Individual Research Report Title: Strategic Management of Lenovo in Mainland China PC Market [pic] Name: FIN Number: Course Enrolled: Date of Submission: Table of Contents: 1. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................3 1.1 BACKGORUND INFORMATION………………………………………………..3 1.2 THE OBJECTIVE(S) OF THE FINAL REPORT…………………………………3 1.3 The SCOPE OF THE FINAL REPORT…………………………………………
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LENOVO CASE ANALYSIS Facts Surrounding the Case Competing at a global scale requires profound brand equity. Lenovo is a well-known brand in China (as Legend) but it cannot become a global technology giant like Dell or Hewlett-Packard‚ by merely acquiring the Personal Systems Division of IBM‚ whose products are popular across the world. Normally‚ the key challenge in establishing global brands lies in devising the manner in which a company can position its brands in customers’ mindsets‚ while
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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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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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Lenovo’s business strategy has witnessed a massive transformation over the past seven years. Surpassing rivals Dell and Acer‚ Lenovo became the world’s second largest pc vendor behind Hewlett Packard in its fiscal year of 2011. Recently‚ new target market segmentations have been established to endure this rapid trend of accomplishments. Lenovo’s current target markets include city customers‚ rural customers with strong brand awareness‚ customers with advanced concepts and a high level education.
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theory to analyze and study the inner and outer surroundings of Lenovo group. Company background Lenovo Group was established in 1984 in the Chinese Beijing‚ the company mainly produces desktop computer‚ notebook computer‚ server‚ printer‚ palmtop computer‚ motherboards‚ mobile phone and other electronic products. Is a leading global PC business‚ the original Lenovo and IBM’s personal computer division and combination. Lenovo reelected since 1997 China’s domestic market sales of the first‚
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Stock Code: 992 IDEAS EVERYWHERE Lenovo Group Limited Annual Report 2007/08 TM NEW WORLD. NEW THINKING. TM CONTENTS ABOUT LENOVO Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) develops‚ manufactures and markets high-quality‚ secure and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide and is dedicated to building the world’s best-engineered personal computers. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division‚ Lenovo’s heritage in both emerging and developed
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SWOT Lenovo As Lenovo is for a very large part a PC manufacturer (PC’s is the only segment)‚ this SWOT analysis covers the whole company. Lenovo’s objective is to protect its current strong position in their home base China and keep their large customer installed base. From a growth perspective the targets are emerging markets and expansion of the retail consumer business as well as differentiation to new products. In order to reach its objective in their home market‚ Lenovo should leverage their
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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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* There might be a complex and inefficient cost composition as there was a 84.5% drop in net profit. * It has to implement the brand transition from IBM to Lenovo‚ so it needs to maintain strong and consistent marketing messages for its PCs. Opportunities: * Many small and medium enterprises would like to choose Lenovo due to its penetration into
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