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Section E Name Nibedita Chakma Prem Sarath Ravi Rakesh Saurav Agarwal Siddhartha Roy Swati Gupta
Hero Group came into existence in the early 40 s with bicycles Achieved highest level of employee productivity and efficiency on a global basis
Provided superior products at reasonable prices Approach towards product innovation, quality and reliability Excellent network of dealers with rural and urban reach Mission: Bringing transportation to the masses
Entry of foreign players in the mid-80 s through joint ventures Cut throat competition: styling, price and fuel efficiency Increase in significance of technological expertise Huge opportunity due to low penetration for the two wheelers in India (10%, late 90 s) Demand drivers: Urbanization, saturation of cities, inadequate roads, expensive four wheelers Motorcycle was the fastest growing segment in two-wheelers (22% CAGR, 1996-2001)
1984: Hero Honda Motors (HMM) was born as a result of Joint Venture (JV) between Hero Group and Honda Motor Company Honda Motor Company
Hero Group
Honda needed an Indian partner A compromised relationship: Hero was the last choice Contribution: Technical know-how
Hero wanted to graduate from bicycles to motorcycles Desire of beating Bajaj and leveraging the Honda brand Contribution: Great customer understanding and reach
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1995: Significant renegotiations in terms and conditions; in favor of Hero Significant slash in royalty from 4% to 0.5% Honda agreed for greater sharing of its R&D and product suites HMC agreed to increase extent of components and subassemblies purchased from Hero s suppliers Honda lacked an understanding of the Indian consumers and also lacked a proper supply chain Regulatory restrictions made it mandatory for foreign players to enter through a JV with local player
Strategic Management, IIMK 5
No indigenous R&D expertise at present Competitors will take advantage of their international associations Bajaj spends 12 times more on R&D Others will market their international brand associations Quality support functions can take a setback as Honda always provided it Honda will become the new Hero
Hero needs to defer the break-up till it develops independent R&D and quality support
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Carrot
Stick
Upward revision of royalties Allow Honda to leverage Hero s distribution network and unique supply chain for its scooter business
Enter into strategic alliances with players in the scooter segment like Piaggio Honda will be pressurized in its own prized segment in India Build long term independent capabilities (CAGR scooter: ~23%, 2004-2010)
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Start building R&D capability Four stroke technologies Fuel efficient vehicles Start developing technologies to deal with Euro 4 standards (long term) Invest heavily in the green technologies such as e-scooters and motorbikes Introduce product variants such as gearless bikes for women
Enter the African market starting with Nigeria (the largest twowheeler market in Africa, at around 1.5 million units a year)
Get into countries which lacks a public transport system like Russia, Pakistan, Mexico
Enter the small car market with an offering at around 2500 USD by 2009 Start two wheelers after-market business
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