Ratan Tata retires on his 75th birthday this week‚ handing over the baton of his business to Cyrus Mistry‚ the first chief appointed from outside the immediate Tata family in its 144-year history. While Ratan Tata has been credited with transforming the Tata group into a streamlined conglomerate of more than 100 companies and earning a global reputation for his consolidation and expansion strategies‚ I am looking at his leadership traits and how those traits influenced the group and made him the
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Introduction An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transporting passengers; which also carries its own engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads‚ to have . seating for one to eight people‚ to typically have four wheels‚ and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. Automobile comes via the French language‚ from the Greek auto [self] and mobiles [moving]; meaning a vehicle that
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Tata Motors The Indian Automobile industry The automotive sector is one of the core industries of the Indian economy‚ Continuous economic liberalization over the years by the government of India has resulted in making India as one of the prime business destination for many global automotive players. The automotive sector in India is growing at around 18 per cent per annum. The cumulative annual growth rate of production of the automotive industry from the year 2000-2001 to 2005-2006 was 17 per
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right from the Singur issue to cars catching fire to clumsy marketing strategy‚" said Autocar India editor Hormazd Sorabjee. "There was a bit of overconfidence at the start and not much marketing push from the company. The hype fizzled out even before Tata Motors could effectively roll out sizeable (number of) cars on the road." A person close to the company said‚ "Somehow it got slotted as a Rs 1-lakh car or a cheap car. Tata Motors did not intend to position it like that‚ but they did not do enough
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To: Ravi Kant (Managing Director‚ TML) From: Subject: Nano Tata-logy: The People’s Car Date: 17 the September‚ 2011 Situation Overview TML is currently posed with a tricky question of how to go about the Tata-Nano (the much-hyped “People’s Car”) business strategy‚ given its commitment to release it on time with the promised cost and the spectrum of issues and recent developments that pose potential hurdles. Issues Operations 1. Political problems at Singur Plant which will certainly
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The Sir Ratan Tata Trust is today the second largest of the Tata trusts. Ratan N Tata has been the Chairman of Tata Sons‚ the promoter company of the Tata group‚ since 1991. He is also the Chairman of the major Tata companies‚ including Tata Motors‚ Tata Steel‚ Tata Consultancy Services‚ Tata Power‚ Tata Global Beverages‚ Tata Chemicals‚ Indian Hotels and Tata Teleservices. During his tenure‚ the group’s revenues have grown nearly 12-fold‚ totaling $67.4 billion in 2009-10. Mr. Tata serves on the
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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT PROJECT TATA- CORUS ACQUISITION SUBMITTED TO: Dean Dr. Badrinath Prof. K. Govindarajan SUBMITTED BY BADRI NARAYANAN - 112071013 TABLE OF CONTENTS SR NO 1. PARTICULARS PART 1 • Global steel industry • About TATA Steel • About Corus PART 2 • Legal form • Mergers and Acquisition • Method • Terms of transaction • Valuation Matters 2. 3. PART -3 • Reasons for the merger • Objectives for a merger • Culture differences • Post - Acquisition 4
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INDUSTRY: BRIEF History Tata Sky is set to revolutionize television viewing in India through its superior digital quality picture and sound. The service aims to empower the Indian viewer with Choice‚ Control and Convenience through its wide array of programming choices and interactive features. Tata Sky offers viewers a variety of channels ranging from entertainment‚ sports‚ movies and music to news and documentaries in DVD quality picture and CD quality sound. Tata Sky has established an extensive
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Tata Nano The Tata Nano is a small‚ affordable‚ rear-engine‚ four-passenger car aimed primarily at the Indian market. It was first presented by India’s Tata Motors at the 9th annual Auto Expo on January 10‚ 2008‚ at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi‚ India. The car was envisioned by‚ Ratan Tata‚ Chairman of the Tata Group and Tata Motors‚ who has described it as an eco-friendly "people’s car". The prefix "nano" derives from the Greek root ’nanos’‚ meaning dwarf. "Nano" also means "small" in Gujarati
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technological capability 8 2. Loyal vendor base 8 3. Manufacturing synergies 8 4. Sales and Distribution Network 8 TATA Group 9 Problem statement 9 Slack 10 Core Competencies 10 Challenges - Mid Size cars and Utility vehicles 11 Recommendations 11 Improvements in Cars and UV vehicles 11 Increased competition 11 Evaluation of Recommendations 12 Strategy 12 Conclusion 13 References 13 Industry Overview The Indian Passenger Vehicle Market has been growing at a CAGR of
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