LENOVO COMPANY HISTORY Lenovo Group Limited is today the largest information technology enterprise in China and the third largest computer company in the world which is has an 8.6 per cent share of the PC market‚ after Hewlett-Packard at 15 per cent and Dell of the US at 16.8 per cent. During its first 20 years‚ Lenovo evolved from a small distributor of imported computers into China’s leading computer firm and in 2005‚ it purchased IBM’s division. Lenovo has been the market leader for seven consecutive
Premium Personal computer Lenovo Brand
Background of Tony Fernandes Tony Fernandes was born on 30 April 1964 in Kuala Lumpur to an Indian father who was originally from Chennai‚ India and a Christian Eurasian mother of mixed Portuguese and Malaccan descent. He was educated at Epsom College from 1977 to 1983 and graduated from London School of Economics in 1987. He had worked briefly with Virgin Atlantic as a Financial Controller. He was also the youngest CEO to lead the Warner Music Records (Malaysia) before deciding to set up Tune Air
Premium Kuala Lumpur Tony Fernandes Mahathir bin Mohamad
MANILA ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDEN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden or Manila Zoo emerged from the ashes of World War II‚ a proud monument of man’s innate love of nature and its multitude of creatures. This showcase of then Mayor Arsenio H. Lacson’s vision was born on May 18‚ 1959 by virtue of City Ordinance No. 4135 and inaugurated on July 25‚ 1959. Mayor Antonio Z. Villegas’ Executive Order No. 10‚ dated February 1‚ 1967‚ integrated into one office the Division
Premium Philippines
COMPANY BACKGROUND Converse‚ Inc. is a designer‚ distributor and marketer of high-performance and casual athletic footwear and apparel for men‚ women and children. The Company’s products primarily include athletic footwear distinguished by its sports classics‚ sports performance and sports lifestyle product categories‚ comprising approximately 37%‚ 27% and 36%‚ respectively‚ of the Company’s sales. The sports classics footwear category includes the Chuck Taylor All Star‚ the Jack Purcell tennis
Premium Athletic shoe Nike, Inc. Footwear
Company’s Background IKEA is a Swedish company which sells affordable furniture and is famous for their D.I.Y furniture. They are the largest furniture retailer in the world and currently operates in 38 countries with a total of 332 stores. IKEA’s concept is to make use of unwanted woods and transform them into useful furniture‚ resulting in an affordable yet stylish product. They are also well known for their delicious food served in their restaurant which is located in their store. Ingka Holding
Premium IKEA Foreign direct investment Franchising
The Odyssey ~ Background Information * The novel covers a 10 year period. * The novel was written approximately in 720 B.C. * The novel takes place in 1230 B.C. ~ during the Bronze age. * The Iliad (written first) and The Odyssey are based on historical events that took place about 1230 B.C. * Both novels are considered epic poems * The Odyssey is defined as a journey. This is the story of Odysseus’ journey back home after the Trojan War. From The Odyssey‚ Homer chose the
Premium Odyssey Odysseus
Brief Background of OSHA OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) officially formed on April 28‚ 1971‚ the date that the OSH Act became effective. George Guenther was appointed as the agency’s first director. OSHA has developed a number of training‚ compliance assistance‚ and health and safety recognition programs throughout its history. The OSHA Training Institute‚ which trains government and private sector health and safety personnel‚ began in 1972. In 1978‚ the agency began a grant
Premium Occupational safety and health
DELL Company Background DELL is a multinational information technology corporation based in Round Rock‚ Texas‚ United States‚ that develops‚ sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder‚ Michael Dell‚ the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world‚ employing more than 96‚000 people worldwide. Dell had 46‚000 employees as of Jan. 30. About 22‚200 of those‚ or 48.3 percent‚ were in the United States‚ while 23‚800 people
Premium Dell Personal computer Fortune 500
Samsung’s Background Byung-Chull Lee founded Samsung in March 1‚ 1938. Byung-Chull Lee started the company in Taegu‚ Korea with only 30‚000 won‚ and it was originally focused on trade export‚ selling dried fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to the cities of Manchuria and Beijing. A few years later after Samsung was founded‚ the company acquired its own flour mills and confectionary machines‚ later on they got their own manufacturing and sales operations‚ and eventually evolved to become the modern corporation
Premium Mobile phone Ethics
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND A worldwide consensus on the critical role of competitive markets and entrepreneurs in economic development has emerged in the last decade. In developing countries‚ the primary barrier to economic growth is often not so much a scarcity of capital‚ labour or land as it is a scarcity of both the dynamic entrepreneurs that can bring these together and the markets and mechanisms that can facilitate them in this task. Concept Entrepreneurship can be
Premium Economic growth Entrepreneurship Economic development