International Marketing and Sales CU 03223 Report Company Case 4: Toyota Prius February 2013 Members: Floris Baars Karina Galiauskaite Jessica Giljam Samuel van Horen Bastiaan van Kemseke Maximilian Wilde Supervisor: Vera Hartog Introduction The Toyota Prius is a full hybrid electric mid-size hatchback‚ formerly a compact sedan developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation. The EPA and California Air Resources Board (CARB) rate the Prius as among the cleanest vehicles
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All car rental companies provide customers with the temporary use of a car. How do Enterprise’s original target customers in the local or “home-city” market—and their needs—differ from the target customers of their major competitors such as Hertz and Avis? How does Enterprise match (or not) the needs of their local market customers? The local market consists of (i.) discretionary and (ii.) repair/insurance replacement rentals. Both categories place a premium on price (relatively lower)‚ location
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TOYOTA CASE STUDY Business Process Engineering And Viable System Diagnosis: Corporate Web Site Development (ISP Solutions PLC Case Study) 2 Organizational Problem Toyota needed to redesign the company’s United Kingdom web site in order to meet new corporate guidelines. The web site had to manage content for internal corporate users‚ as well as for consumers. Toyota wanted to make the best use of Internet technology to enhance the consumer experience and build a closer relationship with consumers
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would set up the first company on the market with an imagine of being an environmentally friendly car company‚ which could have explicit benefits to the company into the future. There was a lot of imperfect information within the case for Toyota to make its decision. Toyota did not know whether any of their competitor companies were going to develop the hybrid technology as well. They knew that other companies started developing the technology to meet CARB’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) policies. However
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Business Strategy Apple Case 09 March 2012 “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer‚ But what none can see is the strategy Out of which victory is evolved.” Sun Tzu (1) 1 Executive summary 2 2 Introduction 3 3 Apple INC.: An overview 3 4 Strategy Analysis 4 4.1 Branch of economic activity 4 4.2 The 8 key concepts 4 4.2.1 Competitive advantage 4 4.2.2 Long term 4 4.2.3 Organization 4 4.2.4 Scope 5 4.2.5 Environment
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Toyota Case Study: Toyota has manufactured their own core values of service stemming from ongoing communication about their demands and campaigning the idea of building a long-term relationship with the customer and not just a short sale. Toyota also focuses on the customer as the ultimate driving force of all operations. They cover a significant range of people and their needs‚ tailoring all of their vehicles from trucks to hybrids for the specific buyer. The Prius is a hybrid vehicle‚ which most
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Toyota Toyota is a typical example of how Japanese industry succeeded. Although it is often conservative in design and not very creative in bringing new ideas‚ its special attention to build quality and reliability wins customer confidence gradually. Its emphasis on technology development and production efficiency results in up-to-date products and good value for money. That ’s why its cars capture a lot of brains if not hearts. Nevertheless‚ in recent years Toyota starts getting more creative no
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high‚ with high demands for quality and innovation among the high end companies and high marketing costs. Relative to other companies in the Outdoor Apparel Industry‚ Patagonia is performing extremely well. Across most key metrics (Exhibit 1 from case)‚ from Gross Profit Margin to Return on Equity‚ Patagonia outperforms its peers. Perhaps more impressively‚ Patagonia was able to achieve a high level of Net Income Growth (20.8%) while only achieving 1.6% 12-Month Revenue Growth. The driving strategy
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Case Report | Creating Sustainable Competitive AdvantageWall Mart | | | 1. Background 2.1. Retail Discount Merchandise (wide variety) National Market B2C Retail Discount Merchandise (wide variety) National Market B2C Market Discount Merchandise (wide variety) National Market B2C Discount Merchandise (wide variety) National Market B2C Merchandise (wide variety) National Market B2C Merchandise (wide variety)
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TOYOTA CASE STUDY 1. Identify using a model the levels of a product. a) Core Benefit: This is the basic need of the consumer that the product satisfies. This is the basic need that urges the consumer to buy something. For example‚ a hotel room satisfies the basic need of having a place to sleep and some privacy. So the core benefit here is the need for a place to sleep and privacy. b) Basic Product: This is the basic product that satisfies the inner needs of the consumer. At this level
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