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Question 4 Honda is a company in Malaysia which involved in the auto manufacturing business. In 15 November 2000, a partnership between Honda Motor Co. Ltd. of Japan, DRB-HICOM Berhad and Oriental Holdings Berhad resulted in the birth of, a company committed to offering the "Highest Customer Satisfaction in Malaysia". Since then, Honda Malaysia has been a solid and aggressive player in the Malaysian automotive market. As Honda slogan is ‘The Power of Dreams’, they aims to turn dreams into…

Impossible Survival of 2004 Oldsmobile Silhouette A fact which is well known to the entire automobile industry as well as the fans of Oldsmobile is the demise of the brand within a very short span of time. The last batch being produced by this brand of all the cars and the models was in the year 2004, and after that the company completely withdrew from producing anymore vehicles. Same thing happened with the Oldsmobile Silhouette which was a well known minivan entered in the markets by the year…

The new fuel cars are the future trend, but Tesla is dominant in developing the battery-electric cars. With the straighten in innovation and research and development, Toyota are one of the best in hybrid cars, but if they want to keep that position they will continue working hard on it otherwise other companies such as Tesla will stay in front of them and be more competitive. From the feedback of customers, the Toyota Mirai is strange looking, not…

CASE BRIEF – TATA NANO DESCRIPTION Tata developed and started manufacturing Tata Nano, “the cheapest car in the world”, and has to decide the level of production capacity. Should Tata be conservative risking to cede market to competitors or should they make an aggressive commitment? EVALUATIONS Tata worked years to develop a ULCC (Ultra Low Cost Car) targeting the bottom end of the pyramid of the Indian population. The development of Tata Nano was based on 3 main targets: cost lower than Rs 1…

In 28 August 1937, a Japanese automotive manufacturer was founded – Toyota. Sakichi Toyoda was the founder of Toyota Company. Before Toyota was founded, the Japanese based on imported trucks during the war in Manchuria. During the era of Great Depression, Japanese realised that local production would reduce costs, provide jobs, and brings up the country’s economy. By 1936, just after the first Toyoda vehicles was produced, Japan authority restrict that any car dealer in the country needed to…

Mazda is challenged to convince potential customers not familiar with the brand to purchase the brand’s sport utility vehicle over its compact car. Mazda wants to tap into a potential customer’s imagination, appreciation for history, creativity and the courage of convictions. If a potential customer feels that any of these elements are irrelevant, the customer will ultimately choose one of Mazda’s competitors. Once the consumer is convinced, that Mazda is the appropriate brand, they must be…

1.0 Introduction Daikin is one of the Japanese multinational air conditioner manufacturing company which produce quality air conditioner worldwide. Their company headquarter is developed in Osaka, Japan. Daikin has operations not only in Japan but also in China, Australia, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America. It is the world second largest corporation in the fluorine chemistry industry. In the early 1960’s, the company was renamed Daikin Kogyo Co Ltd. However in the 1980’s, it was…

a. Sony is a Japanese conglomerate corporate with headquarter in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka in 1946. It was ranked at the 105th in the list of Fortune Global 500 last year. Sony’s main products and services include electronics, games, entertainment and services such as banking & insurance. Notably, Sony is the fourth largest TV manufacturer after Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and TCL. Sony’s slogan is BE MOVED. b. Sony has reported to have a net loss of…

Romeo and Juliet: Play vs. Movie One difference I noticed stood out the most was time. I thought the differences between time periods were completely different. For one Verona looked a lot like New York or another big city. There were a lot of flashing lights and tall buildings. Another difference I caught was that in the original Romeo and Juliet wasn’t in the time period with cars. In the 1996 movie the Capulets and the Montegues had super nice cars that you would see here in 2016. To add on…

Beth Miller currently works at Nidec Americas Holding Co. as the CFO and chief administrative officer. Miller started out her academic career by studying accounting and finance. After this, she worked at Ernst and Young and in 1993 she joined Emerson Electric as a senior internal auditor. In 2010, Miller worked as the executive Vice President for Finance for Emerson’s appliance motors and controls division. That same year Emerson Electric sold the three divisions including the motors and…