devices. In 1968‚ HP came up with its first minicomputer which found immediate industrial application and in 1972 it introduced a handheld calculator which sold exceedingly well‚ despite a higher price. However‚ competition forced HP to reduce its price later. All these products were not developed for the mass market but employed two different methods to determine products and markets – ask co-workers what was needed or build a machine for one customer and market it to others. In 1984‚ HP launched three
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PepsiCo PESTEL Analysis In external environment might affect organizational performance in direct and indirect manners; therefore they need to be taken into account in strategic planning. PESTEL analysis can be highlighted as the most appropriate strategic analytical tool for specifying and categorizing external factors impacting businesses. PepsiCo PESTEL analysis is as follows. Political factors Government stability in the south Asian countries selling PepsiCo products is a major political factor
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Robert F. Bruner‚ APPLIED MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest43708-380676-hp-compaq-merger-analysis-entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/ 12 23 Carly’s Big Party Plans 5.0% sales erosion 8.1% EBIT margin (resulting from $2.5BN cost savings) 7.0% net income margin 10.7% ROC Post-merger share price: $24.85 Synergy Calculations HWP Intrinsic Firm Value 3 6‚695‚889 CPQ Intrinsic Firm Value 10‚682‚654 Value
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S.W.O.T. Analysis of Primark Strength Primark offers high street quality clothes for cheap prices and quality services to attract its customers and it also provides clothing for all ages and sexes. The company is part of the ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative) which focuses on worker’s rights‚ their production of goods and bringing businesses together to work on labour rights issues. TNS ranks Primark as Great Britain’s second largest clothing retailer by Volume in terms of market
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Situation analysis and marketing planning. The importance of the internal and external environment and their effect on the development and implementation of marketing planning is crucial and should be highly considered by any organisation wishing to be profitable in the increasingly competitive international marketing arena. Multinational companies that desire to prosper‚ should develop a coherent international marketing plan having‚ as a starting point‚the analysis of the environment. Based on
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PESTEL FRAMEWORK The framework provides a comprehensive list of influences on the possible success or failure of particular strategies. Important to do PESTEL analysis whilst developing a strategy! PESTEL is an acronym which stands for; Political This highlights the role of governments. Firms will be directly affected by the actions of government and other political events. These might be major events affecting the whole of the business community or they may be actions affecting just one part of
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attributes within corporate markets and HPs consumer market exposure. Also the divisions represent the least differentiated attributes of HPQ’s portfolio‚ in comparison to competitors. Competitor pricing has PC operating margins between 4.6% and 7.3%‚ for the past 10 years printer supplies has delivered operating margin between 15.5% and 18.3%. HP’s services engagements are typically large‚ long-term in nature‚ and expensive for the customer to migrate to another vendor. HP has aggressively expanded its services
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QuickSpecs Overview HP Compaq 6730b Notebook PC HP recommends Windows Vista® Business 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Optional VGA webcam Volume mute button with LED indicator Volume scroll zone with up/down LED indicators Serial port Optical drive/Upgrade Bay Media Card Reader (2) USB 2.0 ports Touchpad with scroll zone Optional HP Fingerprint Sensor 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 10. Touchpad buttons Hard drive activity / HP 3D DriveGuard LED indicator Battery charging LED
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QuickSpecs Overview HP EliteBook 8460p Notebook PC HP EliteBook 8560p Notebook PC 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 16. WLAN antennas (3) WWAN antennas Webcam LED indicator (with optional webcam) Dual-microphone array Optional 720p HD webcam Ambient Light Sensor HP Night Light on/off button HP Night Light Wireless on/off button with LED indicator HP QuickWeb button with LED indicator Volume mute button with LED indicator Pointstick Optional HP Fingerprint Sensor Pointstick
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My report is on the company Hewlett – Packard (HP) which was founded in 1939. I mainly focused on the Personal Systems Group (PSG): business and consumers PCs mobile computing devices and workstations which is one of the major industries of HP. In order to succeed in the business industry a company needs to understand its customer’s needs and create wants for them. HP found out that the customer needed light weight‚ useful notebook PCs through its Research & Development (R&D) centre. Hence‚ it created
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