Honda Motor Co.‚ Ltd. Annual Report 2009 Annual Report 2009 Honda Motor Co.‚ Ltd. Year Ended March 31‚ 2009 Contents 2 3 6 8 18 The Power of Dreams Summary of Operating Results by Business Financial Highlights To Our Shareholders Review of Operations Motorcycle Business Automobile Business Power Product and Other Businesses Financial Services Business 36 37 39 46 49 81 Preparing for the Future Risk Factors Corporate Governance Board of Directors‚ Corporate Auditors and Operating
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and environmental dimensions. Obviously‚ MNCs put lots of efforts on the Triple Bottom Line --- environment‚ social and economic aspect. However‚ some of the MNCs treat CSR as a marketing strategy to enhance its reputation or a compensation for their unethical act. For the environment prospect‚ most of the MNCs have implemented different policies to protect the environment. They reuse‚ reduce and recycle the resources or materials. For example‚ some MNCs reduce the emission of carbon dioxide‚ provide
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STRATEGIC BUSINESS MANAGEMENT An Emerging MNC - VIDEOCON INDEX SR. NO. | CONTENTS | PG. NO. | 1 | HISTORY OF VIDEOCON | 1 | 2 | INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY | 2 | 3 | ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY | 6 | 4 | GROWTH OF VIDEOCON | 8 | 5 | BOUQUET OF BRANDS | 9 | 6 | RETAIL ’NEXT ’ | 15 | 7 | EXPANSION INTO OIL AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL | 19 | 8 | OIL & GAS BUSINESS | 21 | 9 | COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS | 26 | 10 | VIDEOCON ’S BUSINESS STRATEGIES | 28 | 11 | ACQUISITION OF THOMSON
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The history of Honda Honda is one of the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturers and of the leaders in the automakers industry. It was founded in 1948 by Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa. It’s headquarter is in Tokyo‚ Japan and it serves worldwide. Honda has 492 subsidiaries and affiliates accounted under its equity. The company develops‚ manufactures‚ and markets a wide range of products such as: automobiles‚ motorcycles‚ scooters‚ ATV’s‚ electrical generators‚ water pumps‚ lawn and garden equipments
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The American Honda Motor Company was established as a subsidiary by Honda in 1959. During the 1960 ’s the type of motorcycles brought by Americans underwent a major change. Motorcycle registrations increased by over 800‚000 in five years from 1960. In the early 60 ’s the major competitors were Haley - Davidson of U.S.A‚ BSA‚ Triumph and Norton of the UK and Motto - Guzzi of Italy. Harley-Davidson had the largest market share with sales in 1959 totalling a6.6 million dollars. Many of the motorcycles
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The suppliers tend to rely on one or two automakers to purchase the majority of their products. If the automaker decides to change suppliers‚ the effects to the supplier would be devastating. With the JIT (Just in Time) manufacturing methodology Honda utilizes‚ there is a push-pull mechanism. This warrants a strong relationship between manufacturer and suppliers. This also can be quite profitable for both organizations. Bargaining Power of Buyers: The automotive industry is highly competitive
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Honda Vs. Toyota The Honda Company was founded by Soichiro Honda .Soichiro Honda was a racer‚ a businessman‚ and a manufacturer. But most of all he was a dreamer. He dreamed of a better way of making piston rings‚ founded a small company‚ and began production. He dreamed of giving people everywhere an economical form of transportation‚ and began producing small motorcycles‚ including one built in 1949 called the D-Type Dream. Soichiro Honda started Honda Motor Company in 1948‚ at the age of 41
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HERO HONDA SPLIT A joint venture between the Hero Group and Honda Motor Company was established in 1984 as the Hero Honda Motors Limited At Dharuhera India. Hero is the brand name used by the Munjal brothers for their flagship company Hero Cycles Ltd. Munjal family and Honda group both own 26% stake in the Company. However the Hero Honda group is set for a split in the end of 2010. After the split the Munjal family will buy Honda Motor’s 26% stake for around $1 billion‚ or a little less than half
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SUCCESS STORY OF HONDA Soichiro HondaSōichirō Honda (本田 宗一郎‚ Honda Sōichirō‚ November 17‚ 1906 – August 5‚ 1991) was a Japanese engineer and industrialist‚ and founder of Honda Motor Co.‚ Ltd..[1] Honda was born in Hamamatsu‚ Shizuoka‚ Japan on November 17‚ 1906. He spent his early childhood helping his father‚ Gihei‚ a blacksmith‚ with his bicycle repair business. At the time his mother‚ Mika‚ was a weaver. At 15‚ without any formal education‚ Honda left home and headed to Tokyo to look for work
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Honda Motor Company Ltd. Honda Motor Company 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. Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer. As of
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