Question 1 Using a SWOT analysis‚ identify the key strategic fits between the two companies. What are the most important expected synergies? Strength Weakness Ability to serve customers at lower cost Compaq was a significant player in enterprise systems and HP in IT services business Wider spectrum of products for its clients through the merger Strong brand recognition‚ something that takes time to build Highly complimentary R&D Overlapping management Overlapping product
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- Partnership as part of the overall strategy - Both companies must continue to improve the efficiency of existing supply chain operations‚ exploring process innovations that might be strategically advantageous to HP - ?Increasing efficiency of existing processes and not discovering more effective alternatives will be counterproductive over time. - Concerns the partnership will hit a brick wall in the near future - How much more efficient can they become on the current practice? - Colaluca wanted:
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5. Were the changes initiated by Fiorina justified? At the time when Fiorina took over HP‚ she faced many problems‚ for instance stagnating technology‚ losing market share to competitors. Many expected her to help the company. She made many changes on structure and policies of the company. Although the overall outcomes of her changes are not as good as expected‚ the changes initiated by her were still justified because the situation of the company drove her focus more on outcome than people. One
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1 Virgin Group’s mission and values The Virgin group comprises is composed by over 200 companies with more than 25‚000 employees worldwide. It has revenues of about 7 billion‚ and has become one of the world’s top 50 brands. Although there is no official mission‚ we can infer that by the company statements throughout the years: Be the shopper victor‚ by delivering brand values‚ which are: value for currency‚ superior quality‚ dazzling customer
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Business Strategy Group Case Study PRADA Group members Yufan Liu Ying Wang Dingyu Wang Executive Summary This report examines the strategic management of the international iconic fashion company- Prada. In this report we conduct an analysis of the external and internal environments and identify strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats of the Prada. The key issues identified in the environment analysis is the Prada’s future market especially
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selling food and Beverage Company. One of the largest multinational investors in the country‚ PepsiCo has established a business which aims to serve the long term dynamic needs of consumers in India. Soft drinks witnesses’ healthy growth in India .The group has built an expansive beverage and foods business. To support its operations‚ PepsiCo has 36 bottling plants in India‚ of which 13 are company owned and 23 are franchisee owned. In addition to this‚ PepsiCo’s Frito Lay foods division has 3 state-of-the-art
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PACKARD – COMPAQ : THE MERGER DECISION Group members - Key Learning From The Article – 1. Insist on innovating operating strategies. 2. Do not go ahead if you do not have a plan to increase the shareholders’ value even in the long run. 3. Do not look always for growth only in high – growth industries. 4. Evolve in house capabilities. Note –Article main point was that nonsynergistics deals can be successful. HP – Compaq Case – As the PC‚ printing
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. Over the time covered here‚ did Hewlett-Packards board of directors fulfill its duties to the company’s share owners? Explain how it met or did not meet basic duties. He did not fulfill his duties to the company. The board directors let a few influence their decisions. They did not take their decisions based solely on what was best for the company and their shareholders. It became a war between board members for control. 2. What different perspectives on the role of the board are revealed in
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networking products and resources‚ consulting and integration services and software‚ as well as personal computing and related access devices‚ imaging and printing related products and services. The usage of notebook in recent years increases tremendously. HP focuses on their research and development of notebook in such a way that certain types of notebooks are specifically programmed and designed for professional use whereas some other type of notebooks are specifically programmed for personal use. Place
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to maintain satisfactory product availability. THE DESKJET SUPPLY CHAIN The network of suppliers‚ manufacturing sites‚ distribution centers (DCs)‚ dealers‚ and customers for the DeskJet product make up the DeskJet supply chain (see Exhibit 17.14). HP in Vancouver does manufacturing. There are two key stages in the manufacturing process: (1) printed circuit assembly and test (PCAT) and (2) final assembly and test (FAT). PCAT involves the assembly and testing of electronic components (like integrated
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