PRO/CON: Should the government subsidize electric cars? By McClatchy-Tribune‚ adapted by Newsela staff on 01.08.14 Word Count 1‚431 Angie Vorhies plugs in the charging cord to her Nissan Leaf electric vehicle at a mall on Nov. 13‚ 2013‚ in San Diego. Photo: AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi PRO: Don’t pull the plug on electric cars BLOOMINGTON‚ Ind. — It would be very unwise to “pull the plug” on electric-car subsidies at this time. The government money helps support the car industry and make up for tough regulations
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How far do you think an Electric Vehicle can travel on a single charge? To test the awareness and knowledge of the consumers regarding electric vehicles we asked this question and the options and answers are as follows: 50 - 100 kms 31.8% 100 - 200 kms 50% 200 - 300 kms 9.1% More than 300 kms 9.1% Are you aware of any of the following Electric Vehicles? The next question was asked on the awareness on the electric cars available in the Indian market. The options and answers
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Globalization and General Electric (GE) 1. GE has invested so aggressively in foreign expansion because of the potential development that is possible. The United States is a prominent developed country‚ while other countries are still developing. This gives GE the possibility to expand their business by giving the country new products and opportunities to develop their economy. GE takes advantage of the economic uncertainty of foreign countries to move into the country at a lower cost. For example
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General Electric Medical Systems 1. Q 1. What is the underlying logic behind the global product idea? What are the costs and the benefits that are expected? Global Products Company(GPC) strategy is based on the following underlying logical premises: a. Markets for medical equipment are systems are becoming increasingly global in nature. They are no more restricted to only the developed First and Second World countries having advanced healthcare
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Introduction Lincoln Electric is a leading manufacturer of welding products‚ welding equipment and electric motors Their management system is so successful that people refer to it with capital letters-the Lincoln Management System-and other business uses it to benchmark their own Lincoln uses diverse control approach The company’s system success is largely is due to the organizational culture based on openness and trust Because the management system worked so well‚ senior executives decided
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Executive Summary Consolidated Electric (CE) is a mid-Western wholesale distributor of electronic goods for the construction industry. These include wire‚ electric boxes‚ connectors‚ lighting fixtures and electrical controllers among others. The company carries 20‚000 separate line items in inventory that are produced by over 200 manufacturers. Items are priced from under one cent to several hundred dollars. The top 2‚000 items produce 50% of sales‚ the next 8‚000 items account for 30% of sales
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BPMN 3023 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Semester 2‚ Session 2014/2015 Group L Prepared to: BADRUDDIN BIN A.RAHMAN Prepared by: STRATEGIC AUDIT: GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE) WILLIAM TEH CHUN ZIAN CHAN SHIEN LING ONG WEI LING CHEW SHWU LING CHONG WEY LEONG MOW WIN FAI GAN MEI YEE SIM HONG PING ONG TENG BIN ATIKAH BT AZMI 219081 219250 220125 220213 220310 220752 220857 221580 221691 221789 Current Situation Earnings per share 9.4% Operating earnings per share 9.3% Strategic Posture MISSION to inventing
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Lincoln Electric (LE) manufactures and sells arc-welding equipment and electrical motors. The company’s objective is to produce quality products at a low price. This objective was to help LE build up their reputation. Therefore their key success factor is their cost leadership. This was achieved through their highly productive employees. LE believed that in order to satisfy customer’s interest‚ the employees are the only people who can make it happen. As a result‚ LE created an attractive bonus
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Competitive Exposure GM’s Case Study 3 Question 1 - Why is GM worried about the evolution of the JPY? * The Japanese automakers were one of the main competitors of General Motors because their main advantage came from having large portions of their cost structure denominated in Yen‚ which meant that they were liable to achieve significantly reduced costs in the face of currency depreciation. This reduced cost would comprise of lower cost of productions‚ thus leading to a rise in the Product
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The case describes issues related to supply chain quality and how they evolve in the context of a multi-tiered global supply chain. The case involves a global multi-tier automotive supply chain made up of one of the world’s largest automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)‚ its tier 1 supplier that is also a U.S.-based global corporation and the tier 2‚ tier 3 and tier 4 suppliers based in India. With Automek’s engineering support‚ Agile had developed many parts successfully for the OEM
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