BMW: THE 7-SERIES PROJECT mary lou Brief History of Bayerische Motoren Werke: BMW‚ a German company is a producer of automobiles and motorcycles. Designed as an aircraft manufacturer and originally founded in 1913 by Karl Fredrich Rapp‚ the company was commissioned to build the V-12 engine for Austria-Hungary. In need of extra financing‚ Rapp reconstructed the company as the Bayerische Motoren Werke. In 1917‚ Rapp left the company and it was taken over by Austrian Franz Josef Popp who
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Apple Innovation Strategy David Aguirre‚ Kimbery Heath‚ Tonisha Murray and Deborah Rogers September 20‚ 2012 STR/581 Stanley Jurewicz Apple Innovation Strategy Successful innovation plays an important role in the strategic initiative of many dominant organizations. The willingness to focus on a result is extremely vital to the successfulness of major organizations. Apple‚ Inc is a competitive organization predominantly responsible
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on “what makes a BMW a BMW”. In fact‚ there was no product launch to advertise and BMW was able to use this time to shift its strategy from ‘push’ to ‘pull’. The goal of this advertisement was to “produce the most exciting‚ fun thing people had ever seen come out of their computer”. In terms of numbers‚ this campaign was used to maintain growth and sales‚ which had been growing excessively since 1992: from 60 000 units sold to 180 000 units (exhibit 1). In terms of target‚ BMW wanted to attract
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Innovation Strategy & Entrepreneurship Professor Ron Adner 4i Framework Airbus A380 – Big enough for Innovation? • Do Young KIM • Guillaume RIGOIGNE • Jacky LU • Jae Sung CHOI • Ji Won LEE • Sampo VEHKAOJA Introduction Airbus decided in December 2000 to proceed with 555-seat super-jumbo jets in head-to-head competition with Boeing’s 747 for the first time. Before the A380 project‚ both Airbus and Boeing had focused on cornering the Very Large Aircraft or VLA market. Airbus and Boeing
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| Valuation BMW Group | BUSM31 – Strategic Financial Management | 2010-10-27 | Group 14 | | | Tutor: Authors: Måns Kjellsson Daniel Hedevåg Jonas Karlsson Mathias Ljungberg Jakob Tuvehjelm Background BMW is one of the ten largest automobile manufacturers in the world‚ with an annual production of 1.3 million cars (2009). It is furthermore one of the leading manufacturers in the premium car segment. BMW Group brand portfolio includes in addition
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Corporate Research Paper – BMW Group Introduction Bayersiche Motoren Werke Group (BMW Group) is a German company whose operations are “focused on the premium segments of the international automobile markets (BMW Group)”. BMW Group was founded in 1916 and established its main plant and headquarters in Munich‚ Germany just after World War I in 1922. Those facilities exist as BMW’s headquarters and flagship plant to this day (BMW Group). BMW Group coordinates its activities in more than 150 countries
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Executive Summary BMW has embarked on a mission to cut its notoriously long product development time in half utilizing a newly developed system code named "Digital Car". Senior management has decided to utilize the new process on the 7-series platform. In order to accomplish this goal‚ BMW is preparing to take advantage of the latest computer technology in car development. At the forefront of the new plan is a debate over the use of computer-aided-styling (CAS). We recommend that BMW implement the
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Innovation Strategy Brendaliz Medina‚ Edwin Reyes‚ Jan C. Fernández‚ Rosa Molina & Yahaira Ocasio University of Phoenix STR / 581Strategic Planning and Implementation March 17‚ 2015 Prof. Carmen Bonilla Quianes Innovation Strategy The successful organizations combine technological change and the change of business model to create innovation. Furthermore‚ to effectively incorporate a strong model of innovation in business mentality‚ the leadership team and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) need
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Sun He/Sean Blake Hunter Huang Xiaolu/Heloise Chen Haoyue/Cindy History BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) was started in 1916 World War I Gustav Otto‚ Karl Rapp‚ Franz Josef Popp‚ Camillo Castiglioni History 1923 First Motorcycle (R32) 1927 first automobile invented by Max Friz Gotthilf Durrwachter (BMW 3/15) History World War II 1959 expanded factory 1973 expansion to Rosslyn‚ South Africa 1980 first motorcycle with anti-lock brakes History 1999-2007 New
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Resource based analysis of BMW: RESOURCES CATEGORIES BMW RESOURCES PHYSICAL RESOURCES BMW’s technology‚ conventionally designed and styled‚ effective segmentation according to the market‚ supply chain and dealership management FINANCIAL RESOURCES Turnover of € 41.53 billion in 2003‚ gross margins of € 3.2 billion in 2003‚ annual surplus of € 3.2 billion in 2003‚ 7.4% profit margins in 2003 HUMAN RESOURCES Highly qualified labor force‚ Young and affluent professionals INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
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