2012 International Financial Management 2012 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT Topic - Case 1: Porsche Changes Tack Chapter 1: Globalization and Multinational Enterprise Lecturer: Dr. Mai Thu Hien Students Group 1: Dinh Hoang Anh - 0953040003 Le Thuy Anh – 0953040004 - Leader Nguyen Van Anh - 0953040005 Nguyen Mai Anh - 0953040006 Truong Thuy Anh - 0953040106 Le Duc Binh - 0953040008 FOREIGN TRADE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BANKING AND FINANCE 0 Hanoi‚ December 17th‚ 2012
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How professional marketers manipulate customers into buying more than they really need? Person 1: Let me begin with a simple example: If given these 3 options‚ which option would you most likely choose? * Coke - 12k * Burger - 22k * Burger + Coke - 22k Most people would skip the burger-only option and also skip the coke-only option and go for the burger-and-coke option‚ right? Who would want to buy the Burger option alone when both the burger and coke option is offered for the same
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Porsche Changes Tack 1) What has been causing the changes in Porsche’s ROIC? Porsche’s ROIC was quite impressive compared to other competitors of 15.15% in 2004‚ while others struggled to reach 6% to 7%. They had great strategic planning to keep ROIC high by outsourcing and using a combination of licensing. For example‚ for Porsche Cayenne‚ they co-manufactured with Volkswagen saving a lot on required capital to support its business. In addition‚ Porsche had licensed with Valmet of Finland to
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worst: Saab broke a record by spending $6‚200 on incentives per vehicle sold in 2007. These incentives crush industry wide profit margins‚ which on average stand at a low 5%. The luxury market has fewer players‚ such as Audi‚ BMW‚ Lexus‚ Mercedes‚ and Porsche. They use fewer gimmicks such as fat rebates or 0% financing‚ and their margins are at a relatively hea1thy 10%. Life in the ultra-luxury market seems to be most tranquil. Competition is more "gentlemanly‚" and changes come at a glacial pace. The
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1) Do you believe that Porsche’s management is appropriately concerned with stockholder wealth? Does Porsche’s ownership structure work to the benefit or detriment of public shareholders? Although Porsche is publicly traded‚ the company is controlled by only two stockholders‚ the Porsche and Piéch families. As the quotation by Holger Härter makes clear‚ the two families hold exclusive shareholder influence over management. An interesting point for class discussion is whether the families actually
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2. Describe the industry and explain why you have chosen that one (Porter’s five forces). The automotive industry is a big term; indeed it is used to describe a large range of companies and organizations engaged in the development‚ design‚ manufacture‚ marketing‚ and selling of motor vehicles. The automotive industry is one of the world’s most important economic sectors in terms of revenue. The automotive industry is one of the biggest industries in Slovakia with big manufacturers such as Volkswagen
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3. Factors influencing the ability to win orders These are graphically presented as a model of five performance objectives of order winners. The five elements have been expanded into multiple dimensions of the five objectives by Andy Neely in 2007 as pictured in the table below: The multiple dimensions of the five operations performance objectives Understanding of the order winners and their distinguished five operations performance objectives would have major influence on the company’s strategy
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Chosen Article: The Dark side of lean‚ Daniel Mehri Chosen Industry: Automobile Section 1: Discussion of Advice/Theory Daniel Mehri worked as an engineer in a Toyota related company for three years. Mehri found his experience and observation of the day to day operation of the Toyota business to contrast starkly with how it had been portrayed by numerous publications. Up to that point almost all case studies published on the Toyota way celebrated the success of the Toyota Production System (TPS)
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EDF Energy plc – Power Plants and SWOT Analysis‚ 2013: Order report by calling marketoptimizer.org at +1 888 391 5441 OR send an email on sales@marketoptimizer.org with EDF Energy plc – Power Plants and SWOT Analysis‚ 2013 in subject line and your contact details. Scope Major Power Plants (assets) – summarized and detailed information about the power plants (assets). Operational Metrics (capacity‚ generation‚ revenue‚ sales‚ number of consumers). Business description – A
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Profile and SWOT Analysis” report published in Feb 2014. This report is of 27 pages and available starting US $ 125 for a single user PDF license. Order it now at http://www.rnrcompanyprofiles.com/contacts/purchase?rname=156394 . Synopsis Researcher’s “Trustees Australia Limited (TAU) : Company Profile and SWOT Analysis” contains in depth information and data about the company and its operations. The profile contains a company overview‚ key facts‚ major products and services‚ SWOT analysis‚ business
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