per capita – on new hybrid purchases. The penetration rate significantly affects new purchases‚ and the effect differs by hybrid model. In particular‚ we find a positive diffusion effect from the Toyota Prius and a negative diffusion effect from the Honda Insight‚ with elasticities of 0.23 to 0.85 for the Prius and –0.08 to –0.32 for the Insight. This finding is consistent with our model of model–specific learning along with anecdotal evidence that early Insight models were perceived to be of lower
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researching what the Gen-Y generation finds appealing in a vehicle‚ but most importantly how the Element was to be priced so that it could be affordable to the Gen Y masses. Honda wanted to attract the young potential customers of the Gen Y generation‚ most importantly a customer that would develop loyalty to Honda in the long run. Honda saw an opportunity to understand what a potential young customer would like in a vehicle‚ especially at the point of their lives were they were of college age or slightly
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the GOI‚ significant changes have been made. Today‚ India is one of the largest markets for automobiles in the world. Our research is concerned with the sedans. A sedan car or saloon car (British English) is a passenger car with two rows of seats and adequate passenger space in the rear compartment for adult passengers. The vehicle usually has a separate rear trunk for luggage‚ although some manufacturers such as Chevrolet‚ Tata‚ and Volkswagen have made rear-engined models. It is one of the most
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January 31‚ 2011 MAN4720 Honda Case Study B Honda’s emphasis on technology began with Sochiro Honda’s own tinkering to develop engines one at a time‚ and his ambition to build and race high performance motorcycles. The success of his higher horsepower engines confirmed his ability as a designer. Beginning with the study of combustion‚ he doubled horsepower and halved weights of engines. The establishment of The Honda Institute of Technology was misleading because‚ while it sounded big
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meaning of threats is external elements in the environment that could cause trouble for the business. For the case of Honda Malaysia‚ their opportunity appeared when the Budget 2010 bring out by Malaysia government‚ which is tax exemption for hybrid cars. In the Budget 2010‚ government offered 100% import duty exemption and 50% excise duty exemption. This is the great opportunities for Honda Malaysia to improve their sales performance of hybrid cars as the price tag for hybrid cars will be slashed drastically
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CORPORATE STRATEGY Honda Inc. is a world-renown automobile maker that has grown over the past couple decades. In analyzing its corporate performance Honda strives on innovation and being the first in creating new high-tech‚ and environment friendly products that their customers know that they can rely on. In order for them to achieve this they must have a strong research and development center and encourage their employees to reach for the stars and strive on their imaginations. The threats
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It was in August 1998 that the first chinks in the Kinetic Honda Motors Ltd. (Kinetic Honda) armor were reported by Business India. Both Honda and the Firodias of Kinetic were quick to deny rumors of a split‚ though reports of the Firodias quietly raising resources to buy out Honda’s stake kept surfacing. The Firodias were even reported to have securitised the assets of their two-wheeler finance company - 20th Century Kinetic Finance (TCKF) - to raise this money. Trouble had been brewing since
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Questionnaire Chapter 1 Introduction to the study INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY The project is all about measuring the customer satisfaction in Hero cycles. For the past few years every company is trying to satisfy its customers. The emphasis is on ways of retaining customers‚ then on attracting new customers. It is easy to attract new customers then to retain old customers. So‚ companies are trying
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crossing the road. At this time the vehicle lost control and then flipped over causing damages to its roof and both sides of the vehicle. A red Honda was also travelling eastbound on Highway 401 right behind the blue Pontiac Grand Am. The driver of the red Honda noticed what had happened and slammed on his brakes and was able to make a safe stop. The red Honda had damages to its rear bumper.
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Executive summary The mobile phone and phone device market in Vietnam is developing and with the high growth rate of phone users‚ Vietnam becomes a potential market of phone company. First introduced in 1996‚ until now Nokia is one of the popular brands in Vietnam. Understanding customer needs and want is a key for success of Nokia. Nokia has many line products that can be listed out as E series‚ N series‚ 1200‚ Lumia… Nowadays‚ digital technology and smart phone seem to be more popular. Nokia
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