Management Assignment Title: Honda Corporation Student ID: 0808174 Submission Date: 18th Nov 2011 Tutor: Shanthi Rajan Introduction In the modern corporate culture the level of competition is increasing day by day. The main objective of each organization is to enhance its performance and to attain sustainable competitive advantage in relation to its competitors. Change is a constant in present corporate culture. In such changing environment having a single strategy is not enough for organizations
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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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American Marketing Association defines brand as a name‚ term‚ sign‚ symbol or design or a combination of them‚ intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competition. According to Professor Kevin Lane Keller‚ Brand Elements are trademark-able devices that serve to identify and differentiate the brand. The most common brand elements are brand names‚ logos‚ symbols‚ characters‚ spokespeople‚ slogan‚ jingle‚ imagery‚ packages
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The project in its present form and state would not have been possible had it not been for the able guidance and support of Prof. Sandip Anand whom we always looked up to‚ when faced with any difficulty and have disturbed him at all times and hours. We would also like to thank our seniors and classmates who provided us with references required for collection of data. No research would be successful‚ without the active involvement of the respondents and we take this opportunity
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Introduction to Brand Strategy Introduction The objective of brand strategy is to support in developing the key elements of a brand strategy by guiding you through a defined process. Developing a powerful brand is both a strategic and a creative exercise that involves appraising every aspect of a business and how it needs to be experienced. It is important to remember that it all starts with your core market and customer insight. Understanding who your most valuable customer is‚ will always
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1.0 Introduction According to Kotler and Armstrong (2004)‚ marketing is a social and managerial process whereby individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating as well as exchanging products and values with other people. However‚ marketing strategy is defined as a process that can allow a corporation to essence its resources on the best business opportunities. The organization has goals and objectives to increase sales and achieve a certain supportable competitive
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million Net Profits USD million • Commenced operations in 1950s and today ranks in the Top 10 business houses of India with Hero Honda‚ Hero Cycles and Munjal Showa being the top 3 1‚810 137 • Comprises 18 companies CAGR = 29% 829 510 25 39 CAGR = 40% • Two of the group companies are the world’s largest manufacturers of twowheelers (Hero Honda) and bicycles (Hero Cycles) 1997-98 1999-2000 2002-03 1997-98 1999-2000 2002-03 MISSION STATEMENT “We‚ at the Hero
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I. Company background Honda Motor Co.‚ Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational corporation‚ primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Honda has been the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959 as well as the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume‚ producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. In 2001‚ Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer and the eighth-largest automobile
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there is an explanation of the strategy developed in Japan and its strengths‚ with the successive strategy designed‚ established and developed‚ with appropriate corrections‚ by the Honda company to penetrate the American market‚ and aim to have a large market share in that country. In Japan‚ the strengths are economies of scale and low manufacturing costs‚ focusing the production of high quality and low priced motorbikes. This strategy‚ over the years‚ brought Honda to lead the Japanese market.
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What is Offensive Marketing? When more than one company offers the same kind of product‚ each company only receives a percentage of all sales of that kind of product. This percentage is called a “market share‚” and any effort to take some of the market share away from one company and bring it to another is called an offensive marketing plan. (See also Flanking Marketing) In the above case of the motorcycle business of the mid-to-late 20th century‚ the Harley Davidson Company saw its market share
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