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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Where the BMW films a good idea? How successful was the campaign? In my opinion‚ the BMW films where a great idea at that specific moment in time. The company had no new product launches to promote. Furthermore‚ budget was available in order to “experiment” new ideas and innovative advertising and promotion actions. With this pure branding exercise BMW had little to lose (mainly money) and a huge deal to win. The campaign proved to be an incredibly successful one. In order to measure and justify
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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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expand of the potential market. For example‚ China and Russia. In terms of brand promotion‚ BMW Group‚ will seize the opportunity‚ and vigorously advise and expand public awareness network. At the same time‚ BMW also advertise their ambitions and sense of responsibility to society. In the automotive manufacturing area‚ BMW Group proposed to advertise new product concepts and environmental protection. BMW believes that with further development of the industrial era‚ the traditional energy sources
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2010 1. Describe the culture of BMW. Organizational culture is an idea in the field of Organizational studies. A culture is derived through the individual experiences‚ attitudes‚ shared values or common perceptions that are held by each member of an organization. Organizational culture affects such outcomes as productivity‚ performance‚ commitment‚ self confidence‚ and ethical behavior. Within the auto industry‚ Bavarian Motor Works‚ or BMW recently chose to create a paradigm shift
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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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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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HBS CASE: BMW FILMS 1. How fit is the BMW brand at the time of the case? Are there any reasons to anticipate undesirable financial performance in the future? Answer: Before the mid-1970s‚ BMW had been regarded by most Americans as a niche foreign car manufacturer. However‚ in the late-1970s‚ BMW had emerged as on of the hottest luxury brand in North America. BMW has many strong competitors and almost lose America market in 1992. BMW took many actions such as introduce new models‚ change
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Competition BMW faced competitive rivalry in the United Kingdom most especially from Mercedes who are their biggest rivals. Mercedes have the second largest market share of cars in the United Kingdom‚ hence making them a strong competitor against BMW who are the first in market share in the United Kingdom. Besides that‚ there are introduction of new entrants into the car manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom. The new competitor that enters into the market was taken over some of the market
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rumours in the automobile industry suggested BMW may exit the US market. In the ten years from 1991 to 2000 however the company rebounded and by 2000 annual sales had reached record levels of just under 200‚000. This impressive turnaround was achieved through introducing new models‚ an aggressive pricing strategy‚ re-organising the dealer network and adapting the cars to the American market. The cars were marketed at very specific target audience. BMW had identified their target customer segment
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