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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OVERVIEW In 2001‚ BMW came out with its latest innovative marketing strategy titled BMW Films. In partnering with Fallon and Anonymous Productions‚ who connected with A-list directors‚ actors‚ and production value‚ created a series of five films collectively called “The Hire” that generated 2.5 millions viewers with over 24‚000 more unit sales than the 2000. And the question now rise to what should BMW’s next move be. ANALYSIS It took the firm about 50 years from its first automobile in 1929
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Background BMW was founded in 1913‚ and established as we know it now a day’s BMW AG in 1917. In the beginning BMW produced aircraft motors but after the Second World War they been forced to cease the production of aircrafts‚ they shift to the production of motorcycles in 1923‚ and following in 1929 the production of automobiles. The first car that BMW produce successfully was the Dixi. The logo was first used in advertisement in 1929. A huge crisis hit BMW in 1959 there were on a financial difficulty
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| | |Didier Passchier‚ Dealer IT Manager‚ BMW Group Belux | | | | | | |Customer Profile | | | | |BMW Belux’s IT-strategy department‚ Dealer | | |
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2006 BMW Group confirmed its position as the world’s leading premium manufacturer in the automobile industry with record sales‚ and profits exceeding €4 billion1. Since its inception‚ the BMW brand has stood for one thing: sheer driving pleasure. For many BMW drivers‚ owning a BMW has symbolic meaning of quality‚ efficiency and engineering expertise. BMW’s long-standing marketing message has been simply “the ultimate driving machine”‚ which is now 33 years old‚ (Trout‚ 2005). In 2000‚ BMW linked
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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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BMW Case Assignment #1: BMW Integrating Case Professor Mary Tranquillo Bus 520 Leadership and Organizational Behavior January 26‚ 2010 Culture of BMW Much of BMW’s success has derived from cultivating the concept of an entrepreneurial culture. They have adapted the idea to provide a place where workers feel connected‚ feel more like a family‚ and where work is compared to a lifestyle. “From the moment they set foot inside the company‚ associates experience a sense of place
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This case is about a firm that needs to change radically its new product development process. The company has been successful throughout its history by developing high quality new products in a traditional way that extended back for decades. Customer demands are pushing for greater variety of products in shorter times. Competitors are responding to these demands and are on the way to cut their NPD process times by 20-30%. For the Company to get ahead of competitors and put itself as a leader
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12/11/2012 BMW AG: The Digital Car Project (A) Case Summary This case study presents how BMW‚ a German automobile‚ motorcycle and engine manufacturing company‚ is trying to reduce development turnaround time using new technologies. To build new development capability three areas of opportunities are emphasized‚ managing automotive development including exterior styling; process/organizational changes; and adapting new computer-aided technologies. This strategic move is responsible for BMW historically
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Instructor’s Manual CASE TEACHING NOTES BMW Automobiles in the mid 2000s Valeriano Lencioni 1. Introduction This case explains the elements that make up BMW’s strengths and weaknesses and illustrates the circumstances that surround the group in the mid 2000s. After an outline of the automobile industry‚ the case examines the product portfolio and the performance of the automobiles division of the BMW group. Students are likely to relate readily to the issues in this case‚ since the product
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