Renault and Nissan – A Marriage of Reason
The automotive industry has changed radically in the past twenty years. In the 1980s, Japanese firms dominated, but today they’ve lost ground to multi-nationals. The new shape of the industry brings difficulties and opportunities alike. Using the 1999 Renault-Nissan union as their example, the authors ask you to consider the challenges of cross-border acquisitions and alliances.
Content: Case Study | Authors: Anne-Claire Flament, Philippe Lasserre, Pierre Nilles, Sumie Fujimura | Source: INSEAD | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Automotive | Companies: Nissan, Renault
iMotors: New Competition in Used Cars
iMotors offers customers the chance to custom-order used cars online, all for low, low prices. But can its business plan deliver profitability? And how will it sustain its advantages in the face of growing competition? Professor Ron Adner and Charles Nunn ask you to consider the management’s next steps in this case study.
Content: Case Study | Authors: Charles Nunn, Ron Adner | Source: INSEAD | Subjects: Industry Specific, Strategy | Industry: Automotive | Company: iMotors
Taking up Telematics in Europe
How Harley Davidson Revs its Brand
Harley-Davidson has been able to build a community of enthusiasts around its brand that includes members from very diverse groups, and with almost no advertising. How does the king of heavyweight motorcycling keep its fans so loyal? It gives them a reason to “belong.”
Content: Case Study | Author: Glenn Rifkin | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Industry Specific, Marketing / Sales | Industry: Automotive
Telematics Market
Automobile Dealer Margins, Stats
Dealers 1 Internet 0
Car dealers learned fast how to handle customers who think they know everything.
Content: Article | Author: Jonathan Fahey | Source: Forbes | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Automotive
Internet: First Stop for Car Buyers
The Evolution of B2B: Lessons From the Auto Industry
Only a few years ago, B2B exchanges were expected to completely alter conventional buyer-supplier relationships. The reality has been otherwise. Only 10% of the 1,000 B2B exchanges launched in the past 18 months are reportedly still in operation. Meanwhile, the important B2B action seems to have shifted to industry-wide exchanges run by incumbent firms, such as Covisint in the auto industry and Transora in the … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Industry Specific, IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Automotive
What’s changing the face of the automotive industry
Trends and drivers in the automotive industry as well as an outlook on the years to come.
Content: Article | Authors: Frank Heideloff, Gregor Matthies | Source: Bain & Company | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Automotive
Internet, Auto Industry Learning to Get Along
Automotive Telematics Market
Keshub Mahindra
chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s 10th largest company and the country’s largest manufacturer of utility vehicles and tractors.
Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Automotive
Direct Online Car Sales
Wireless Automotive Market Forecast
Industry Outlook Report: New Paradigms for the Auto Industry Beyond 2000
“The automotive industry will ride a wave of dramatic change over the next decade as new technologies emerge, markets stagnate in developed countries and grow in emerging countries, buying patterns change, and customers become ever more demanding. The industry will respond to a wide range of political, social, and economic issues: How quickly will Eastern Europe and China develop? Which trade barriers will rise or … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Holger Karsten, Martin Mitteldorf, Wolfgang Bernhaft | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Automotive
Conceptual Re-engineering at Nissan
Robert J. Thomas, president and chief executive at Nissan, took time out to asses what he knew about the car business and where it is going. The result has been a radical rethinking of the business. Nissan is now in the midst of a major sea of change, entailing an internal shift from a business with a manufacturing mind-set to a marketing-oriented company that puts … [ Read more ]
Content: Case Study | Author: Robert J. Thomas | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Change Management, Industry Specific | Industry: Automotive | Company: Nissan