Scott Hunt 4/3/2014 MGMT 452 Case Study: Zipcar Assignment Questions 1. Evaluate this potential venture and the progress that Chase has made. The potential of Zipcar exceeded the expectations of the owners Chase and Danielson in many factors. Their goal of creating this urban-style car borrowing system gave new light to the ideas of what options urban populations see in commute. The initial idea needed to be sized properly and growth was a big factor in terms of how fast they could get their
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[Case: Zipcar] Zipcar’s SWOT and financial analysis a) Strengths Firstly‚ Zipcar seized 80% of US market share‚ making it the strong player in the market. Secondly‚ as the company is able to acquire its competitors (Flexcar-US‚ Streetcar Ltd-UK)‚ they can reduce the competitors as well as gain those market shares and customer bases from those 2 companies. Thirdly‚ Zipcar’s customer-friendly and disruptive business model is what makes it unique. They leverages accessibility‚ make it available close
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Questions One: Analysis of Zipcar’s business model using Porter’s five forces model Threat of New Entrants In my own observation‚ Zipcar is a perfect description of an almost hundred percent automated business. They have fully utilized all IT resources available to them‚ and have succeeded in eliminating the need for human interaction at the same time staying in full control of the business. They have succeeded in outfitting all their cars with patented wireless technology‚ which I would classify
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Every business has stakeholders involved. A stakeholder is anyone who has a claim in some way to a company’s products‚ operations‚ markets‚ industry‚ and outcomes (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ Ferrell 31). Some stakeholders are more involved than others. Members that are needed for the company to maintain are referred to as primary stakeholders‚ whereas others are called secondary stakeholders. Primary stakeholders can be identified as employees‚ customers‚ investors‚ and shareholders and can also be governments
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Stakeholders A stakeholder is a person‚ group or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organization’s actions‚ objectives and policies. There is two different types of stake holders‚ these are internal and external. Internal stakeholders are people who are on the inside of the business that already serve the organisation‚ these include staff‚ managers‚ board members etc. external stakeholders are from outside of the company but
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Zipcar‚ which was recently bought for $500 million by Avis car rentals‚ is a start up that is in the business of selling the urban lifestyle of renting cars for short periods of time instead of owning a vehicle. The case evaluates how Zipcar has been able to gain the trust of its customers by being a green minded company with a strong set of values and benefits that will keep a customer. Zipcar took advantage of the fact that they had a place in a niche market‚ which allowed them to create a positive
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Steps in Identifying Stakeholders Identifying all of a firm’s stakeholders can be a daunting task. In fact‚ as we will note again shortly‚ a list of stakeholders that is too long actually may reduce the effectiveness of this important tool by overwhelming decision makers with too much information. To simplify the process‚ we suggest that you start by identifying groups that fall into one of four categories: organizational‚ capital market‚ product market‚ and social. Let’s take a closer look at
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ZIPCAR value proposition Cost saving Convenience ZIPCAR is perfect answer for customers who wanted to rent a car for a few hours in their home city: - ZIPCAR value proposition - - Zipcar cost was cheaper than owning a car Convenience achieved by automation ( online booking‚ data transmission between car an system) ZIPCAR encourage use of public transport Eco Friendly ZIPCAR business model Customer relationshi p Car leasing Key components of ZIPCAR
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www.ccsenet.org/ass Asian Social Science Vol. 8‚ No. 10: August 2012 Managing Stakeholders: An Integrative Perspective on the Source of Competitive Advantage Minyu Wu’ ’ School of Business‚ Curtin Universify Sarawak‚ Sarawak‚ Malaysia Correspondence: Minyu Wu‚ School of Business‚ Curtin Universify Sarawak‚ CDT 250‚ 98009 Miri‚ Sarawak‚ Malaysia. Tel: 60-8-544-3844. E-mail: minyu.wu@curtin.edu.my Received: March 19‚ 2012 doi:10.5539/ass.v8nl0pl60 Abstract Despite the enormous amount of academic
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STAKEHOLDER THEORY: A LIBERTARIAN DEFENSE R. Edward Freeman and Robert A. Phillips Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to suggest that at least one strain of what has come to be called "stakeholder theory" has roots that are deeply libertarian We begin by explicating both "stakeholder theory" and "libertarian arguments " We show how there are libertarian arguments for both instrumental and normative stakeholder theory‚ and we construct a version of capitalism‚ called "stakeholder capitalism
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