Volkswagen Case Study

Volkswagen

Strategic Issues and Discussion Questions

How did changes in technology and globalization lead to the Volkswagen scandal?

Explain how a supervisory board should work as a mechanism for corporate governance in Germany. Why did Volkswagen’s board fail to prevent this case of managerial opportunism?

What are some of Volkswagen’s long-standing capabilities and core competencies? What are the firm’s values? What new competencies and values does the firm need to develop?

What factors within the Volkswagen organization’s culture do you think led to a group decision to engage in illegal practices and an international deception?

Additional Resources

Reuters’s company profile gives in-depth background on Volkswagen’s current financials, leadership, valuation, news, and more:

Yahoo! Finance’s company profile offers additional background on Volkswagen’s current financials, leadership, valuation, news, and more:

In December 2017, NPR filed this follow-up report on arrests related to the Volkswagen scandal:

In June 2018, NPR filed a follow-up report on the Audi CEO’s arrest in conjunction with the Volkswagen emissions scandal:

Quartz published this report on “dieselgate’s” possible effect on the future of electric and hybrid vehicles:

In March 2019, Wharton’s School of Business reported on the ongoing fallout from Volkswagen’s scandal:

The Verge created this video explanation of how the “defeat device” works:

CNN Business documented the time line of the “dieselgate” scandal in this video:

On October 8, 2015, VW executive Michael Horn testified before Congress:

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