Case Study #1 DELL INC. IN 2008: CAN IT OVERTAKE HEWLETT-PACKARD AS THE WORLDWIDE LEADER IN PERSONAL COMPUTERS QUESTIONS 1. What is your evaluation of Michael Dell’s performance in his roles as Dell’s CEO and Chairman? How well has he performed the five tasks of crafting and executing strategy that were discussed in Chapter 2? 2. What are the elements of Dell’s strategy? Which one of the five generic competitive strategies is Dell employing? How well do the different pieces of Dell’s strategy
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Company Research outline Dell Inc. is an American multinational information technology company. The company provides the technology solutions‚ services and support for their customers (Dell‚ 2011). In today’s economic business environment‚ several methods and techniques of the forecasting are used by Dell Company. For instance‚ mainly Dell uses the Delphi technique to do forecasting. As per this technique‚ the company selects and appoints a panel of experts from both the technology and marketing
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barriers to entry in a particular market place and whether or not new players can easily transition into the industry. If this is low then there is low level of threat of new firms entering the industry and vice versa. As it has been stated by Michael Dell‚ his only fear about his business empire is the possibility of new entrants to the market who could adversely affect his business. And moreover‚ Dell’s new strategy is the product diversification; therefore‚ almost all electronic companies are potential
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including the United States had been attaching a great weight to the development of technology. Personal computer is one of best witnesses that can prove this indubitable fact. There are many computer companies in the market‚ such as Lenovo‚ Apple‚ Dell and Hewlett-Packard. The challenge for these companies is not only to come up some strategies to attract customers‚ but also to establish their own ordering systems‚ which can help company to grow under this competitive market. Ordering system is
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obviously has to consider their firm competitors. Thus‚ the next step of this research is competitor analysis‚ which will identify direct and indirect competitors for Apple’s Macbook. Moreover‚ this analysis will select two direct competitors‚ which are Dell and HP‚ to assess their strengths and weakness relative to the marketing activities of Apple. Finally‚ it will explicitly demonstrate how these two competitors are potitioned in Australian laptop market. First of all‚ it is necessary to find the
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different segments. While Acer takes a middle ground in terms of pricing and reputation (but also covering the ‘premium’ and ‘low’ end of market)‚ other brands trade on a lower or higher pricing offers dependent upon their market segment. For example‚ Dell takes a price leadership position‚ whereas HP and Lenovo take a higher price position. The key aspect is that Acer stands alone as compared to competitors in offering a range of brands that target various segments. There are also substitute players
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Findings Dell started out as a direct seller‚ first using a mail-order system‚ and then taking advantage of the internet to develop an online sales platform. Well before use of the internet went mainstream Dell had begun integrating online order status updates and technical support into their customer-facing operations. By 1997‚ Dell’s internet sales had reached an average of $4 million per day. While most other PCs were sold preconfigured and pre-assembled in retail stores‚ Dell offered superior
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Marketing Mix DELL Dell is one of the leading Consumer durables brand. The marketing mix of dell talks about the way in which dell has improvised to gain a competitive position. Product: Dell believes that‚ ‘Marketing is not about providing products or services it is essentially about providing changing benefits to the changing needs and demands of the customer’. Dell provides a wide variety of both business class and home/consumer class products and services. Dell designs‚ develops‚ manufactures
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ABSTRACT Strategic Corporate Communication is communication that happens in a corporation e.g. business‚ company‚ shop or group of companies. It is about laying a plan to reach the intended objectives of the company. Let say if the company needs to make profits it should have its strategic plan to reach that goal. On the other hand‚ those strategic plans must involve internal and external public. Mainly Strategic Corporate Communication is supported by a detailed research plan. Corporate
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