For over three decades‚ BMW built its brand to be synonymous with performance and the driving experience. The brand character and tone (serious‚ focused‚ and engaged) remained unwavering for the most part‚ while drivers enjoyed innovative‚ high-performance-yet-accessible vehicles that connect them with the road‚ rather than isolating them from it. | | | | | BMW created a highly coveted brand franchise by successfully cultivating an extremely loyal following of luxury-performance automobile
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BMW Type Aktiengesellschaft Traded as FWB: BMW Industry Automotive industry Founded 1916 Founder(s) Franz Josef Popp Headquarters Munich‚ Germany Area served Worldwide Key people Norbert Reithofer (CEO)‚ Joachim Milberg (Chairman of the supervisory board) Products Automobiles‚ motorcycles‚ bicycles Revenue €60.48 billion (2010) Operating income €5.094 billion (2010) Profit €3.218 billion (2010) Total assets €108.87 billion (end 2010) Total equity €23.10 billion
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BMW AG (an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG‚ or in English‚ Bavarian Motor Works)‚ is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. BMW is the world’s largest premium carmaker and is the parent company of the BMW MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands‚ and‚ formerly‚ Rover. The company’s tagline in English is currently "The Ultimate Driving Machine." The original German slogan is "Freude am Fahren"‚ which translates to "Joy in Driving" in English. BMW’s main
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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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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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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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for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Bavarian Motor Works) TABLE OF CONTENTS An overview of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG----------------------------------P.4 BMW – Mission-------------------------------------------------------------------------P.5 Automobile Market--------------------------------------------------------------------P.9 BMW – “The Ultimate Marketing Machine”-----------------------------------P.12 Customer-driven------------------------------------------------------------------P
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Case 2 focuses on the Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) Company. My analysis will define each of the company ’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats as brought about within the case as well as through additional research. The history of the Bavarian Motor Works is a history of innovation‚ dedication and determination. These achievements are reflected in the BMW emblem‚ symbolizing a rotating airplane propeller from BMW ’s early years as an aircraft engine manufacturer. Today‚ the emblem
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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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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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