------------------------------------------------- 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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-MFS- 1. Does the MFS system have weak or strong pay-to-performance? What type of behavior does the MFS system motivate? Basically‚ culture of MFS is focused on teamwork and community so that MFS manages their employees very fair and its compensation system also reflects this characteristic. For sustaining this team –based culture of MFS‚ which don’t prefer star(anti star culture)‚ MFS assesses their employees to the ways that not only fund-performance(performance factor) but also contribution
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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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Rosewood Hotels and Resorts is considering a new brand strategy in an attempt to increase their multi property guest stays‚ revenues and cross selling rates. However‚ the company needs to do so without the expense of possibly diminishing the powerful brand image and strategy of their existing properties. Rosewood has built a customer value proposition on a core set of philosophies‚ as well as‚ strategic and marketing plans designed to create their unique competitive advantage through differentiation
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Cathay Pacific Case Analysis 10/25/2007 Cathay Pacific (CP) is an interesting case because it is an example of a company attempting to work in isolation‚ vertically integrated and developing all their needs themselves. Truth is however; in today’s interconnected economy a company working independently simply can not compete. The world has become too dynamic and contains too many other companies developing better solutions to rely solely on one’s internal organization. Cathay eventually
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Business Strategy Apple Case 09 March 2012 “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer‚ But what none can see is the strategy Out of which victory is evolved.” Sun Tzu (1) 1 Executive summary 2 2 Introduction 3 3 Apple INC.: An overview 3 4 Strategy Analysis 4 4.1 Branch of economic activity 4 4.2 The 8 key concepts 4 4.2.1 Competitive advantage 4 4.2.2 Long term 4 4.2.3 Organization 4 4.2.4 Scope 5 4.2.5 Environment
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and marketing firm can´t decide where to place it. The problem is that they couldn’t make first the research of consumer needs‚ the Ford Ka is already developed‚ so they have to find the appropriate target for the product. Situation Analysis 2. Market Analysis: Small Car Market in France. In France small cars accounted for 43.7% of the 1.9 million new cars sold in 1995. This specific market is more developed in France than any other country on Europe due to taxation policy. (A car owner will
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differ drastically. However‚ the company has to ensure that the company uses an appropriate discount rate for each division. Therefore‚ we calculate the appropriate cost of capital for Marriott as well as for each of the three divisions. A detailed analysis is presented about the appropriate calculation inputs for each of the three divisions and various assumptions‚ made while performing the calculations‚ are justified. 1) Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its
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Ducati Case Study Investindustrial Exits Ducati At the begining of 2012‚ Investindustrial openly introduced their intention to market their 76.7% stake in Ducati Motor Holding‚ an legendary Italian producer of sport performance motorcycles. The choice adopted a six-year turnaround throughout which Ducati came back to profitability and considerably broadened its products. Options Investindustrial ’s team had the next exit options IPO in Hong Kong Trade sale to an industry participant
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resulted in lower downside risk on trades as valuations became more extreme. However‚ in our opinion the most important factor affecting LTCM’s ability to raise its level of risk is the correlation analysis methods used by the firm. Over the long-term one-year horizon‚ the firm based its correlation analysis on the fundamental factors that affected trades. When looking at the fundamental risk factors affecting these positions‚ the majority of the long-term trades were largely uncorrelated and therefore
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