Mohammed Alnahdi
TomTom case study
Senior Business policy
06/08/2016
TomTom
Current Situation TomTom is an organization that sells navigation devices and services. It has headquarters in Amsterdam and leads in provision of navigation systems in the United States and Europe. Products comprise TomTom One and TomTom Go for cares, TomTom navigator, TomTom rider for bikes, and TomTom iPhone. It acquired Tele Atlas, thus undergoing vertical integration. Today, TomTom dominates the map generation process (Sirkin et al., 2008).
A. Past Performance: Around a decade ago TomTom Company was doing very well, perhaps more than today. The infiltration of other companies offering the same products and services as TomTom implied reduction in revenue. . TomTom was a market leader, drawing in more and better positive reviews and critical acclaims (Sirkin et al., 2008). Unfortunately, that is not the case today. The market was not as saturated as today and the company had a somewhat monopoly of the market. The company relied on horizontal integration in the past.
B. Strategic Posture:
Mission:
The mission of TomTom Company is to offer navigation-focused services and devices. It invests structurally and strategically in research and development to provide superior products and services to improve the lives of its customers.
Objectives:
The company’s objectives are:
• To offer superior and better maps by maintaining high quality database is regularly updated for smooth
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The Core values and visions of the company are based on the customer satisfaction which plays a very important role in the company progress. The mission of the company is to deliver high technology promise to its customer service.
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In the case of Anthony, a New Jersey resident and owner of a waste disposal company in the state of New Jersey, and his two business associates, Paul and Silvio, whom suffered severe injuries due to a motor vehicle accident caused by a negligent truck driver; they have great standing to sue against the neglectful driver and the company associated with the ownership of the vehicle. Regardless of the diversity of their residency/ citizenship, the affected party can proceed to sue the corporation responsible for the damages caused by their staff and property; reason being that they are protected under the Constitution’s diversity of citizenship, and the privileges and immunities clause. Furthermore, these two constitutional clauses in addition to the commerce clause, dictate the court that the matter needs to be brought to.
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