Strategic Analysis of Cisco in China Presented By: Gary J. Pelkey Fall 2010 Table of Contents Introduction 5 Macro Environment Analysis (PESTEL Analysis) 5 Political Factors: 6 Economical Factors: 6 Societal Factors: 7 Technological Factors: 7 Legal Factors: 8 Micro Environment Analysis (VRIO Analysis) 8 Analysis of Competitive Environment 11 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis to the industry 11 Threat of New Entrants: 12 The Bargaining Power of Buyers: 12 Bargaining Power of
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Executive Summary The purpose of this case report is to analyze Cisco Systems in terms of its successful factors and current issues. The paper will discuss the current market situation‚ including a S.W.O.T. analysis (strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ threats) as well as some overall objectives and issues regarding to Cisco products. It also comments the implications of the problems in terms of management‚ the marketing mix‚ and competition in further detail. Formulation and evaluation of alternatives
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behavioral viewpoints of Abraham Maslow and Frederick Hertzberg to a company like Cisco and apply these theories so as to contribute to Cisco ’s development as a whole. Issues that will be discussed are the two types of behavioral viewpoints namely‚ Maslow ’s hierarchy-of-needs theory and Hertzberg ’s two-factor theory‚ compare these two theories and apply them to analyse the motivation needs of people in a company like Cisco. Maslow ’s hierarchy-of-needs theory According to Maslow ’s hierarchy-of-needs
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CISCO SYSTEMS CASE STUDY Cisco Systems‚ Inc. is a leading supplier of communications and computer networking products‚ systems‚ and services. As being a leader in routers and switches industry‚ Cisco Systems turns to be a B2B technology services firm that solves business problems with collaboration and network. There are many factors that contribute to the company’s success. First‚ the company’s product line includes routers‚ switches‚ remote access devices‚ protocol translators‚ Internet
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E-LEARNING AT CISCO SYSTEMS The purpose of this case is to see and understand how e-learning tool contributed to an improvement in the processes of Cisco Systems by answering the following questions: 1. Differences between e-learning and e-training. 2. What measures has Cisco adopted to encourage its employees to use e-learning? 3. Comment on the effectiveness of the e-learning programs at Cisco. Cisco Systems is one of the fastest growing companies in the world‚ selling devices
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Financial Analysis Of Cisco Systems (2005 – 2007) Document Owner(s) Elvira Solanes‚ Keith Allen‚ Sachin Yadav‚Vijay Shankar‚ Xiaochen Wu Table of Contents Introduction 3 Company Overview 3 Financial Summary 3 Product Lines 4 Routing 4 Switching 4 Enterprise IP Communications 5 Security 5 Home Networking 5 Optical Networking 5 Storage Area Netwroking 5 Wieless Technology 5 Social Responsibility 5 Corporate Governance 6 Reporting Strategy 6 Organization Structure 6
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Cisco ERP implementation Cisco Systems Cases Cisco Systems is one the most important successful cases on an ERP implement with the internet and since then it has added substantial CRM capabilities for customer service and an extensive portal for internal and customer-oriented knowledge management. Even with its lead‚ the company never rests: It recently went through another round of reengineering key processes to make better use of available technology. Cisco the company
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Chapter 1: I. Key attributed of successful companies a. Have skilled people b. Have strong relationships c. Have enough funding to execute their plans and support their operations II. To be successful‚ a company must meet its first main goal a. Identifying‚ creating‚ and delivering highly values products and services to its customers. III. Corporate life cycle a. Starting up as a proprietorship i. Three important advantage 1. It is easily and inexpensively formed 2. Subject to few
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Forecasts Firstly‚ the demand forecast accuracy on which decisions were based was low. Customers at the time were placing the same order with several suppliers and closing the deal with the supplier that delivered the order first. As noted in the Cisco Systems Case Study‚ due to this practice‚ an order for 10‚000 routers simulated demand for 30‚000 machines. Cisco’s sales force failed to account for this artificially inflated demand and for the trend in reduced technology spending‚ which was a major
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1. The two main focuses for Cisco‚ specifically related to the Viking‚ were offering the lowest possible cost in combination with innovative‚ high-end technological advancements. Cisco believed they would be capable of achieving these goals by outsourcing manufacturing processes to partners who would take responsibility for components planning and procurement‚ order scheduling‚ designing manufacturing processes‚ and overall supply chain management. Cisco would be freed up to add value by focusing
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