recent data (2001)‚ 1.6 million motorcycles sold around the world per year. These motorcycles are spread over 4 segments: Off-road (KTM‚ BMW and Huskvarna) Cruisers (Harley-Davidson‚ Honda‚ Yamaha‚ Suzuki and Kawasaki‚ BMW) Styling over comfort and speed Focus on American market Touring (BMW‚ Harley Davidson and Honda) Comfort for long rides Sport bikes (Ducati market; BMW‚ Triumph and recently Harley Davidson) Speed‚ acceleration and minimal comfort The median age of Ducati customers is 25-35 years old
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References: Anna Kochan‚ 2005‚ “BMW uses even more robots for both flexibility and quality”‚ [online] Available http://emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/0490320404.html [9/06/10]. BMW Group‚ 2004‚ “Annual Report”‚ [Online] Available http://www.marketadvices.com/reports/bmw-2004.pdf [2/06/10]. Barton‚ D.L.‚ Krause‚ W. (1985)‚ "Implementing new technology"‚ Harvard Business
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automobile manufacturers and BMW. Porter’s Five Forces Threats of new entrants: The threat of new entrants in case of the automobile industry is less as large capital cost is required to set up a manufacturing plant and assembly liner. Also it takes time for new entrants to get a place and the reputation in the minds of the consumers. (MINI have existed for a long period of time and in turn have had the advantage of building this reputation). Threats of substitutes: BMW has a brand image of being
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Case Study 1 International case: Carrefour – which way to Go? Q – 1) How should Mr. Durant assess the opportunities in various countries around the world? Ans To become a global firm‚ ideally‚ company should be taking gains of R&D‚ production‚ marketing and financial advantages in its costs and reputation that are not available purely to domestic competitors. It minimizes importance of national boundaries and develops “transitional” brands. It raises capital‚ obtains materials and components
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you are not young anymore‚ you are classier‚ more elegant and would attract more successful men than those 20s or 30s girls. As Mercedes’s major competitor‚ BMW has been considered to be a young and wild car brand. Their buys are young‚ tacky and like to show off. So I would like to use a comparison character of a young woman driving a BMW car in my campaign series. In my series of campaign‚ I would create two major roles‚ one is a 40 years old elegant woman who wears a Chanel suit dress‚ like
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Market Strategy Merc India Mercedes-Benz India has evolved a four-pronged strategy towards passenger cars this year as it transfers its truck and bus business under Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV). The company had been selling buses — inter and intra city and Actros mining trucks — in the India market‚ which would now fall under DICV portfolio. Project as performance oriented brand by introducing new models. Mercedes-Benz plans to launch eight new products this year‚ invest in dealer
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Auto Union. Audi ’s slogan is Vorsprung durch Technik‚ meaning "Advancement through Technology". Recently in the United States‚ Audi has updated the slogan to "Truth in Engineering". Audi is part of the "German Big 3" luxury automakers‚ along with BMW and Mercedes-Benz‚ which are the three best-selling luxury automakers in the world. Audi India Audi has been selling Luxury cars in India since 2004‚ however the Audi India was established in March 2007 as a division of Volkswagen Group Sales India
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Consumer Behaviour BHO2434 Thus far… ◦ We considered cognitivist theories‚ their limitations ◦ We considered behavioural learning and habit theories ◦ This lecture We briefly consider empirical evidence to support behaviourist theories Week 7: Empirical evidence that supports behaviourist theories East‚ Wright & Vanhuele (2009) BH02434 Week 7 Big brands get more customers more of the time (DJ effect) ◦ Pepsi is in more places and is more salient than Virgin
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environment. I would like to work at BMW company and Mitsubishi company. BMW AG originated with three other manufacturing companies‚ Rapp Motorenwerke and Bayeriche Flugzeugwerke (BFw) in Bavaria‚ and Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach in Thuringia in 1996. Rapp Motorenwerke manufacture Aircraft engine in world war 1and BFw manufacture motorcycle. BMW became an automobile manufacture in 1929.Then‚ BMW have 69‚518 worker and percentage over age 50: 23.1 . BMW is the most largest manufacturing company
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luxury car‚ British manufacturer and they all have the Royal Blood. The reason why I choose these brands to compare is they divided to two companies from 2003. In 1998 to 2002‚ these two brands are managed by both VW and BMW. From 2003‚ VW owned the Bentley Motors and Crewe factory‚ BMW owned the Rolls-Royce Motors and relocated the factory to Goodwood (Cowell‚ 1998). Bentley has the truly legend craftsmanship and became the Royal-official-car instead of Rolls-Royce (Cupler‚ 2012). Then it began to expand
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