Ford Pinto Case John Fraughton Jr. Taylor Gray Brenda Greenwell Christopher Macintyre Leanne Marks University of Phoenix MGT 216 March 17‚ 2010 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Recommended Solutions and Supporting Information to the Ford Pinto Case 3 Traffic Safety and Accident Data 4 Ethical Opinion 5 Influences from External Social Pressures 5 Case Examined with the Period Eye 6 Conclusion 8 References 9 Introduction Very few 20 to 30 year olds know of
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Running head: CASE ANALYSIS – A TURNAROUND AT FORD 1 Case Analysis – A Turnaround at Ford Jerald Peet Saint Leo University THE TURNAROUND AT FORD 2 The story of Ford (F) in the last
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Corporate Restructuring: Corporate restructuring is one of the most complex and fundamental phenomena that management confronts. Each company has two opposite strategies from which to choose: to diversify or to refocus on its core business. While diversifying represents the expansion of corporate activities‚ refocus characterizes a concentration on its core business. From this perspective‚ corporate restructuring is reduction in diversification. Corporate restructuring is an episodic exercise‚
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Summary: A note on Valuing Companies in Corporate Restructuring The article is a note that describes how to apply the Discounted Cash Flow method of Company Valuation in companies undergoing corporate restructuring. The concept is based on the change in shareholders wealth as a direct result of the change in the firm’s value- which depends on multiple factors including corporate restructuring. The note describes in details about the technical aspects of the DCF method. First it defines the DCF
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Executive Summary After analyzing Ford’s existing supply chain I immediately became aware of its highly complex nature. This high level of complexity combined with other internal and external factors that have pushed Ford to search for solutions in order to overcome the costly supply chain challenges that they are facing and may continue to
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Best segment is freedom lovers. The Ford Ka was scheduled for launch at the Paris Motor Show in October 1996. But Brand Manager‚ Gilles Moynier‚ needed to decide on the target market for the new product. The car industry was traditionally segmented into size tiers‚ but Europe’s market for small cars was changing rapidly and even alternative segmentations did not reveal a clear target for the Ka. This case introduces students to the fundamental marketing problem of market segmentation and target
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Barbara Mason Globalization: A Closer Look at the Ford Company Ford Motor Company multinational cooperation that uses outsourcing to lower costs and boost productivity. Until the 1980’s Ford had a supply chain that allowed them to control every aspect of the making and distributing of their automobiles. From the steel and rubber plants that make the parts‚ to building the vehicles‚ storage and shipping. Though this was a good way for the companies to promote local made in America vehicles it was
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The Ford Pinto was a subcompact vehicle that Ford Motor Company manufactured from 1970- 1980. The Pinto caught on with consumers‚ and sales of the vehicle were high. However‚ serious problems quickly arose regarding the design of the Pinto. The gas tank on the vehicles was placed directly behind the rear axle instead of above it‚ with only nine inches of space between the gas tank and axle. Bolts were also placed close to the gas tank‚ increasing the risk that they could puncture the tank in an accident
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INTERNATIONAL CASE – RESTRUCTURING AT KOREA’S DAEWOO Question – 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a hands-off‚ decentralized management approach ? Answer – 1 1. Decentralization. It is the “tendency to disperse decision making authority in an organized structure”. 2. Decentralized Organization. A decentralized organization is one in which decision making is not confined to a few top executives rather is throughout the organization‚ with managers at various levels making key operating
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The Ford/Firestone Case This case involves Ford and the Japanese tire manufacturer‚ Bridgestone/Firestone. The Ford Explorers which were prone to rolling over‚ came equipped with Firestone defected tires. The tire seemed to have a defect that caused the tread to separate from the whole of the tire and cause the vehicle to flip. Although Firestone knew about such defects‚ they continued to produce despite knowing the deadly consequences that lay behind their actions. The Explorer also had a
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