Case Study: Immelt and the reinventing of General Electric Posted on July 29‚ 2011by Bruno Mognayie This case study was part of a strategy assignment taken at the SDA Bocconi School of Management. I’d like to thank my fellows Gouri Wagle‚ Felipe dell’Oro‚ Andrea Masina‚ Paolo Cerchiario‚ Ashna Suri-Sasmal and myself for the insights that contributed to put through this work. The issue: In September 2009‚ Ge’s Board of Directors reappointed Jeff Immelt as CEO. My team was asked to prepare a memo
Premium Investment General Electric
HYBRID CARS: THE BEST OR THE WORST CHOICE? CLAIM 1 Hybrid cars can help to save money. REASONS: Hybrid cars use combination of fuel engine and electric generator which consume less fuel. EVIDENCE: You won’t have to spend as much money on fuel. Hybrid cars have an electric motor as well as a gasoline engine. The gasoline engine is not engaged during low speeds‚ which saves money on your fuel costs. (page 1‚ paragraph 1‚ line 1) http://www.easy-green-living
Premium Internal combustion engine Electric vehicle
available alternatives are Electric‚ Hydrogen and Hybrid vehicles. Hybrid cars still emit carbon dioxide; Hydrogen cars produce pure water as waste‚ but technical problems need to be overcome. Moreover‚ hydrogen fuel cells use platinum for catalysts and supplies of platinum are limited. Tesla Motors believes that the electric automobiles are an ideal solution because zero emission is produced effectively during operation‚ no fuel is consumed while running‚ and the electric engine is much simpler comparing
Premium Internal combustion engine Electric vehicle Automobile
Political‚ Economic‚ Socio-cultural‚ Technological‚ Legal and Environmental dimensions * The Market Entry Mode * The Marketing Strategy of Hydrogen powered vehicle * The International Operation Management * The Hiring and Employees Management * Conclusion * References Plan for hydrogen-powered vehicles entering Hong Kong market Introduction Nowadays‚ the problem of global warming and greenhouse effect has raised concern all over the world. During energy generation
Premium Hydrogen vehicle Automobile Fuel cell
The Path Forward: LIT MOTORS This report considers the strategy for Lit Motors; a San-Francisco based electric car start-up with two prototype vehicles in development. The Lit C-1 is the flagship product described as an enclosed‚ two-passenger‚ electric-powered‚ two-wheeled “daily driver”. The Lit Cargo Scooter folds to a small footprint when not in use and provides additional cargo space compared to normal scooters. The president and founder of Lit Motors is Daniel Kim‚ an erstwhile science and
Premium Target market Electric vehicle Automobile
connection with the object.’ Model T The ’Ford Model T ’ was the first ever mass produced car on moving assembly lines with completely interchangeable parts‚ from September 1908 until October 1927. This car was considered to be the first affordable vehicle marketed to the middle class. During the time of production 15 million Model T ’s left the factory and into the public making
Premium Toyota Prius Automobile Design
consumption habits. One major contributing factor to global warming are the cars humans drive every‚ more specifically the engines that power them. Gasoline engines are a major problem because of the emissions they put into the atmosphere; however‚ electric engines and other alternatives may prove to be the future. Gasoline engines have been powerhouses literally and figuratively for a long time. Not only
Premium Carbon dioxide Internal combustion engine Automobile
Fiat Customer Experience in the United States Introduction Fiat is an Italian car company headquartered in Turin‚ Italy. The parent company‚ Fiat SpA‚ owns many reputable car brands in the world including Alfa Romeo‚ Chrysler‚ Dodge‚ Ferrari‚ Jeep and Maserati (fiatspa.com). The company re-entered the US market in 2011 by purchasing a 20% stake in Chrysler. As of January‚ 2014‚ Fiat owns 100% of Chrysler (Sloan‚ 2014). It sells the Fiat 500 line in the US (fiatusa.com). The purpose of this paper
Premium Automotive industry Fiat Renault
future than electric cars. In effect‚ this is a huge change for people in general and they are not used to that way of driving and consuming. Offering an electric car is too radical and making hybrid cars‚ combining fuel and electricity is a good way to make a transition. This is why I choose to makes it on hybrid car. Secondly‚ I choose the 5008 hybrid HDI because is one of the biggest car that Peugeot is offering‚ and as we know American people are more likely to use biggest vehicles than in France
Premium Electric vehicle General Motors Renault
Hybrid Cars I have always wondered what Hybrid cars were all about. Especially because over the past couple of years gas prices have been at record highs. I knew that there were such things as electric cars but until this last year or so I have only seen the wealthy be able to afford to drive them. And from what I had heard about Hybrid cars was that they were over priced‚ small‚ and not so attractive cars. No wonder nobody owns them. Now I am starting to see them more often and they aren’t as
Premium Plug-in hybrid Electric vehicle Internal combustion engine