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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Porter and Shank assess the addition of value as management of costs in an effort to increase efficiency or add value to the organization as a whole. Porter model concentrates primarily on the internal control of operations via the value chain‚ whereas Shank concentrates on value addition. Porter’s model utilizes internal cost strategies for internal reduction of costs to increase value only on the value additions (microcosm) whereas Shank expands the value chain against both internal and external evaluations
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1) What are the roles of comparative and competitive advantages in Hyundai’s success? Illustrate your answer by providing specific examples of natural and acquired advantages that Hyundai employs to succeed in the global car industry. ANS: Demand in South Korea is too low to sustain indigenous automakers like HMC and Kia‚ thus exporting is a necessity to attain the economies of scale needed to remain competitive in a tough industry. South Korea enjoys various national competitive advantages
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the marketing mix of Hyundai Motors in the Indian passenger car industry. • Compare and contrast the marketing strategy of Hyundai with other leading players in the Indian passenger car industry Contents: Keywords: Case‚ Hyundai Motors‚ Indian Passenger Car Industry‚ Foreign Car Manufacturers in India‚ Marketing Small Cars in India‚ Marketing Mix‚ Positioning‚ Customer Value‚ Pricing‚ Distribution‚ Advertising Campaign‚ Santro - YS Kim‚ former Managing Director‚ Hyundai Motors India Limited
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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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CENTER on GLOBALIZATION‚ GOVERNANCE & COMPETITIVENESS The Apparel Global Value Chain ECONOMIC UPGRADING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Karina Fernandez-Stark Stacey Frederick Gary Gereffi Contributing CGGC Researchers: Penny Bamber and Ghada Ahmed NOVEMBER 2011 The Apparel Global Value Chain: Economic Upgrading and Workforce Development “Skills for Upgrading: Workforce Development and Global Value Chains in Developing Countries” This research project examines workforce development
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Marketing Strategies - HYUNDAI The case discusses the marketing strategies of Korea based Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) in India. HMC entered India by establishing its wholly owned subsidiary Hyundai Motors India Limited (HMIL) in 1996. Within a year of launch of its first product - Santro‚ HMIL had emerged as the second largest car company in India. The case describes in detail the entry‚ product‚ pricing‚ distribution and promotional strategies of HMIL. The case briefs the challenges faced
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CASE STUDY HYUNDAI: LEADING THE WAY IN THE GLOBAL AUTO INDUSTRY DARI KASUS HYUNDAI‚ JAWABLAH PERTANYAAN DIBAWAH INI: 1. What are the roles of comparative and competitive advantages in Hyundai’s success? Illustrate your answers by providing specific examples of natural and acquired advantages that Hyundai employs to succeed in the global car industry. 2. In terms of Factor Proportions Theory‚ what abundant factors does Hyundai leverage in its worldwide operations? Provide examples and
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to which the globalization strategies of Hyundai must adjust. Then‚ I will explore the transition of globalization strategy from transplants in the core market to set-up the KD production site in periphery regions from 1985 through 1995. There was a clear change in Hyundai’s globalization strategy at the end of the 1990s that has been primarily built by Global Top- 10 strategy. The closing reflections deal with the multi-regional strategy of Hyundai. GLOBALIZATION‚ FIRM ORGANIZATION
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to enjoy a coffee by themselves. STARBUCKS’ VALUE CHAIN The value chain is the combination of the value-adding activities‚ the primary activities and the support activities‚ which converts inputs into outputs and offer the customers a level of value that exceeds the cost of these activities. The customer perceived value “depends on the product’s ability to satisfy his or her needs or requirements” (Businessdictionary.com). Starbucks’ value chain can be summarized as shown on the diagram below:
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