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Summary of Case Study: the Honda - Yamaha War
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SUMMARY OF CASE STUDY 3: THE HONDA-YAMAHA WAR (A) In 1970s, when Honda began focusing on the automobile market, Yamaha saw an opportunity to attack and take territory in the motorcycle market. However, instead of doing an all out direct assault on Honda's motorcycle troops, Yamaha decided to launch its first attack, a sneak attack (quietly move). What Yamaha did was to increase quietly it's capacity and able to supply dealers with more products quicker than Honda. This tactic has been successful. By the end of 1981, Yamaha and Honda had nearly equal shares of the Japanese motorcycle landscape. Throughout the period from 1970s to 1980s, Yamaha's profit compared favorably with Honda's i.e. Operating profits of about 7% to 10% of sales in the late 1960s and 3% of sales in the early 1980s. Yamaha was able to push into Honda's territory and capture market share by focusing all of its...
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