1 The Acquirer: Lenovo 2 2.2 The Target: IBM 2 3. The Acquisition 2 3.1 Development of Acquisition (Time Line) 2 3.2 Facts of Acquisition 2 3.3 Expected Problems from Acquisition 2 3.4 Underlying motivations/expectations for Lenovo’s Management 2 3.5 Underlying motivations/ expectations for IBM’s Management 2 4. Were Lenovo’s expectations met? 2 4.1 To become an international company with access to the global PC market 2 4.2 Aim to leverage IBM brand to gain marketplace traction 2 4.3
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Introduction IBM is one of the most successful technology and consulting companies in the world. In 2012‚ its brand name is in second place in international brand equity rankings‚ just behind Coca Cola. With its 433‚362 employees it is operating in 170 countries and able to generate profit of $15.85 billion per year. The company itself has been founded in 1911 trough a merger of three technology companies. In 1924‚ the company’s name was changed to International Business Machines‚ abbreviated to IBM. Initially
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Applied Econometrics Applied Econometrics Introduction Outline FEM11090-12 Applied Econometrics Nalan Basturk Erasmus University Rotterdam Econometric Institute basturk@ese.eur.nl http://people.few.eur.nl/basturk/ Introduction Course Introduction Course Organization Motivation Introduction Today Regression Linear Regression Ordinary Least Squares Linear regression model Gauss-Markov conditions and the properties of OLS estimators Example: individual wages Goodness-of-fit 1 / 42 2 / 42
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“A Transaction Brokerage provides third-party real estate services to buyers and sellers” (Magloff). As clearly stated by Magloff‚ Real Estate Transaction Brokers are hired to assist all parties during a transaction of either buying or selling property. Real Estate Agents alone can only help so much‚ but Transaction Brokers are designed to help on a more personal level. Transaction Brokers are fair and can help more than a Real Estate Agent alone. It is important to understand the roles of a Transaction
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Enterprise Introduction Framed by the year 2009‚ the International Business Machines Corporation (hereafter IBM) aims at becoming a ‘globally-integrated enterprise’ and is therefore facing the act of balancing between being deeply connected (in order to provide value for customers and society) and yet above the fray (to avoid divisive controversies). Over its nearly 100 year history‚ IBM moved from international (exporting form the U.S.) to multi-national (with subsidiaries in many countries) to
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Controls and Substantive Tests of Transactions ← Review Questions 15-1 A representative sample is one in which the characteristics of interest for the sample are approximately the same as for the population (that is‚ the sample accurately represents the total population). If the population contains significant misstatements‚ but the sample is practically free of misstatements‚ the sample is nonrepresentative‚ which is likely to result in an improper audit decision. The auditor can never
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SUBMITTED BY: SWATI AGARWAL ROLL NO-01 PGDB-IB STRATEGY CASE STUDY: IBM Q1. Outline the relevant trends in IBM"s external environment which could have prompted its then CEO to consider long term changes in IBM’s business portfolio. Ans.) IBM’s CEO Samuel J. Palmisano‚ was considering a change in long term change in business portfolio in terms that instead of just using in-house resources for merely selling and servicing technology‚ they could help big conglomerates
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| With more college graduates than jobs‚ the government wrestles with what to do with themSouth Korea is beginning to wrestle with the unappetizing fact that too many of its young are in college. Despite the very real success of its economy‚ the country can’t manufacture enough jobs for its graduates – of which it produces a lot. Singapore‚ Taiwan and other Asian countries to some extent face the same glut. However‚ South Korea seems in a class by itself. Some 86 percent of all high school graduates
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Applied Problems – Week 1 AP‐1: Which costs are pertinent to economic decision making? Which costs are not relevant? ©2009 McGraw‐Hill Irwin. Used with permission from the publisher. Brickley‚ J. A.‚ Smith‚ C. W.‚ & Zimmerman‚ J. L. (2009). Managerial economics and organizational architecture (RQ 2‐1‚ p. 56). Boston: McGraw‐Hill Irwin. AP‐2: Textbook – Chapter 1‚ Applied Problem 2 (p. 32) AP‐3: Textbook – Chapter 2‚ Applied Problem 1 (p. 83) AP‐4: Textbook – Chapter 2
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Matthew J The Social Developmental Value of Theatre Arts 07/01/2013 Applied Theatre is an umbrella term used to describe theatre and drama based practices with the aim of social development. The topics can range from targets of community building‚ protest‚ cultural awareness and sensitivities‚ harm reduction‚ religion‚ health‚ socio-economic representation‚ and educational purposes. Within Applied Theatre‚ there are no set traditional theatrical methods but a preference towards innovative
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