What is the marketing mix of Daimler Chrysler?

December 25th, 2009


"DaimlerChrysler" no longer exists.

Daimler Chrysler is said on Valentines Day, People working there are referring to a st Valentines Day Massacre

December 12th, 2009

Question referring to the so called st Valentines Day Massacre many Employees are to be released from Daimler Chrysler on buy outs for hourly, and what seniority Dates are to be laid off from Hourly. Also for Salary how many to receive severance pay? Robert C Mi

There is another section on Yahoo answers.
"Cars & Transportation"
Then
"Car Makes"
Then
"Chrysler"

It would be best to post the question over in that section.

The following link might get you there?

daimler chrysler discontinuing the PT and the Magnum and what else?

December 2nd, 2009

I heard that due to being "service unfriendly" the magnum, PT, and something else,were all being discontinued?

They only axed the PT convertible. Not the hard top.
chrysler pacifica , and crossifre- gone.

Thats all I know of.

does anyone have a daimler/chrysler employee car discount code available?

November 15th, 2009


If they did, they wouldn’t risk their job giving it to you.

You should go ahead and delete this question as it is probably a violation of the terms of agreement on this site.

please help me with basic econ..?

November 6th, 2009

When two giant automakers, Chrysler Corporation and Daimler-Benz, merged to form a single corporation, which type of merger was it?

* vertical
* horizontal
* parallel
* conglomerate

Beginning in the 1800s, labor unions have had a strong influence on the nation’s economy. What event and industry initiated the labor union movement in the United States?

* the Civil War and importing
* the Industrial Revolution and manufacturing
* the American Revolution and farming
* the Spanish-American War and exporting

1. horizontal because they offer the same products

2. industrial revolution and manufacturing because of how awful working conditions became during this time

Big 3 Automakers are asking for a bailout: should there be green strings attached?

November 1st, 2009

A quick search shows a paltry effort go "go green." Their business plans and overall competitive spirit are sub par. If Congress decides to doll out some money, what kind of "green" strings would you like to see written into the handout package?

Links below are from a quick search on the Big 3 and climate. I had to dig to get the link from Chrysler.

http://www.ford.com/our-values/environment/air-climate
http://www.gm.com/corporate/responsibility/partners/environment/index.jsp
http://cgmedia.daimlerchrysler.com/newsrelease.do?id=6990
http://www.us-cap.org/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6247371.stm

Sure there should be strings attached, but in a industry that large. It doesn’t happen overnight. All have been confronted with bad management practices that’s coming around to haunt the industry. By the same token efficient automobiles have been out for awhile. It’s just no one had a desire for that type of vehicle. They are well aware of markets demands, but the bottom line is what sells. The current economic crisis and fuel crunch, didn’t really leave a large window for transition. I know Ford had been practicing lean manufacturing and downsizing for @ least the last ten years.

I see another issue that has a direct correlation with Unionized labor. As a former employee no concessions can be made on the individual level. Most employee’s complain that the Union was overbearing in demands. Those of us that had a desire to change or negotiate with management couldn’t. In perspective it will only work from the top down and not the bottom up. And yes the Union needs to make responsible decessions, that represent the company as a whole.

I had one of the better paying jobs. And to clear up a recent publicized misconception. No we don’t make $60.00 per hour, closer to $30. for skilled labor after a 2-4yr apprenticeship program with college credits and certification. Nor does the average person understand the type of work involved. The retention rate for new hires is something like 1:50. They just quit,and not fired.

Anyway here’s a link that may hold some interest?

http://www.uaw.org/auto/11_18_08auto2.cfm

Who is a Native American?

October 30th, 2009

George Armstrong Custer predicted Native Americans soon would be extinct before he ordered his soldiers to kill them at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. Just as Custer discovered in his fatal encounter with Lakota and Cheyenne warriors, the native tribes proved resilient in surviving impossible odds.

More than 4 million U.S. citizens in 2003 identified as Native Americans, either alone or in combination with another race. This is a little more than 1 percent of the total 294 million people living in the United States, far fewer than the 10 to 25 million believed to be living in North America when European settlers arrived about 500 years ago. Those settlers spread fatal diseases, imposed genocide, forced assimilation, stole land, broke treaties, destroyed cultures and committed other crimes that ravaged indigenous societies.

