Sequential learning in a Chinese spin-off: the case of Lenovo Group Limited Wei Xie1 and Steven White2 School of Economics and Management‚ Tsinghua University‚ Beijing 100084‚ China xiew@em.tsinghua.edu.cn 2 INSEAD‚ France steven.white@insead.edu 1 This paper analyzes the learning process and sequential capabilities development in Lenovo‚ China’s most successful PC manufacturer‚ which originated as a spin-off from a governmentsupported research institute. The case study reveals this firm’s evolutionary
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electronic areas. From one perspective‚ with more advanced technology‚ laptop manufacturers including lenovo are able to provide higher-quality products for consumers. From another‚ if new technology leads to high efficiency of production process‚ the products’ prices can be reduced. Thus with better performances and lower prices‚ more consumers are likely to purchase it‚ the manufacturers could expand their scales and accounts for more market shares. This is definitely a good news for Lenovo also.
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Executive summary Lenovo‚ the largest PC business in China faced the intensified competition of its own market by global level companies such as HP and Dell. In attempt to expand the market internationally‚ Lenovo made the acquisition of IBM’s PC division. Since two organizational cultures were different‚ the synergy of the merged Lenovo-IBM was required. Lenovo entitled to IBM landmark and “Think” products to move to international market and enabled to increase the market power by over night after
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Business Report of Lenovo Section 1 Introduction Lenovo was found in 1984 in Beijing and it is the world’s second-largest PC vendor. According to the last official statistic‚ Lenovo consolidated turnover of 146.6 billion Yuan and Lenovo employs nearly 40‚000 people. Lenovo is a well-known national brand in China and Lenovo is serving customers in more than 160 countries. In order to expand overseas business and access to world-class brand‚ Lenovo carried out an acquisition of the former
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Lenovo is one of the world"s largest manufacturers formed as a result of the acquisition by the Lenovo Group of the IBM Personal Computing Division. Lenovo’s business level strategies is that to differentiate their product from competitor’s products. Lenovo ues the new technology‚ unceasingly develops the new product‚ causesown commodity throughout to be at colleague’s industry leadingposition . The value Chain Model Each activity On value chain Primary activities: Inbound Logistics;
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Contents The overview——————————————3 Corporate governance about Lenovo—————3 The corporate governance structure—————————————3 Board Composition————————————————————4 Appointment and Election of Directors————————————5 Board Process———————————————————————7 Board committee——————————————————————8 Accountability and audit ——————————————————12 Communication with shareholder———————————————13 The overview on Lenovo Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 0992) is a Chinese multinational computer hardware
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1. Do you think Lenovo should continue to use the IBM and ThinkPad brands or focus more on establishing its own brand identity? The Lenovo name came about in 2005 when two popular PC companies‚ Legend Holdings and IBM‚ merged. Legend Holdings was the largest PC company in China‚ while IBM was well known in the United States). Once reason that IMB was popular was for their popular professional computer named the ThinkPad. The ThinkPad was known for many reasons‚ but one of the reasons
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LENOVO Case Analysis Situation Analysis Chinese super brand Lenovo‚ formerly formed as Legend‚ has seen itself rise from being a mere imported parts distributor into its country’s largest computer manufacturer as well as being the world’s fourth. The company now has branches world-wide and has experienced successful growths since its establishment in 1984. Lenovo SWOT breakdown: Strengths: Lenovo has a mass and strong relationship with their domestic customer base. Being a homegrown company
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BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Lenovo develops‚ manufactures and markets technology products and services. It is one of the leading providers of PCs.The group provides notebooks‚ desktops‚ workstations‚ servers‚ computer accessories and upgrades‚ mobile phones‚ computer software and services. It serves both enterprise and consumer markets. Lenovo has operations across Americas‚ Europe and Asia Pacific. Lenovo has organized its business operations under three geographic segments: China‚ mature markets
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Political factors include government regulations and legal issues determining the conditions under which companies have to operate. In this field‚ the computer industry has to face certain restraints. Problems can arise in countries where political stability is not guaranteed‚ no matter whether companies operate production facilities or if they do business with the country through exports. Many countries still have restrictive policies which are maintained to protect domestic manufacturers and production
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