Issues/Challenges Today‚ Ducati is one of the most successful motorcycle companies in the world with adramatic profit growth since 1996. Before its huge success‚ Ducati was one step away fromfacing bankruptcy. Ducati managed to overcome such an obstacle through strong innovation andculture. Today‚ Ducati is faced with another challenge that may bring fortune to the company if successfully managed. Ducati set a new goal‚ which is to sustain the explosive double-digit profitgrowth in the next decade
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Ducati Corse: The Making of a Grand Prix Motorcyle Ducati Corse‚ a subsidiary of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A‚ was responsible for managing the activities of the Ducati racing teams. Historically‚ Ducati had been the dominant force in the Superbike Circuit winning 13 titles since 1990. Until recently‚ Ducati was only part of the World Superbike series. But a recent rule by FIM (in 2001) permitting the use of 4-stroke engine in bikes as against 2-stroke engines‚ which was a mandate earlier (for MotoGP)
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Ducati and Texas Pacific Group Case StudyFinancial PolicyApril 8‚ 2010 | Chris CovielloMatt CarrozzaChris HammondNick Baseel | Introduction In the Fall of 1995 Texas Pacific Group (TPG)‚ by way of Abel Halpern‚ expressed interest in purchasing Ducati‚ the Italian motorcycle company‚ from Cagiva‚ an Italian conglomerate owned by the Castiglioni family. Cagiva owned a number of diverse companies but had become excessively leveraged‚ and Ducati’s profits were believed to be supporting other failing
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Ducati Submission Three growth Options for Ducati are 1. Enter into the new Cruiser Market 2. Increase Distribution Channel through New Dealers in US and outside Europe 3. Introduce sporty bike segment for women Entering into New Cruiser Market Benefits: Globally‚ the current cruiser market has one majority player and others are small players and within the European market there is no major player. So the threat of competitor response is quite low. Cruiser market is dominated by Harley
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------------------------------------------------- Subject: Ducati This memo will serve to identify the resources‚ capabilities and activities that are central to the competitive advantage of Ducati. Also included is an attempt to summarize the strategy essence of the firm as well as to suggest a thesis statement for Ducati. Ducati’s best resources center on their brand name (dating back to 1926)‚ their signature Desmodromic valve distribution system‚ and their collection of top-notch engineers
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In the summer of 1996 Frederico Minoli was appointed as the CEO of Ducati in order to lead the company into a new era of profitability and to establish Ducati as a brand to contend in the sports motorcycle segment. Minoli was faced with a company which‚ despite having a team of top engineers‚ had gained a reputation for average quality as a result of inefficient production and poor management. It was Minoli whom later described Ducati’s top management as operating in “a structured chaos”‚ as he believed
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The University Wits The University Wits were a group of late 16th century English playwrights and secular writers who were educated at the Oxford and Cambridge. Prominent members of this group were Christopher Marlowe‚ Robert Greene and Thomas Nashe from Cambridge‚ and John Lily‚ Thomas Lodge and George Peele from Oxford. Thomas Kyd is sometimes considered as one of the University Wits but he did not read in any university. Nevertheless‚ Kyd’s plays show close resemblance to those of others members
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is this made evident in the texts you have studied? Connections between John Donne’s Selective Poems and Margaret Edson’s play Wit to a great extent enrich the audiences understanding of each text and the themes of death and love. When these texts are studied together it is evident through continual intertextual reference that Donne has heavily influenced the play Wit. Although the texts differ contextually‚ with Donne’s 17th Century poetry and Edson’s 20th Century script writing‚ their contextual
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manufacturing industry so attractive? Ducati has found major success in the motorcycle industry with its stylish and performance driven vehicles. Although several competitors have decided to leave the industry‚ Ducati believes the industry to be attractive for several reasons. The fact that a Ducati product is a niche product works towards the company’s favor. As any niche product‚ the consumer’s are very particular about purchasing the Ducati brand and the Ducati brand only. This creates a set of consumers
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Business analysis of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. February 13‚ 2011 This analysis will focus on three famous motorcycle brands - Ducati‚ Honda and Yamaha which have been operating in the motorcycle business for decades. Competition in the industry is high and in order to succeed manufacturers have to manufacture premium quality motorcycles for the same target group. At first sight it might seem that the three brands are identical but a more detailed analysis indicates that there are significant
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