Centuries of dehumanization resulted in the educational, economic and health disparities evidenced by Native Americans today. But refusal to succumb also nurtured a strong will embodied by many Native Americans who now comprise more than 560 federally recognized tribes and nations spread across 34 states and 140 more tribes applying for federal recognition.

That strong will has empowered Native-American entrepreneurs and those in the corporate world to thrive in a society where mainstream values sometimes run counter to their traditional beliefs. Yet Jackie Gant’s frustration is clear when she speaks of how many people only envision slot machines and blackjack tables when they think of Native Americans as an economic force.

Gant, national executive director of the Native American Business Alliance, met Bush administration officials in the White House in September to let them know of the 10,000 Native-American-owned businesses listed in her database. Her organization’s mission is to create networking opportunities and promote Native-American businesses as suppliers to corporate America and government agencies. Her group has the support of corporate sponsors including United Parcel Service, Ford Motor Co., General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, The Coca-Cola Co., General Mills, Target and The Walt Disney Co. At the meeting, she tried to convey the strength of a people who saved the first white settlers from starvation and influenced the founding fathers in shaping the Constitution. Gant is a member of the Oneida Nation of the Thames, Canada, and Munsee-Delaware Nation.

"As I stood, I felt the weight of Indian country on my shoulders and I knew the words I spoke needed to be heard," Gant says.

Gant and other Native Americans have made great strides in dispelling myths and bringing attention to their issues, but the widespread ignorance of their history still pervades the highest levels of leadership, up to and including the president himself. President Bush displayed a lack of knowledge on the most crucial issue facing Native Americans—sovereignty—when he was asked in August what tribal sovereignty in the 21st century meant to him.

"You are a … you have been given sovereignty, and you are viewed as a sovereign entity," Bush told journalists of color gathered in Washington, D.C.

Bush’s response rang hollow and was reminiscent of the countless false promises many white men have made to Native Americans over centuries. Sovereignty speaks to the right of Native Americans to control their own land where they are free to shape their economic and spiritual destiny and maintain their traditions and culture. The lack of substance and depth in Bush’s answer typified the harmful perceptions, attitudes and actions that have persisted for centuries among white leaders.

Those who say that the wrongs of the past are history and that it is time to move forward frustrate Native Americans, for it is the ignorance of history that defines their present situation and continues to threaten their future. Forgetting and ignoring the past is not an option, but Native Americans live in a white man’s world. Their challenge lies in enlightening non-Natives about their history, traditions, cultures and rights as distinct governments, while creating a prosperous future on their own terms.

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Entrepreneurs, such as Margaret Rodriguez, demonstrate the strong desire of Native Americans to succeed. A member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian community in Arizona, Rodriguez started her company, Au Authum Kí, 12 years ago when bankers refused to lend her money. Her company generated $24 million in revenue for 2003. Au Authum Kí translates into "the people’s home."

Rodriguez’s projects have ranged from a $1.9-million contract for rebuilding a high-tech structure to house a weather squadron at a Tucson Air Force Base to having her workers camp within the Grand Canyon, where they installed portable classrooms on the Havasupai reservation. She also started a charity last year that builds homes for members of her tribal community who can’t afford them.
The entrepreneurial spirit isn’t unique to Rodriguez as the economic muscle of Native Americans continues to grow, according to the Selig Center for Economic Growth and the U.S. Census Bureau. Americans who identified themselves solely as Native Americans and Alaska Natives numbered 2.4 million and 4.1 million when they identified with one or more races, according to the 2000 census. Most Native Americans, 43 percent, lived in the West, while 11 states comprised 62 percent of the Native-American population.

Despite their small population, Native Americans are expected to see their buying power jump from $47.7 billion in 2004 to $65.6 billion in 2009. Native Americans will account for 0.6 percent of total U.S. buying power in 2009, up from 0.5 percent in 1990, according to the Selig Center.

The 2001 Survey of Minority Owned Business Enterprises by the Census Bureau reported 197,300 Native-American- and Alaska-Native-owned businesses in the United States that employed 298,700 people. F

Who is a Native American?
A member of the fasted growing segment of American society, both in population and economy.

