Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - General, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: To evaluate a company many methods can be used. This assignment focuses on the three important ones the discounted cash flow entity and equity method as well as the multipliers method. All of them are explained and calculated on the example of Audi AG. The different values which are resulting are discussed and compared to each other. After that a conclusion of the whole assignment is given by the author.

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: In this assignment named Market Analysis of Red Bull based on the countries Germany, Switzerland and Austria" the goal is to analyse the market of Red Bull with its competitors, customers and market position. Red Bull is a company and brand founded in 1987 with its slogan "Red Bull gives you wiiings." The company launched by Dietrich Mateschitz sold more than 35 billion cans until now and is available in more than 165 countries. The brand is well known because of the large amount of athletes in sports and extreme sports sector they are supporting. They are having their own sport events and additionally teams in such different sectors like e.g. football, formula 1 or flying. The biggest event they were supporting in the last years was the jump up from stratosphere of Felix Baumgartner. Red Bull had also had some problems in the past not only with new out coming competitors. But in some countries are legal requirements to enter the market and health concerns are producing negative publicity because they were warning customers that the drink can harm healthiness. Other points which are influencing the market position are that the price is very high and the competitive prices compared are much cheaper. Positive points to mention are that Red Bull helps it's customers to overlap working much hours and to support them doing diet or sports more effective. Another important point is that the company is always using newest technology. The disadvantage is that there are many competitors with cheaper prices and Red Bull itself has a small product portfolio (only six different drinks). All in all it can be said, that they are the market leader with a big growth in other countries and are seen as unique by the consumers. They have an attractive image and they ar"

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: In this second assignment named Product and Price Analysis of Red Bull in Central Europe" the goal is to analyse the "product" and "price" strategy and to give a short overview of their "place" and "promotion" strategy. Red Bull as company was founded in 1987 with its slogan "Red Bull gives you wiiings." The firm developed by Dietrich Mateschitz sold more than 35 billion cans until now and is available in more than 165 countries. The product is developed from a Thai energy drink and includes caffeine, taurine, B-Vitamines, saccharose, glucose and water, what can be consumed by people in many situations for their physical and social needs and Red Bull created an emotional binding. The product is only available in six different types but because of the well established brand and its young and modern image people have a positive association with it and so buy it. The Company has worldwide steady growth rates although it is sold at a very high price level with compared to that low production costs. In contrast to that the competitors' products are much cheaper, but Red Bull sticks to their prices even many competitors entered the market.. But it can be said that Red Bull is aiming for an abnormal profit and concentrating on internal and marketing orientation when setting their prices. The consumers are paying for the "way of life" and the quality. To the place and promotion strategy can be said that Red Bull is available in 165 countries (in nearly ever little shop) but produced only in Austria and Switzerland. The company is widespread represented in sports sector where they are sponsoring much sportspersons and events. To summarize that it can be said that Red Bull is a very successful and powerful company and the world's market leader in the energy d"