Career of Norbert Reithofer‚ CEO of BMW In 1987‚ Norbert Reithofer joined Bavarian Motor Works‚ or BMW‚ as Chief of Maintenance Planning. Nevertheless‚ as Norbert Reithofer was a good student and a sincere worker in BMW‚ his improvement was fast. Within a couple of years‚ that is in 1989‚ Norbert Reithofer became the Director of Controlling Technologies‚ and after two more in 1991‚ reached the directorship of the Body-in-White production division of the BMW firm. In 1994‚ Norbert Reithofer
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Stategic Plan Executive Summary –Harley Davidson Strategic Plan The motorcycle industry is a consolidated industry. The U.S. and international heavyweight motorcycle markets are highly competitive. The major players‚ such as Yamaha‚ Suzuki‚ and Honda‚ generally have financial and marketing resources that are substantially greater than the non-major players. Competitions in the heavyweight motorcycle market are based on several factors; price‚ quality‚ reliability‚ styling‚ product features‚ customer
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Bachelor Thesis Department of Business Studies Århus‚ the 3rd of May 2010 Valuation of BMW - Financial & Strategic Analysis Authors Rasmus Ramshøj Pløen Exam no. 282821 BSc (B/IM) Mikkel Kronborg Olesen Exam no. 283755 BSc (B) Academic Advisor Nicolai Borcher Hansen ASB Aarhus School of Business TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PREFACE ..............................................................................................................................................................
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INTRODUCTION The BMW Group is a manufacturer of luxury automobiles and motorcycles. It has 24 production facilities spread over thirteen countries and the company’s products are sold in more than 140 countries. BMW Group owns three brands namely BMW‚ MINI and Rolls-Royce. This project contains detailed information about the marketing and promotional activities of BMW. It contains the history of BMW‚ its evolution after the world war and its growth as one of the leading automobile brands. This project
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Non-Traditional Marketing Bavarian Motor Work created its BMW Films campaign to be unconventional with its non-traditional marketing. BMW sought out to change its frame of reference‚ for its target market segment; to do this BMW did not rely on deception in its advertising execution. Throughout each of the BMW films the viewer knew that the plot revolved around a BMW vehicle and what the car could do for the actors. BMW has three market segments that create the 7 Series‚ the 5 Series and the
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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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In 1994‚ the BMW Corporation made the strategic decision to establish an assembly plant in Greer‚ SC. The move made BMW only the second European carmaker to move to the US‚ the Volkswagen Corporation was the first. There were several reasons that contributed to BMW ’s decision to assemble some of their vehicles outside of Europe. The value of the German deutschemark was one of the leading reasons for this decision‚ the low deutschemark value made it difficult for the
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BMW CASE: Globalizing Manufacturing Operations INTRODUCTION This case focus on the dilemma that the president of BMW Manufacturing Corp.‚ Al Kinzer‚ faced in 1995 in relation to BMW’s new plant at Spartanburg‚ South Carolina and a dramatically increased demand in the U.S. market for the Z3 model. To study the BMW case‚ the background information and role of new plant at Spartanburg will be described at the beginning. Secondly‚ the 3 alternatives options will be analyzed and compared accordingly
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Strategic Plan Report MINI Business 2010 Strategic Management & Business Policy Introduction Fitness industries are growing up and attracting huge number of companies to go through this business. Mini is one of these companies‚ which decided to enter the Australian market in order to start the fitness business as a branch of their main business. This report will explain how Mini active uses strategic management and applies its concepts and principles to enter a new market in
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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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