Hyundai and Kia Samuel David Sims Jr. October 28‚ 2013 Intro to International Business Hyundai and Kia Hyundai aims to appeal to the conservative buyers‚ while Kia is sporty and targets the adventurous. There ultimate goal is to increase the small profits the continue to earn due to the market they sell to. The Korean won has appreciated against the US dollars causing their profit margins to remain small. While the objective of a company is to increase profit‚ for Hyundai and Kia‚ foreign exchange
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Both Hyundai and Kia rely on exports for much of their sales. Consequently‚ the companies are highly vulnerable to changes in exchange rates. When the South Korean currency‚ the won‚ rises relative to the U.S. dollar‚ cars sold in the United States are recorded at a lower price when translated back into won. This of course hurts Hyundai’s and Kia’s profits‚ and forces the two companies to sell more units just to stay even. Both Hyundai and Kia announced plans to expand production in the United
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market their products separately in the U.S.‚ have been buoyed by their ability to build well-designed‚ affordable and fuel-efficient vehicles that consumers want to buy. (Hyundai Motor owns about 39% of Kia Motors. Together they form the world’s fifth-largest automaker.) When value of the dollars is strong: In the international market today‚ the supply and demand for currencies and the resulting relative values of currencies can affect the demand for imports and exports. For example‚ if we have
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The international corporate branding strategy of Hyundai and Kia are similar yet varied. Both organizations put plans into action that would potentially catapult their brands into the first-class market share position. Hyundai began its strategic branding process by focusing on improving the perception of their brand‚ positioning itself as a maker of “refined and confident” automobiles. While Kia attempted to improve consumer perception by billing the maker as an “exciting and enabling” automaker
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Same platform manufacturing 6 (b) & (c) Application of IFRS 10 flowchart to determine existence of control by Hyundai 7 Step 1: Determine the purpose and design of investee (Kia) 7 Step 2: Determine relevant activities 7 Step 3: Determination of ability to direct relevant activities 8 Step 4: Determine if exposed to variable returns 9 Step 5: Determine if Hyundai is a principal or an agent 10 Question 3 10 Identification of four requirements in IFRS 10 that are challenging to
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Case Study - Hyundai: Leading the way in the global car industry The global car industry is one of the largest and most internationalised business sectors. There are 17 major global car companies‚ each of which produces over 1 million cars a year. The Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is South Korea ’s number one car maker and the 10th largest in the world. It sells vehicles in over 190 countries producing about a dozen car and minivan models‚ plus trucks‚ buses and other commercial vehicles. Popular
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Employment Relations in the Korean Auto Industry: The Case of the Hyundai Motor Company in Korea‚ Canada and India RUSSELL D. LANSBURY*‚ SEUNG-HO KWON** & CHUNGSOK SUH† *University of Sydney‚ **School of International Business‚ University of New South Wales‚ † University of New South Wales ABSTRACT Examination is made of the complex interactions between globalization and employment relations as reflected in the operations of the Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) in Korea‚ Canada and India. After
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About HMC The Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) is the largest South Korean automobile manufacturer‚ which is the fifth largest automaker in the world. In 2006 and occupied the 10th place in the world ranking of OICA. In 2007 Hyundai again have excellent grades in initial quality survey by JD Power‚ one of the indicators of the industry most respected and that measures the performance of cars and customer satisfaction during the first 3 months of use. In Korean‚ the word Hyundai means "modernity”
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Hyundai: A Global Success Story The automotive industry is among the largest and most global sectors in the world. Any shift in the automotive industry has consequences for firms around the globe. Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) is a rising star in the global automotive industry. South Korea’s number one carmaker‚ HMC produces about a dozen models of cars and minivans‚ as well as trucks‚ buses‚ and other commercial vehicles (www.hyundai-motor.com). . Popular exported models are the Accent
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Gabriel Campozano Xavier Alfaro María Fernanda De La Rosa MIS HOMEWORK INFORMATION SYSTEMS HELP KIA SOLVE ITS QUALITY PROBLEMS CASE STUDY QUESTIONS 1. Why was it so difficult for Kia to identify sources of defects in the cars it produced? Kia had created a system which gives reports of any defect‚ accident or injuries involving its vehicle to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The received information stored in at least seven different system run by Kia’s
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