SYNOPSIS The case illustrates the opportunities‚ challenges and trade-offs involved in the design‚ prototyping and marketing of the Nano — the so-called people’s car — by Tata Motors Ltd. (TML)‚ a Tata Group company. The case takes place nine months after the company’s chairman‚ Ratan Tata‚ launched the Nano‚ on January 10‚ 2008‚ at the 9th Auto Expo in Pragati Maidan‚ an exhibition center in New Delhi‚ India. The case asks students to take the position of Ravi Kant‚
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SWOT-Analysis Strengths and Weaknesses To gain a competitive advantage‚ the profit rate of a corporation has to be higher than for the average of the industry. The profit rate is the difference between the value the customers attach to the product and the costs of producing it. It is determined through the performance of the different value creation functions. R&D -Innovative Products Production -high quality of ingredients -40% of total costs are food costs Marketing -Outback has won several
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the historical statement which Mr. RATAN TATA said when he launched his ambitious TATA NANO; the people’s car in India on 23 rd march 2009. Tata has always given value products in the Indian Car Market whether it is path breaking recently launched TATA NANO or TATA INDICA (which created great brand into the car industry in the diesel segment). Not only is the passenger car‚ even into the heavy vehicle segment TATA is the only sole leader in India. TATA has created its brand value not only in
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The Tata Group Managing a Conglomerate in an Emerging Market Environmental Analysis In 1991 the Indian government introduced a series of drastic reforms‚ liberalizing its government owned and controlled economy. Product expansion and new market entry became easier for companies in virtually every sector of the economy. This presented Tata with many opportunities to leverage its strong brand equity and financial resources to enter new markets
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1. Porters 5 forces Analysis: 1.1 Buyer power: The buyers for mining industry usually have medium to high power. There are two elements that could affect the buyer’s power. One is buyer’s level of negotiation; the other is buyer’s price sensitivity. In our case‚ the two companies are producing coal and uranium. These two products are mainly used for producing electricity. Buyers for these natural resources must have large quantity of demand‚ and also they usually have government behind
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Paint industry Threats of new entrants For a dominant paint manufacturing company which is spread allover India‚ local players act as a very huge threat to them. With a small place for factory and an effective distribution system the local players may pose themselves a huge competition for these nationalized companies. As the local players do not mind quality but sell products for cheap rates they grab more attention of middle class people in India who are of majority. But if the major
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Introduction To perform the Industry Analysis it is better to follow Michael Porter ’s five forces model. This analysis framework was created so that it helps managers in their task to analyze competitive forces to the company. (Hill & Jones 80) This model is only one of the models that can be used for this task but it is one of the more popular models. The five forces that we will have to look at for this model are (1) the risk of new and potential competitors; (2) the bargaining power of
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cheapest car in the world by TATA Company name “TATA NANO”. The objective of this research proposal is to find out an opportunity or a problem in the launch of the smallest /cheapest car targeting masses through secondary information / data. Also to gain knowledge about how TATA brought this new product i.e.‚ “NANO” up to the development stage and finally going to launch it on 23rd March‚ 2008 (already launched till now). During this project I researched on how TATA developed NANO costing Rupees1
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2.1 FACTOR OF PRODUCTION According to Porter (2004)‚ factor conditions are factors of production such as labour‚ land‚ natural resource‚ capital and infrastructure. Moreover‚ a disadvantage might be an advantage. Local disadvantages in factors of production force to innovate to over come their problems. This innovation often results in a national comparative advantage. The big number of population in China provides retailers with a huge and cheap labour power. Furthermore‚ according to Day (1996)
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Michael Porter’s Value Chain History of Value Chain • Popularized by Michael Porter’s book best seller “Competitive • • Advantage” 1985 Creator of “5 Forces model” Helped Gereffi in the late 1990s develop Global Value Chain. Michael Porter’s Background • Born May 23‚ 1947 in Ann Arbor‚ Michigan • Received MBA in 1971 Harvard Business School • Competition and company strategy • 6 time winner of the McKinsey Award Value • The Value is the extent to which a good or service is perceived by
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