Native Americans have created a strong infrastructure, which is rapidly developing the Native American economy. Native Americans have a long way to go to ensure that all Native people across the continent benefit, but Native Americans have already created thousands of jobs. Native Americans have developed their own educational system, social/medical services, political/legal services, media, music industry etc. All employing Native people both on the reservations and in the urban areas.

Big Business is aware of the quiet economic revolution taking place in Indian Country and are actively trying to capture an untapped market. . . Native Americans.

Along with the corporate sponsors already mentioned other examples are Nike, Colleges/Universities, Banks and the Casino Corporations.
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• Nike - Nike unveiled what it said is the first shoe designed specifically for American Indians.
Does the Shoe Fit? Native Nike footwear raises concerns
http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2067&Itemid=33

• Colleges/Universities - Access any educational institution and you will see the wide range of Native American programs/services aimed at attracting Native students. Students = $$$

• Casino Corporations were one of the first to expand their business ventures via Native Americans.

• Financial institution (Banks) Once had a non-lending policy to Native Americans. The reversal of that policy spurred entrepreneurship in the Native American population, providing a new market for the Financial institutions.
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Information from Business/Marketing reports.

Native American owned firms primarily in the areas of business services, personal services, and construction industries, outperformed all other groups in terms of receipts.

Marketing to Native Americans Demographics
http://www.culturalmarketingcommunications.com/nativeamericandemographics.htm

Native Americans are the nation’s second-wealthiest minority, behind Asians, reports Alison Stein Wellner in the August American Demographics magazine.

American Demographics magazine
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JAS/is_7_30/ai_79794232
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Native Americans have played a vital role in the economic conditions of the United States. For example, every year, Native American tribes contribute significantly to the overall energy production of the U.S. In 1997 alone Native Americans supplied 32 million tons of coal, 270 million mcf of gas, 15 million barrels of oil and 5.5 million tons of construction aggregate.

In the same year tribal businesses contributed to the lumber industry by harvesting 650 million board feet of timber. They have reforested more than 14,000 acres and completed forest improvements on an additional 66,625 acres of land. Native Americans also have made an impact on the fishery programs, and release more than 40 million young salmon and steelhead trout in the Pacific Northwest every year.

Tribal businesses have contributed to $10 billion in wage and salary income to the United States and created more than 300,000 jobs. This has generated more than $4-6 billion in federal tax revenue annually. The Native American art and craft industry generates more than $1 billion every year.

On the state and local government levels, tribal communities contribute $246 million in tax revenues annually, and the combined purchases of goods from reservations total $5.5 billion on an annual basis.

Tribal Business Contributions
http://www.socialworkers.org/diversity/native2003/tribal2003.asp

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What is the relation between 1. Daimler ,2 .Chrysler 3. Mercedes Benz?

October 30th, 2009

Mercedes is sometimes said to be a Daimler Chrysler company. What does that mean? Is mercedes german or americal owned then? If it is owned by chrysler, how come they dont have any information of mercedes on chrysler website?

"Mercedes-Benz" is a brand name (make) of a luxury car. The company also builds medium-duty trucks. Both are built by Daimler-Benz, a German company based in Stuttgart, Germany.

DaimlerChrysler was the company resulting from a 1998 merger between Daimler-Benz and Chrysler Corporation. That merger was undone with Chrysler’s troubles during the 2008 economic meltdown; as a condition of the U.S. government’s bailout, Chrysler had to find a merger partner; that partner is Fiat, an Italian carmaker.

Daimler-Benz (which I presume to be its current name post-DaimlerChrysler), is also a holding company; they own, for example, truck builders such as Sterling and Freightliner.

2.Evaluate DaimlerChrysler’s tangible and intangible resources? Which are more important as a source of comp

October 25th, 2009

2.Evaluate DaimlerChrysler’s tangible and intangible resources? Which are more important as a source of competitive advantage? Why?

If this is a homework question you should inform your teacher that there no longe is a "DiamlerChrysler" because Diamler sold of Chrysler earlier this year.

2.Evaluate DaimlerChrysler’s tangible and intangible resources? Which are more important as a source of comp

October 25th, 2009

2.Evaluate DaimlerChrysler’s tangible and intangible resources? Which are more important as a source of competitive advantage? Why?

If this is a homework question you should inform your teacher that there no longe is a "DiamlerChrysler" because Diamler sold of Chrysler earlier this year.