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Own Work Declaration
I hereby certify that the following piece of work complies with the Own Work Declaration form already issued and with the University’s Rules and Regulations relating to plagiarism and collusion, as listed in the Essential Information for Students and the MBA Course Handbook.
Candidate Number(s): Karimov A.A.
Title of Course: EMBA 4: Entrepreneurial project
Submission Date: 1 February 2008
Title of Work: Individual Project
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SIGNED (insert candidate numbers) 54301
Development Project Business Plan
Table of contents
1.0. Executive Summary. 3
1.1Project Objectives. 4
1.2.Keys to Success. 4
2.0. Project Opportunity. 5
3.0. The Market Analysis. 6
3.1.Market Segmentation. 6
3.2.Competitors and Competitive Advantages. 7
3.3.Target Market Segment Strategy. 9
3.4.Market Trends and Growth. 11
4.0. The Proposition. 13
5.0. The Business Model. 15
6.0. Sales & Marketing. 16
6.1.Promotional strategy. 16
6.2.Sales Strategy. 18
7.0. Financial Forecasts. 20
7.1.Important Assumptions. 20
7.2.Project Earnings Structure. 20
7.3.Net Present Value Analysis. 21
7.4.Projected Cash Flow.. 22
7.5.Key Financial Indicators. 22
8.0. Company Profile. 23
8.1.Management Team.. 23
8.2.Management Team Gaps and Personnel Plan. 24
9.0. Risks. 25
1.0. Executive Summary
The investment project essence lies in creating in Kazan city (the capital of one of the Russian Federation regions – the Republic of Tatarstan) a state-of-the-art industrial park designed especially for small and medium-sized companies occupied in chemistry and petrochemistry. The choice of the industrial park profile is based on the regional economy structure and specialization. Fuel and petrochemical industries determine the republican economy profile. It is the production of crude oil, synthetic rubber, tyres (one third of total Russian market capacity), polyethylene (40% of total Russian market capacity) and wide range of petrochemicals processing; there are large mechanical engineering enterprises that produce helicopters, aircrafts and aircrafts engines, heavy trucks and small cars, compressors and oil-gas pumping equipment; hi-tech electric and radio devices. Globally, Tatarstan is one of the most economically developed republics of the Russian Federation, located in the centre of the country largest industrial region, at the intersection of most important highways, connecting East and West, North and South of the country.
The project developer is the “Idea Capital Asset Management” company founded in 2004, which competes in real estate rental market, being a development and management company. Until recently it was occupied mainly in office real estate. With the HIMGRAD Industrial Park development project the company goes into industrial real estate market segment.
The project is supposed to develop on the territory of an industrial site with 75 years history within the limits of Kazan city. ............