Fiat Case Analysis 1. What are the basic attributes of the auto industry in the era of globalization; which dynamic changes in the industry influence companies’ strategies? During the era of globalization‚ the auto industry‚ like many industries‚ saw an increase in marketplace growth. The case throws out a perplexing statistics that one in seven people own an automobile on a global basis‚ equating to roughly 900 million cars and light vehicles. The Exhibit 1 of the case points out that the
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Strategic alliances: Strategic alliances is an agreement between two or more companies to work together for a certain time in order to achieve some business objectives‚ help each other reach new technologies or to be able to build core competencies against other competitors. The traditional view about Strategic alliances is that they were formed for: - Defensive to protect profits - Means for preempting competition - Competitive and win - lose orientation. While nowadays there is
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Before Chrysler merged to become DaimierChrysler AG‚ they were presented with a takeover bid of $55 per share by MGM billionaire Kirk Kerkorian and former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca. Kirk Kerkorian was a stockholder in Chrysler and an experienced takeover financier who apparently found Chrysler to be a good buy. Chrysler rejected the offer‚ however‚ stating that the firm was not for sale. Further‚ many Wall Street experts felt that Kerkorian could not come up with the $20 billion necessary to
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Primary Sources from the 17th Century: Weakness and Strengths Not very many accounts have survived from the early Northern Colonies; thus‚ the accounts that have survived are held with great esteem. However‚ primary sources are not always the best things for an historian and students to study if they are wishing to receive a completely accurate and unbiased outline of history. In many cases primary sources‚ such as Words of the Bewitched‚ and Observations of New England Indians‚ are riddled with
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Case study: FIAT GROUP’S FIRST-TIME ADOPTION OF IFRS Question 1: What is Fiat’s key accounting policies? Which of Fiat’s key accounting policies are affected by the adoption of IFRS? a. Fiat’s key accounting policies: The Fiat Group has a tendency of engaging in financing accountings mechanism‚ selling a significant part of its finance‚ trade and tax receivables through either securitization programs or factoring transactions b. Fiat’s key accounting policies are affected by the adoption of
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Sam O’Brien‚ C10390017‚ DT366 yr2 Report on the WACC for Fiat motors The WACC is the weighted average cost of capital. It is a calculation of the firms cost of capital taking into account the relevant weight of equity and debt as a proportion of the total. The cost of equity or KE calculated using a risk free rate example German 5yr government bond‚ the firm’s beta and the return on the market. The firm’s beta is a calculation of the firms exposure to the market‚ a beta of less than 1 indicates
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Balance Sheet Analysis The Chrysler Group’s current assets continue to increase at a normal rate from year to year. This is good news for any company‚ but especially for Chrysler since they recently came out of a financial crisis. If you look at the balance sheet for the Chrysler Group‚ after computing the common-size and percentage change analysis‚ you are able to configure that the current assets steadily increase around 15% each year. Also‚ the total assets increase almost to a total of 10%
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DID CHRYSLER MAKE THE RIGHT OUTSOURCING DECISION? On April 4‚ 2008‚ Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)‚ a leading global information technology services provider‚ announced it had signed a multi-year‚ multimillion dollar outsourcing contract to provide Chrysler LLC with a comprehensive set of information technology services. Was this a good move for Chrysler? Tata Consultancy Services is a unit of the Tata Group‚ and a sister division to Tata Motors‚ a company that will compete in India – and potentially
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EUROPEAN STUDIES FIAT: A TROUBLED EUROPEAN CAR GIANT GROUP 3: 1 Q1: What are the underlying problems facing Fiat’s car division? The performance of Fiat – the Italian vehicle manufacturer – has fluctuated drastically between its founding in 1899 and
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manufacturing environment‚ so they could not design a product properly to fit to the automated robot assembly system and reduce the work force to make product more efficiently and reduce the cost. Chrysler took the strategy call "rifle" approach‚ which saved the company from bankruptcy. Chrysler did not have the funds to implement the high technology through out the entire company‚ but they invested funds in high technology‚ which was where they were needed most‚ and created a fast return. It
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