MEMORANDUM Date: March 10‚ 2013 Subject: Competitive Advantage‚ Car Sharing and Strategic Approach: Assessment‚ Impact and Recommendations To: Andy Taylor‚ CEO From: Jason Gonzales‚ VP Strategy ______________________________________________________________________ Introduction This memo addresses three key issues: Enterprise Holdings’ current competitive advantage‚ the impact of the car sharing business on the structure and profitability
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BUS 611: Enterprise Rent-A-Car Case Questions 1. Rental car companies provide the use of a car for their customers‚ but what did Enterprise do to create a unique rental experience? How has Enterprise established a competitive advantage over its competitors? All companies provide customers with a car to drive but Enterprise took a unique approach to the car renting experience. Although Enterprise is the largest and possible most well-known rental car company‚ they focused on giving each customer
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ZIPCAR Case 1. Who are Zipcar’s primary stakeholders‚ and what are their particular interests? Zipcar’s primary stakeholders include their internal claimants‚ which are the executives and employees such as Scott Grffith; chairman and CEO‚ Steve Case; board of director‚ Ed Goldfinger; CFO‚ and Mark Norman; President and COO. Their particular interests are to drive Zipcar forward giving it strategic growth. They also aim maintain the business model and operations while maintaining focus on customer
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exploration and production to refining to retailing. The investment required runs into billions of dollars. The oil prices are also quite volatile and the industry also faces high geo-political risk. Taking these factors into consideration the entry barriers are quite high. In India the administered price mechanism (APM) and licensing policies makes doing business all the more difficult. The refinery of Essar has a complexity of 12.5 making it a very complex refinery capable of refining all varieties of crude
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increasing competition in the supply chain. The fuel industry is a well-known supply chain. The supply chain process for the fuel industry can help break down how that industry works. The oil industry supply chain starts with the production‚ pipelines‚ refining‚ storage‚ terminals‚ shipping‚ port delivery‚ gas station‚ and delivery to the consumer. Understanding the process that the supply chain is made up of and where it falls in the system will give a picture of the process. The first step in our supply
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way people in metropolitan cities around the world commute‚ go shopping‚ take weekend vacations and travel to business meetings. She founded Zipcar in June of 2000‚ a company that utilizes the idea of car sharing‚ where a group of registered members can utilize a community-based pool of vehicles of every size and caliber ( Time’s Most Influential People). Zipcar has become the largest carsharing company in the world. Soon after her first successful company launched‚ she realized the need for more real
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Chapter Case 4 Synopsis-Daimler/BMW Zipcar is a business that provides car-sharing programs for people in major‚ urban cities like Tokyo‚ New York and London. Zipcar allows people to borrow cars for designated times as needed. In some cases it may be borrowed for 30 minutes‚ some cases can be several days. Young professionals are eagerly participating in these programs because it allows the convienience allowed in owning a car without the long term cost. Car-sharing businesses have seen a
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Google self-drving cars Instructor Dr. Antonie J. Jetter Team 2 Abhishek Jain Jing Jiang Jonathan Lui Rohit D’Souza Standley Limarta Contents 1 Abstract 4 2 Company Overview 4 3 Partnerships and Strategic Alliance 5 4 Product Analysis 5 4.1 Product value 5 4.2 Technology Assessment 5 4.3 SWOT analysis 7 5 Value Proposition 9 5.1 Safety 9 5.2 Economics 10 5.3 Productivity 10 6 Market Analysis 11 6.1 Market Demographics 11 6.2 Market Trends 12
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ZipCar Case Write Up Diagnosis The ZipCar concept shows several favorable data points as a sustainable venture. The data (mostly positive)‚ however‚ is not the main show-stopper to date. In order to make ZipCar fundable‚ Robin Chase needs to (1) recruit a capable management team‚ (2) substantiate her role and that of her partner (give her a non-active role) (3) provide a realistic timeline to develop the IT infrastructure‚ (4) develop a roadmap to the expansion of ZipCar in Boston‚ (5) detail a
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This document PHL 458 Week 2 Discussion Questions 3 has solutions of the following question: "How do you measure or analyze multiple creative solutions to your own problems? " General Questions - General General Questions PHL 458 Week 2 Solve a Problem Paper Write a 1‚050- to 1‚400-word paper in which you use the creative process to solve a problem with which you have experience. Include the following: · Describe each stage in the creative process using Ch. 5 of your text.
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