* CONTENTS I. Internal analysis 4 A. Key facts 4 B. PSA in brief 4 C. Company overview 5 D. The electric vehicle 6 E. Focus on Peugeot Ion, the tangible product 6 F. Services 7 II. Macro 7 A. Ecological and Economical factor 7 B. Political factor 8 1. Legislations and government interventions 8 III. Micro 8 A. PURCHASE behavior: environmental vs. economical concern 8 B. Competitors offer 9 1. Specialist carmakers 9 2. Renault – Nissan 9 C. Substitutes
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owned by General Motors. Cadillac originally used to make carriages. The company sells in more than three dozen countries with its major operations centered in North America. It is known to be the second oldest automobile manufacturer in U.S. after GM and Buick. The industry Cadillac operates in is highly lucrative and money making (SWOT analysis of General Motors, 2013). The luxury cars do not make money by mass production rather by selling on premium prices. Here is the analysis of the industry
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RESEARCH PAPER ON GM Introduction "General Motors has no bad years, only good years and better years" (Sloan, 1972). This mantra established in 1950 by former GM president Harlow H. Curtice may have been true at one point, but is called into question today by many, including Wall Street. General Motors Corporation, also known, as GM or GMC is the world’s 2nd largest auto company in sales revenue behind Toyota which took the lead in 2006. General Motors reigned as the global leader in the automobile
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MACRO FACTORS AFFECTING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SUBMITTED BY: AAYUSH VERMA INTRODUCTION A business firm is an open system. It gets resources from the environment and supplies its goods and services to the environment. There are different levels of environmental forces. Some are close and internal forces whereas others are external forces. External forces may be related to national level, regional level or international level. These environmental forces provide opportunities or threats to the
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Ford SWOT Analysis Ford Motor Company has been a well-established company in the automobile industry since the early 1900’s and has been going strong ever since. Starting on a small-scale, Ford has become one of the leading international automobile makers in the industry, and continues to reevaluate itself in order to gain a competitive edge. One tool that a company can use is a SWOT analysis, which is used to identify internal and external factors that may affect the company moving forward in
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Fane, M. Reza Vaghefi, Cheryl Van Deusen and Louis A Woods, “Competitive Advantage the Toyota Way,” Business Strategy Review, Vol. 14, Issue 4, 2003, pp. 51 – 60. This paper mentioned the role of intellectual capital in Toyoda in forging corporate competitive advantage.Toyota’s TPS system is unique and the manufactures in US and Europe can hardly copy due to the different organizational structure. Toyota understood the significance of avoiding waist.They provide their workers with life-time
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hybrid vehicle Abstract The topic of this research paper is the impact of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) on the environment and society. The methodologies used to carry out research on this topic include collecting information on HEVs, their components, pollution caused by the manufacturing of their batteries, their economics, and their safety. The conclusions of the report are that HEVs adversely impact the environment and society. iii Table of Contents Abstract ........................
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Challenges Facing Emirates Motor Company in the Importation of Automobiles from Germany to UAE Name of Student Name of Instructor Name of Institution Date of Submission Executive Summary There are a number of challenges faced by organizations wishing to conduct business with other firms in a foreign country. The reason behind this is that the organization will be required to engage either in the importation or exportation of goods or services. The Emirates Motor Company has for many years
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THE CHANGE PROCESS IN GENERAL MOTORS AND FORD This brief analysis reflects on the change management processes employed by the two motor companies; Ford and General Motors. The references discussed in this paper were a source of information that provided knowledge into the 2 major corporations and the transformational changes that they underwent in an effort to ensure their profitability and viability. Both GM and Ford underwent major decline and loss in stock some few years back and even as one
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