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Week 11 Course Paper – Harley Davidson-Microeconomics Jason Norris Rasmussen College Author Note This research is being submitted on September 13, 2012 for Mr. Rick D. Pretzsch G204/ECO2023 Section 01 Microeconomics course at Rasmussen College by Jason Norris Week 11 Course Paper - Final Submission Prepare a 3-4 page essay that summarizes how microeconomics affects your chosen company. Use your previous course paper assignments to assist you with this essay. Remember to use suggestions

Case Study Harley Davidson Department of Marketing IV Prof. Dr. Florian Kraus University of Mannheim Fall term 2011 By: Veilleux, Jacques-Olivier-1345802- jveilleu@rumms.uni-mannheim.de Vela Loira, Valentin -1346667-vvelaloi@mail.uni-mannheim.de Viscosi, Jennifer - 1344990- jviscosi@mail.uni-mannheim.de Wang, Yi - 1326001 - yiwana@mail.uni-mannheim.de Wijma, Ludwig - 1346338 - lwijma@rumms.uni-mannheim.de Yip, Lu Yi - 1342949- luyiyip@gmail.com Mannheim, November 2011 Table of

PF16- 09 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. _C___ 1. According to your text, ____ are small technology-based firms operating in international markets within two years of their establishment and realizing as much as 70 percent of their sales outside the domestic home market. a.|"natural globals"| b.|"multinational corporations"| c.|"born globals"| d.|"born multinationals"| e.|"multinational enterprises"| __B__ 2. The Mont Blanc

is a motorcycle manufacturer based in Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States, which began production of its vehicles in 1998. Its parent company, Polaris Industries, created the firm following the modern success of Harley-Davidson. Victory’s motorcycles are designed to compete directly with Harley Davidson and similar American-style motorcycle brands, with V-twin engines and touring, sport-touring, and cruiser configurations. The first Victory, the V92C, was announced in 1997 and began selling in 1998.

According to Harley Davison case study on his business firm, a few issues have been addressed facing the challenges of the business and also the environment situation of the current position of the business. According to this case study three major strategic issues are to be addressed. To obtain these three major issues a few key strategic issues have to be looked at. This include, considering the interaction among the economic, political, sociocultural and technological sectors of the business environment

The American Biker Culture The term “biker”” is anyone who rides a motorcycle, but for most Americans the term suggests tattooed, leather clad, barroom brawling, criminals” (Quinn & Forsyth, 2010, p. 237). The image that non-riders have refers to the “Outlaw biker” (also call the one percenters) and makes up only one percent of the culture (Quinn & Forsyth, 2010, p. 238). This paper will bring forth the other ninety-nine percent of the culture to give the public a look at the image from a different

Capabilities in Motorcycle Cruisers Motorcycle Cruisers is known for creating a stream of customers who are an elite bunch of people and have their own level of desire for motorcycle. The main objective of Motorcycle Cruisers has been to maintain the brand image in the eye of the consumer so that the customers don’t ever feel the image to be diluted. It is the experience that the customer goes through makes the bond special. Company has integrated its supply chain so well that consumers gets to interact

and yet remain strong within the private market because motorcycles can be an expensive hobby. The company is currently, and must continue to support all makes and models of motorcycles, and continue to concentrate its growth on the popular brand, Harley Davidson (HD), as well as other foreign made motorcycles. If the company directs its resources to a single product, such as HD customization and repair, with a continuous improvement where the managers will remain proactive with improvements in all

Harley-Davidson Inc The Harley-Davidson Motor Company was formed in 1903 by William S. Harley and the Davidson brothers (Walter and Arthur). The company started out slowly but once word got round that the Harley-Davidson was a reliable piece of machinery, more orders flowed in. Early on Harleys were exported to other countries. During World War I (1917-1918), Harley-Davidson produced 20,000 military motorcycles to serve

the websites for Harley-Davidson (www.harley-davidson.com), Yamaha (www.yamaha-motor.com), and Indian (www.indianmotorcycle.com). Who are their potential customers? How is each of these companies appealing to their potential customers? Are they using emotion, facts, comparisons, etc? How effective do you believe each of them to be? Harley Davidson (www.harley-davidson.com) Who doesn’t know Harley Davidson? It is a popular American motorcycle manufacturer. Also known as H-D or Harley founded in 1903