 20 December 2015 Elon Musk Did you know that the founder of Tesla was born in South Africa? Did you also know that Elon Musk taught himself computer programming at the age of 12? As a child, Elon Musk spent at least a minimum five hours reading every single day. In this paper you will learn about Elon Musk’s childhood, how he became an entrepreneur, and what he offered. Elon Musk was born on June 28th, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa
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MCS 3620: Marketing Communications IMC Plan Report Group 7 November 27th, 2014 Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………Page 3 Situation Analysis…………………………………………………………………………...Page 3 i. Market Analysis ii. Market Environment iii. Consumer Analysis iv. Competitor Analysis TOWS Analysis……………………………………………………………………………..Page 5 Marketing Objectives………………………………………………………………………..Page 7 Marketing Strategies………………………………………………………………………...Page 8 i
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US Automakers See Attractively Deep Value in GM As We Roll Out 2016 Estimates for US Automakers; Like Ford; Cautious on TSLA We introduce our 2016 estimates and roll-forward valuation for GM and Ford, finding +50% upside in the case of General Motors and +32% in the case of Ford. Our established 2015 price targets increase on newly considered 2016 earnings rather than 2015 in our valuation analysis and on capital structure roll-forward as the firms generate sizable cash flow. 2016 earnings are
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JFK documentary and information specials explore JFK anniversary JFK documentary and information specials are among the crop of TV commemorations pegged to this half-century mark of a weekend when, as viewers will be reminded again and again, everything changed. By Frazier Moore, Associated Press / November 8, 2013 Caroline Kennedy gets a piggy-back ride from her father, Sen. John F. Kennedy, in Hyannis Port, Mass, Nov. 1960. It was the first chance in weeks Kennedy has had to relax
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