Teaming up with Nissan who was in financial difficulties and had already established position in the market looked like a perfect fit for both sides. In revenge for teaming up with Renault‚ Nissan could obtain financial support as well as a market presence in a new market – Europe and South America (Donnelly et al.‚ 2005) 4.3.1.1 Renault Renault‚ headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt‚ back in the time of the merger was a relatively young company‚
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BACKGROUND The Global Leadership of Carlos Ghosn at Nissan During March 1999‚ Brazilian Carlos Ghosn took over as the first non-Japanese Chief Operating Officer of Nissan‚ when Nissan had been incurring losses for seven of the prior eight years. Many of the industry analysts expected a culture clash between the French leadership style and his new Japanese employees. Analysts said‚ because the financial situation at Nissan had become critical so the decision to bring Ghosn in came at the worst possible
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SITUATION ANALYSIS This is a case about the success story of the renewal of Nissan’s brand and revival of the company from the “near death situation”. The background through which the company has reached this stature is explained in brief as follows: The company was founded – Mass production of cars began First compact import car was produced for the American Market This was the period the company launched 240Z and Dastun 510 sedan. For this decade the cars that were launched used the brand name
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Rescuing Nissan from Crisis Running a business successfully can be difficult if we do not know how to manage the entire company. When it is a small business‚ it is relatively easier to find the problems‚ and the earlier the problems were found‚ the easier to fix them. However‚ when it comes to a big company‚ it becomes harder to see problems because they usually take time to rise to the surface. Therefore‚ by the time we find out what is wrong‚ it can be too late to fix them. The company
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CASE: SM-189 DATE: 06/16/11 NISSAN’S ELECTRIC VEHICLE STRATEGY IN 2011: LEADING THE WAY TOWARD ZERO-EMISSION You can’t ignore that zero-emission vehicles are the wave of the future. Carlos Ghosn‚ president and CEO of Renault-Nissan Alliance‚ January 12‚ 2010 INTRODUCTION It had been five months since Nissan sold its first all-electric vehicle‚ the Nissan LEAF‚ in Redwood City‚ California. Carlos Ghosn‚ president and CEO of both Nissan and its Alliance partner Renault‚ was betting big on zero-emission
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CASE ANALYSIS: RENEWING THE NISSAN BRAND The case analyzes the renewal of Nissan as a brand. It poses two important questions at the end: Could the process that Nissan followed for its renewal that had yielded positive results submit to some cost cutting? This case analysis tries to answer these questions while simultaneously analyzing the renewal of Nissan as a brand. In 1999‚ when Ghosn took over as COO‚ the company‚ the previous year’s sales were around 550000 which was one of the lowest figures
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Fundamentals of Marketing: Case Study Assignment - NISSAN Introduction Established in 1933‚ Nissan Motor Co.‚ Ltd. was a pioneer in the manufacturing of automobiles. Nearly 70 years later‚ Nissan has become one of the world’s leading automakers‚ with annual production of 2.4 million units‚ which represented 4.9 percent of the global market. Domestically‚ the company sells 774‚000 vehicles on an annual basis‚ placing it second behind Toyota Motor Corporation. About 35 percent of Nissan’s vehicles
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NISSAN CASE In the following‚ we are going to determine and discuss the 8 steps of Kotter in the Renault-Nissan article. The first step on the Kotter “scale” is “Establishing a sense of urgency”. From the beginning‚ Carlos Ghosn had a very clear communication strategy. He worked on creating a sense of urgency by sharing to the world how bad Nissan’s situation was. On the 18th of October 1999‚ Ghosn got straight to the point‚ by affirming to the auditors that Nissan was in a bad shape and was losing
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(Sources: www.media.renault.com) Global Strategy of the Renault-Nissan alliance Subject: Joint analysis on the Renault-Nissan alliance addressed to the CEO of Mitsubishi (group project) From: Group 22 Michael Sutherland Nicolas Murcia Saebong Cheon Yu Ri Na Jeong To: Professor Jan Jörgensen Due date: November 22‚ 2006 To M. Takashi Nishioka‚ Chairman of the Board of Mitsubishi Motors‚ Nowadays‚ Renault-Nissan is the fourth worldwide automaker with sales of 6‚129‚254 units in 2005
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Organizational Leadership Nissan Case Submitted by: Team 1 February 21‚ 2013 Question #1: What were the major problems at Nissan? Severe negative financial position in the market and unprofitable operation with the following causal factors: Product Management: Poor product styling resulting in loss of market share greater than many other car manufacturer’s total production Decentralization: Too many vehicle platforms that made production inefficient and was further complicated
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