2 IBM: An industry example of a transition from product to service base 2.1 Brief history of IBM and story of its downward spiral IBM stands for “International Business Machine” and was incorporated in 1924 focusing on delivering ‘products’ in the form of punch tabulated machine until it became the biggest and most successful business PC and mainframe manufacturer in world circa 1980’s. At this time IBM stock price once shot up until USD43 per unit [1]. However by the end of 80’s‚ the software
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Coursework 1: Data Analysis Using IBM SPSS By jtrene7@gmail.com Course Instructor Institution City‚ State Date Question 1 Part A: Descriptive Analyses on the Variables In this section‚ descriptive analysis of the variables is made in accordance with the level of measurement of the variables. In this context‚ the variables have been evaluated at the four distinct levels‚ which include nominal‚ ordinal‚ interval‚ and ratio (Frankfort-Nachmias & Nachmias
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References: Case studies (2003). http://www.adexa.com. Case studies (2003). Johnson & Johnson ’s Ethicon Limited Rolls Mobile Service into the Operating Room. http://www.ibm.com. Case studies (2003). http://wipro.com Sharma‚ D. (2004). Nokia Selects IBM for Support. CNET News. http://www.news.com. .
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1. Vanitha Narayanan (Managing Director‚ IBM India) – Vanitha’s inspiring career graph spans across all the steps of career ladder; it starts with a trainee position and gradually rises towards the top of corporate ladder. Vanitha was responsible for diversifying IBM from its traditional role in Telecom. Under her leadership‚ IBM‚ in addition to strengthening its position in Telecom sector‚ also achieved a successful penetration in other key industry verticals such as Banking‚ Financial services
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Priorities 1 salty dog has already started exporting their product to France‚ Germany‚ Norway‚ Belgium and China. The best approach to expanding the brand is to focus on those countries. In those countries the costumers already have some knowledge of the product. We should start a campaign like ‘two for the price of one’. This way our sales of the product will go up‚ and we will achieve brand loyalty in those countries. 2 we should avoid being associated with our competitors. If we want to surpass
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In August of 1973 IBM announced the IBM 3650 and 3660 Store Systems In 1973 new registers that were driven by computers were introduced‚ such as the IBM 3653 Store System and the NCR 2150 that were‚ in essence‚ a mainframe computer packaged as a store controller that could control 128 IBM 3653/3663 Point of Sale Registers. This system was the first commercial use of client-server technology‚ peer to peer communications‚ and Local Area Network (LAN) simultaneous backup and remote initialization
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IBM transforms organizational learning into organizational learning by realizing that in order to promote organizational learning; you have to first achieve individual learning and collectible knowledge. I will show how they accomplish that. IBM knows that individuals need constant training in their jobs and they ensure that each individual are given every opportunity to excel through training. Training is extremely effective and important for learning “how to do your job”‚ and everyone should
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Jr. The Man Who Turned IBM Around Case Summary The turnaround of IBM under Louis V. Gerstner’s leadership is considered to be one of the most remarkable turnarounds in corporate history. The strategic measures taken by Gerstner to transform IBM from a loss making company to a profit generating company; and to transform a hardware vendor to a complete IT solutions provider were remarkable. The case also reveals how he continuously reinvented the business model of IBM amidst rising competition
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Case 2-3: Argentina Uncorks Malbec; World Ready for a Glass 1. Argentina’s wine industry has expanded beyond its home market and has reached consumers in all parts of the world thanks to thanks to winemakers’ concentration on cultivating Malbec grapes. Indeed‚ the industry has found an area in which it excels and was able to export specialized wines that appealed to a more global market‚ particularly the American market. 2. In order to help increase consumer understanding of‚ and appreciation
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History‚ development and growth: International Business Machines (IBM) Global Services in operating in a changing environment‚ Sine December 1996‚ when IBM established IBM Global Services (IGS)‚ had achieved outstanding business result.IGS had grown faster than the industry‚ and IBM Global Services was then widely recognized as the largest computer services company in the world. Being led by its CEO Mr. Gerstner‚ IGS is facing a changing tide where they must make a strategic decision to either
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