Question 2: Lenovo seems to be "stuck in the middle"? What does it need to be a leader both in China and internationally? After acquiring IBM‚ Lenovo achieved great benefits and became a well-known private computer brand in the global market‚ expecially in China. However‚ this company had to face with "stuck in the middle" when integrating IBM Corporation’s PC division. The differences between two national cultures were the reason why that Lenovo failed in implementing strategies for Chinese market
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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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INTRODUCTION Lenovo bounded on the international scene May 2005 wit the acquisiton of IBM’s personal computer division for $1.75 billion. This was viewed as an experiment to see whether Chinese companies could successfully integrate foreign acquisitions as they continued to expend internationally. With this landmark acquisition‚ Lenovo’s new strategy was to become a leader in the global PC market. Lenovo Group Limited is one of the most prominent PC manufacturers in the world especially
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technology industry in 2005? People from all over the world pay attention on the computer empire. Lenovo Group‚ which used to be Legend and the largest personal computer manufacturer in China‚ acquire IBM’s personal computer division in May 1‚ 2005. This deal business marked that the third largest PC enterprise was born. Lenovo Group will own the ThinkPad and ThinkCenter trademarks for the coming five years. Lenovo Group was set up in 1984‚ the founder Liu Chuanzhi leaded 10 technology people to acknowledge
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NUS Cerebration 2011 – Round II Submission Lenovo - For Those Who Do INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT‚ INDORE PGP-II Term-5 AY-11-12 Date of Submission: 20th September 2011 Submitted by: Team: Three4All Jaipal Charan| p10jaipalc@iimidr.ac.in | +918085722442 Rahil Maniyar | p10rahilm@iimidr.ac.in | +917879278890 Sandeep Kumar | p10sandeepk@iimidr.ac.in | +919752830949 Contents Executive Summary 2 Situation analysis 4 Industry 5 Competitor Analysis 5 Market Developments
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Financial Analysis Lenovo Group Limited CONTENT I. Introduction 3 1. Background 3 2. Nature of business 8 3. Description of product/services 9 4. Current Revenue size and Profit 12 5. Major Market Served 15 6. Ownership 16 7. Other relevant basic information 17 8. Company`s business strategy 21 II. Analysis of Company Performance 21 1. Company Growth 21 2. Financial ratios 23 3. Liquidity 23 4. Leverage 25 5. Profitability – Dupont Analysis
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Strategic Alliance —Case Study of Lenovo and IBM By Lili Jiang Dissertation submitted to the University of Nottingham Business School‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in International Business September 2007 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all‚ I would like to thank my supervisor Bernard Leca for his support and very help advices throughout this research. Then I would like to thank my family for giving me this opportunity to study abroad
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Lenovo Reboots Contents The Chinese PC maker has bounced back by focusing on emerging markets. Now‚ can it make some real money? Listen Select: CORPORATIONS The Chinese PC maker has bounced back by focusing on emerging markets. Now‚ can it make some real money? LENOVO GROUP CHAIRMAN YANG YUANQING WAS WORKING AT the company’s North Carolina offices and spending a good deal of his time studying English and taking executive courses when his longtime mentor‚ Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi‚ urged
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management‚ supply chain management and inventory management. Product: Lenovo Vs Dell i. Quality control management The company of Lenovo did experience some quality management problems during the early years of the 21st century that had some mixed results. On the other hand‚ the company lost a domestic computer contract to its rival Dell to a chinese government agency because the agency viewed quality as having slipped at Lenovo (Saxon 2007). Although Saxon does not specify what the quality management
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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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