Assignment Questions

What are the key elements of Tesla's strategy?

Which one of the competitive strategies discussed in Chapter $3$ most closely approximates the competitive approach that Tesla is employing?

Are you impressed by the strategy Elon Musk has crafted for Tesla? Why or why not?

What is your assessment of Tesla's financial performance as shown in case Exhibit $2?$ Use the financial ratio information in Appendix following Chapter $10$ to assist you in calculating a revealing set of financial ratios and interpreting them.

What do we learn from the data in case Exhibits $4$ and $5$ and the accompanying discussion of the electric vehicle segment of the global automotive industry?

What are the issues$/$problems that Elon Musk and other members of Tesla's top management team need to address as of mid$-2022?$

What changes$/$adjustments in Tesla's strategy would you recommend that Elon Musk consider? You answer should include all of the recommended actions Musk and Tesla should take to continue to improve the company's competitive standing and financial performance.

What is the unexpected happening in $2024$ to the EV manufacturing industry