This form can be used to organize your thoughts about a case. As you perform your analysis remain open to the fact that your interpretation of the facts may change and therefore you should constantly revisit your answers. Define the Problem: Describe the type of case and what problem(s) or issue(s) should be the focus for your analysis. The type of case that this is an evaluation case. In this case‚ one of the major problems that will be the main focus is the simple fact that there have been
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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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Bmw Strategic Plan Table of Contents 1.0. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2.0. BUSINESS MISSION VISSION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 5 2.1. Company Mission and Vision 5 2.2. Goals 5 2.3. Core competence/sustainable competitive advantage 6 3.0. ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 7 3.1. Micro Environment (C3SPM ) 7 3.2. Macro Environment (SLEPT) 12 4.0. KEY CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS 15 5.0. SWOT 17 6.0. BASIC STRATEGIC THRUST 23 6.1. Proposal 1: Innovation 25 6.2. Proposal 2: Differentiation
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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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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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Bayerische Motoren Werke AG‚ commonly known as BMW or BMW AG‚ is a German automobile‚ motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. BMW is headquartered in Munich‚ Bavaria‚ Germany. It also owns and produces Mini cars‚ and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad. In 2010‚ the BMW group produced 1‚481‚253 automobiles and 112‚271 motorcycles across all its brands. BMW is part of the "German Big 3" luxury automakers‚ along with Audi
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L.A. F block BMW When BMW introduced the first generation of the BMW 3 Series onto the market 30 years ago‚ they had just reached a new record number of employees‚ at 29‚000. Today‚ in contrast‚ the BMW Group employs almost 106‚000 employees worldwide. Total sales for BMW for 1975‚ including all model series together‚ was slightly more than 226‚000 automobiles. Last year‚ they sold more vehicles of the BMW 5 Series alone. In 2004‚ they sold almost twice as many BMW 3 Series cars - 450‚000 vehicles
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With its three brands‚ BMW‚ Mini and Rolls-Royce‚ the BMW group is competing in the industry of luxury automotive and motorcycles. This industry is performing well ; while the motorcycle market has been relatively flat these last years‚ the automotive market shows a positive increase with a strong growth in China (+17.4%) and Europe (+6.6%). In this industry‚ BMW faces the competition of two major rivals‚ Audi and Mercedes-Benz. As these three groups represent an important part of the market‚ competition
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Background: The Munich based Bayerische Motoren Werke AG(BMW)automobile company grew into one of the leading automobile producers in the world by the 1990s‚ and radically changed the way BMW was handling “innovation process management” at its automobile division. Goals: To develop and demonstrate exceptional skills in constantly creating and capturing value‚ through its innovations and development of new products. Actions(Actual Ideas): The new innovation management system was developed and
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Bavarian Motor Work created its BMW Films campaign to be unconventional with its non-traditional marketing. BMW sought out to change its frame of reference‚ for its target market segment; to do this BMW did not rely on deception in its advertising execution. Throughout each of the BMW films the viewer knew that the plot revolved around a BMW vehicle and what the car could do for the actors. BMW has three market segments that create the 7 Series‚ the 5 Series and the 3 Series. Each of these segments
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