EXTERNAL ANALYSIS TESLA MOTORS _Prepared For:_ PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY STGY 659.65 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Prepared By: Daniel Aleksander Andrew Beckman Jeanette Gonzales Jeremy Jay September 26‚ 2014 INTRODUCTION Tesla Motors‚ headquartered in Palo Alto‚ California‚ is a United States (US) based company that designs‚ manufactures‚ and sells electric vehicles globally. The company is traded publically on the NASDAQ with a market capitalization of $30.8 billion. Under the leadership of CEO
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religion‚ personality and even their life stage. Finding a sustainable‚ identifiable‚ accessible and responsive market segment is one of the keys to the success of a product. One of the companies that has a very defined target market is Mercedes Benz. Although Mercedes Benz is an international company‚ their market size is relatively small because they have a very specific market. This sophisticated car company basically targets high-class‚ middle aged men and women. People who can afford these cars
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Starbucks Coffee Company: Brief Summary Starbucks Coffee Company is a coffee house chain that has locations all over the world. It was opened in Seattle‚ Washington in 1971‚ by two teachers and a writer. Starbucks now has over 11‚000 locations in the United States and more than 6‚800 locations in 49 other countries. In addition to selling coffee‚ Starbucks sells pastries‚ sandwiches‚ coffee drinking accessories‚ and various media. Starbucks is headquartered in Seattle‚ owns five different
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Julie I. Gonzalez DaimlerChrysler AG: A Decade of Global Strategic Challenges Leads to Divorce in 2007 The DaimlerChrysler merger of 1998 was accepted with anticipation of greatness by analysts‚ stockholders‚ and the auto industry. Both companies had a global presence and combined heralded a revenue of 154 billion and 5.6 billion in profit‚ combined. However‚ this merger ended up in divorce due to cross-cultural problems‚ production and manufacturing glitches‚ competition‚ lack of demand
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The case‚ Jaguar PLC‚ 1984 deals with the luxury automobile manufacturer that is currently controlled by the government but being privatized through initial public stock offerings. The British Leyland (BL) Company competes in the international automobile market and faces major competition from Daimler-Benz‚ BMW‚ Porsche‚ and Japanese manufacturers entering the market. Over the past four years‚ Jaguar has re-established itself as a quality producer. It has nearly tripled its revenues from 1980 to
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Why are stick shift cars so popular anyway? They are more difficult to drive‚ and you must be skilled to drive them. Why not choose an automatic easy ride‚ which can turn your driving in to comfort‚ especially while driving in heavy traffic? If this is what you think‚ you must read this essay before you make up your mind. The purpose of this essay is to contrast stick shift transmission cars with automatic transmission cars. People who drive stick shift cars know the difference and the advantages
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Daimler Chrysler Case Do you think the culture problems could have been largely avoided in this merger? How? As in any merger‚ integration is the most difficult to implement and in this case culture problems were inevitable. You have two large corporations in two different countries working in different management system‚ environment‚ believe‚ and culture. In order for this merger to work‚ one has to deign to create synergy. I think this merger happened to quickly. If Daimler did enough
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JAGUAR – Case Analysis 3M1 Alexis Girone Maxime Carrasco Lauren Cornieau Romain Longueville Mathieu Grattarola Automatic driving: When you are tired‚ you drunk too many glasses of alcohol or you have an important mobile conversation to receive. To avoid routes accidents our company offers for each car an automatic driving system included in the dashboard of the car. This system manages the car to the destination of driver choice and the driver has nothing to do. Thanks to this autopilot system
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BMW’s Dream Factory and Culture Business 520 Organizational Behavior Describe the culture of BMW. A company’s culture is very important. It incorporates a firms shared values‚ beliefs and traditions (Hellriegel & Slocum‚ 2010). Most importantly it is the rules and role model for behavior. BMW’s entrepreneurial culture has no doubt assisted them in being the successful company that they are today. An entrepreneurial culture is one that values creativity‚ the tolerance of creative people
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The case st udy of A ut omot i ve Ai r bag Reli abil it y (Page 252) (for comprehensive hints to solve the case study‚ refer to Page 217-220) Q# 1: What is the role of the dual actuators in the mechanical air bag system? Describe the effect of having only one. * The role of dual actuators is to activate the mechanism of the airbag. * These dual actuators are the two shafts that move off the edge of spring-loaded firing pins where the pins then stab dual primers‚ igniting the enhancer
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