Strategic Management: Huawei Case Analysis
Strategic Management
Huawei Case Analysis
Huawei: Cisco’s Chinese Challenger
Introduction
By this case analysis, some basic points are going to be mentioned like current strategies used by
Huawei, its challenges and issues, the situational analysis, and its competitive strategies used and new strategies adopted for its improvement. Before getting to discuss those points, we need to know some background about Huawei in order to gain its familiarity to the case.
Background information
It’s the fact that Huawei is the second-largest telecommunication equipment company in the world by its revenue and its offices are scattered over 140 countries all over the world. Huawei is expected to soon become the largest one in the world. It’s a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunication equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, China.
This company was founded by ex-military officer Ren Zhengfei in 1988 as a distributor for phone switches and formed as a private company owned by its employees. It is now a comprehensive telecommunication company with network equipment, mobile broadband devices, handsets, and convergence devices. Its core missions are to build telecommunications networks.
In addition, it has over 140000 employees worldwide.
Gaining Familiarity
Huawei was incorporated in 1988 as a private enterprise manufacturing telecommunication equipment for local Chinese companies at a fraction of the price of its international rivals.
Company had developed variety of products, of which 60% came from international sales. It has
55 branch offices worldwide with 8 regional headquarters. Huawei is also known as Cisco of
China. Huawei has invested a lot of money on Research and Development (R&D) to develop highly-qualified products. Furthermore, Huawei products and solutions have been shipped to over 140 countries and regions across the globe, serving 45 of the world’s top 50 telecommunications operators and more than one-third of the world’s
Huawei Case Analysis
Huawei: Cisco’s Chinese Challenger
Introduction
By this case analysis, some basic points are going to be mentioned like current strategies used by
Huawei, its challenges and issues, the situational analysis, and its competitive strategies used and new strategies adopted for its improvement. Before getting to discuss those points, we need to know some background about Huawei in order to gain its familiarity to the case.
Background information
It’s the fact that Huawei is the second-largest telecommunication equipment company in the world by its revenue and its offices are scattered over 140 countries all over the world. Huawei is expected to soon become the largest one in the world. It’s a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunication equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, China.
This company was founded by ex-military officer Ren Zhengfei in 1988 as a distributor for phone switches and formed as a private company owned by its employees. It is now a comprehensive telecommunication company with network equipment, mobile broadband devices, handsets, and convergence devices. Its core missions are to build telecommunications networks.
In addition, it has over 140000 employees worldwide.
Gaining Familiarity
Huawei was incorporated in 1988 as a private enterprise manufacturing telecommunication equipment for local Chinese companies at a fraction of the price of its international rivals.
Company had developed variety of products, of which 60% came from international sales. It has
55 branch offices worldwide with 8 regional headquarters. Huawei is also known as Cisco of
China. Huawei has invested a lot of money on Research and Development (R&D) to develop highly-qualified products. Furthermore, Huawei products and solutions have been shipped to over 140 countries and regions across the globe, serving 45 of the world’s top 50 telecommunications operators and more than one-third of the world’s