Elevator Pitch: This case talks about how Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, developed the Nano, the world's cheapest car. The case focuses on the translation of Ratan Tata's (chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, managing director of Tata Motors into the Nano Project. The case raises questions around breaking the price-quality barrier and changing existing internal processes to accommodate revolutionary new ideas. The dilemma of success—Tata
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BMW has always been premium brand oriented company. It manufactures three brands in BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce. These brands occupy various high end market segments from small car to luxury premium car. This leads to BMW become the only both premium car and motorcycle manufacture. Each brand within BMW has its own clear brand image. Its products have rich product connotation in aesthetic and dynamic design, dynamic performance, technical content, and
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adapted to compete effectively . HMC has faced some of the difficulties & problems that affect its market position & brand image. Their problems is going around three main problems which are "Sales, rate & quality". HMC rates was so cheap which made the product is undervalued by the customers. In fact, the cheap price of their cars reflect its quality as some customers are needed for expensive cars. Therefore, Hyundai goal in US only to maintain its share not to gain more profits & sales in one had
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“motor for motor car and ola’, implies sound, according to our case study. The first Motorola car radio was introduced by Galvin Manufacturing in 1930, the Motorola Police Cruiser radio in 1936 and in 1937 the home radio. By the end of 1937 B.F. Goodrich partnered with Galvin Manufacturing to become the first national Motorola dealer. In 1940 Galvin Manufacturing products include Handle-Talkie used by the military in World War II. Motorola once controlled the United States market for wireless communication
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Report 2014 SMART CITY EXPO WORLD CONGRESS 1 SCEWC 2014 5 2 Exhibition Global Partners Supporting Institutions Hosted by Organized by 3 Smart City Plaza Call for Solutions Partners’ Solutions Report 2014 10 12 16 18 18 20 22 24 4 Smart Activities Brokerage Event 1st Smart Cities Investment Forum Job Marketplace Smart City Open Innovation Marketplace SynergyS Internet of Things Big Bang
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Mini’s marketing strategy has shifted in terms of targeting and brand positioning. As previously it was an affordable iconic British car, now it has become a cool luxury car dominantly for a young segment. Its international marketing strategy is differentiated in a way that a brand is built up on the historical iconic image of Mini for the UK and associated market. The business strategy of the mini is based on having a powerful brand image. This strategy forms the foundation of the success of the
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automobile industry.entrpernuers in the United States and Europe made the first prototypes of vehicles by the end of the nineteenth century. Since then entrepreneurial activities has been booming in the industry that has been motivated by competition among car manufacturers. Competition in the automotive industry inspired the introduction of innovative promotional strategies, marketing strategies, pricing and consumer-oriented promotional strategies. This paper researches on the automotive industry, taking
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and requested Tony to buy an existing airline. Hence Tune Air set up by Tony and his investors bought Air Asia for a token sum of RM1. Before 2001. AirAsia failed to attract enough passengers from Malaysia Airline to establish its own stand in the market. The turning point for AirAsia was in 2001 subsequent to its purchase by Tony Fernandes. Tony Fernandes enrolled low-cost airline experts to restructure the business model of AirAsia. He invited Connor McCarthy, formerly the director of the group
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should have; powerful brand name, recognizable symbol and logo, premium price, high awareness and loyalty that provides predictability and security of demand for the firm and creates barriers to entry that make it difficult for other firms to enter the market. Loyalty also can translate into a willingness to pay a higher price. Beside all of the elements that we can see, there are many components ,under the surface related to the brand, that make him strong and powerful, like ; high quality, efficient
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Windshield Assessment Boundaries .7 The boundaries for this neighborhood are mainly physical with commercial streets; the main roads being New Hampshire avenue, the 495 beltway, and route 29. It is known as the Hillandale and white oak neighborhood. The prominent apartment complexes in this community are “the chateau apartments,” “the Avery Apartments,” and “the White Oak Apartments. The economic boundaries of this community
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