Investment Alternatives and Analysis for Fair Value Case Analysis of Lenovo Merging and Acquiring IBM PC Department Contents Introduction ………………………………………………… 1~4 Body 1. The critical successful factors that are the focus of the successful M&A activities …………………………… 4~6 2. The summary of lessons learned which made the factors successful……………………………………………… 6~8 3. What is the company should do next to improve its post-M&A initiatives….........
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Hewlett Packard: S: 1. Product diversity: HP not just do the software and hardware but the whole rang of service to design‚ implement and IT infrastructure. Right now HP is dominating the market of printer with 40% market share. The product diversity enables the company to hold its position even in the time of recession. 2.Successful strategic acquisitions: In 2002 HP acquire the Compaq and become the largest PC manufacturer by replacing the Dell. In November of 2009‚ Hewlett Packard announced
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1. SPRICE: selling price of home‚ dollars LIVAREA: living area‚ hundreds of square feet AGE: number of beds BEDS: number of baths BATHS: =1 if lot size > .5 acres‚ 0 otherwise LGELOT: age of home at time of sale‚ years POOL: =1 if home has pool‚ 0 otherwise | SPRICE | LIVAREA | AGE | BEDS | BATHS | LGELOT | POOL | Mean | 123693.9 | 16.75 | 21.86 | 3.29 | 2.13 | 0.06 | 0.07 | Median | 109500.0 | 16.00 | 19.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Maximum | 713000.0 | 49.00
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The Gap Inc. business strategy is a combined of cost leader and differentiation. The company provides a highly competitive price with some differentiated fashion features. As a cost leader‚ Gap supplies the similar products at a lower price‚ uses the simple design‚ and applies a tight cost control system to its store space. At the same time‚ Gap also equipped with some unique product features. The company has variety products designed for different group of target customer‚ like GapKids and Banana
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Case #4: Bridging the Gap As customers once knew‚ The Gap was a popular fashion apparel store that attracted many people to it. However‚ this is no longer the case in the present day. So what happened? According to the case‚ competitors are gaining market share with cheaper and fresher fashion designs. One of the problems Gap (including other retailers) is the rising costs of raw materials. Gap said this would force them to raise their prices on items by 20 percent‚ but the customers
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THE PROMOTIONAL TOOLSADVERTISING1. PERVASIVENESS: Advertising permits the seller to repeat a message many times. It also allows the buyer to compare messages of various competitors. Large scale advertising says something positive about the seller size‚ power and success. 2. AMPLIFIED EXPRESSIVENESS: Advertising provides opportunities for dramatizing the company and its products through the artful print sound color. ADVERTISING CAN BE USED TO BUILD UP A LONG TERM IMAGE FOR A PRODUCTPROMOTIONThe
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In 2000 the digital music was the next big thing in how consumers listen to music. The technological shift in music changed how the relationship is between the artists‚ recording companies‚ promoters and music stores on how they operate today. In the late 90’s and early 2000’s Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks allowed free exchange of music files with companies like Napster and Kazaa was a big step that allowed consumers to store large libraries of music. With the cost of hard drive space going down;
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This essay‚ published by The New York Times and written by the journalist Claire Cain Miller‚ establishes a counter argument for the position that many people have taken on the issue of the gender pay gap. Miller and Harvard labor economist‚ Claudia Goldin‚ established the view that the pay gap is because of gender and not because of comparisons between the different jobs that males and females take. Being informed is essential to finding solutions for an issue and in this essay Miller informs her
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Lenovo Lenovo is a multinational company currently headquartered in Morrisville‚ North Carolina. They primarily create computers‚ servers and similar products. In December 2004‚ Lenovo purchased IBM. The primary focus on offshoring and outsourcing went to the IBM’s ThinkPad division. In 2007‚ Lenovo released plans to create an international global hub in India. This occurred due to the experience of India’s “Ogilvy & Mather’s” branch. The have had extensive experience building brands and
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When Lenovo acquired IBM’s PC division to transition out of being China’s largest PC maker to the third largest in the world‚ they were confronted with the challenge of four different brand strategies. Lenovo desired to clearly communicate an authentic value proposition for the newly combined resources of their firm. With this‚ we would recommend a Synergy branding strategy in the short term and a Master Brand approach in the long term. We feel this co-branding approach will further align Lenovo’s
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