Polesie Master Thesis‚ 10 points Abstract Master Thesis in Business Administration School of Economics and Commercial Law Gothenburg University Autumn 2006 Authors: Hiba Larsson and Christian Falkemark Thesis Adviser: Thomas Polesie Title: BMW – A Company Analysis Thesis Language: English Background: The automotive industry is distinguished by a highly competitive market. Thus‚ the actors on the market struggle with increasing cost of production‚ development and mature markets. With the
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For the exclusive use of X. LIU CASE: A-165 DATE: 09/00 (REV’D. 05/07) SEARS: ACCOUNTING FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS Sarah Simons picked up the 1999 Annual Report for Sears‚ Roebuck and Co.‚ which had just been delivered to her office. As an analyst for a major brokerage‚ she was responsible for providing investment advice regarding companies in the retail industry‚ including Sears. She looked over the income statement‚ noting that net income grew by 39 percent over the previous year‚
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The Post-Acute Team (PAT) is one of the many teams that composed the Medical Management Department. My team is mainly a functional team. With this being said‚ we have a team leader (Assistant Director) that oversees us – the team members (RNs‚ LPNs‚ UMAs‚ and PTs). Below is a diagram I made showing the analogy between a functional team and my team – the Post-Acute Team (PAT). Each team in our department has a specific purpose and my team’s main function is to facilitate the smooth transition
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Executive Summary BMW Group Canada is looking to revive the Individual Collection (IC) program to distinguish BMW from the competitor high end vehicle customization marketing options. In order to successfully revive the Individual Collection program at BMW‚ changes need to take place at the head office level to create awareness and importance on this program to increase sales and excitement companywide. Re-launching the Individual Collection program at BMW would increase sales by
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1. Helmut Panke‚ chairman and CEO of BMW (U.S.) introduced BMW’s strategic significance of the Z3 as reducing cost‚ firm commitment to the U.S. market and increase in production. Firstly‚ BMW’s BDI in the U.S. had decreased from 16.3% in 1984 to only 9.6% in 1991. With a low amount of product sales and international monetary fluctuations‚ BMW desired to lower production cost by moving from Germany to the U.S. and adjust model prices if necessary. Secondly‚ manufacturing in the U.S. had attained an
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actions by the intern Dr Pham were a result of cross monitoring? This scenario demonstrated good teamwork skills as the team were having a huddle‚ the team were discussing the next steps of care for the patient. It is evident that they are working together as a team since they were all committed to the same purpose‚ performance goals and approach‚ as each member of the team was mutually accountable and responsible for the patient as evident by Dr Pham cross monitoring (Persily 2013‚ p.8). The actions
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long run. It did not successfully target the typical BMW buyer (which has been refuted above). At the moment it is too trendy (as the opposite of “classic”) to last long. How successful has the campaign been? The film has got about 10 million click-throughs among young people and most viewers recommend them to friends‚ so the campaign is sensational to some extent. With the modest budget for media expenditure‚ BMW has got a nice bang for its marketing buck. 2. What
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force‚ businesses are working with more culturally diverse employees and co-workers than ever before‚ which is a great experience and at the same time a challenge. Teams that are ethnically diverse have advantages over demographic homogeneous teams by adding new perspectives and inputs. This diversity can also cause conflict within the team; however this is not a problem as long as it is constructively handled. If the problems are not constructively handled then economic and employee dissatisfaction
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Marketing Cross-functional Relationship during NPD and collaborative capability for marketing managers Abstract In the era of hi-tech and rapid information development‚ the success of the enterprises mainly depends on the continuous NPD. It is discovered by a lot of research that the collaboration between the marketing and other departments is critical to the success of new products. The marketing can have better promotion performance through effective collaboration with R&D and other departments
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"BMW OF NORTH AMERICA: DREAM IT. BUILD IT. DRIVE IT" BMW has been in the mass customization business since 1992. This longevity in the customization expertise has enabled them to deliver on schedule and also make last minute changes in the production process. Customization at BMW also was instrumental in the successful re-launch of the iconic MINI. Technology and media have also impacted greatly to the buyers mentality in car purchase. Online research is a driver in the buying process‚ whether
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