Case Analysis by IBMMC Team Key issue After acquiring the well-established IBM PCD brands‚ what branding strategy would best g gy enable Lenovo to efficiently maximize its total brand portfolio equity‚ which had been driven p q y mainly by Asia market perceptions of innovation and quality‚ and minimize p q y potential brand dilution from relatively low Lenovo brand understanding throughout the rest of g g the world? Key Brands in the Portfolio Alternative Branding Strategies
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Introduction The Lenovo Group was founded in 1984 by a group of eleven engineers in Beijing‚ China. The company‚ formerly known as Legend‚ makes a variety of products for worldwide sale such as desktops‚ laptops‚ servers‚ handheld computers‚ imaging equipment‚ and mobile phone handsets. They are also providers of information technology integration and support services. Lenovo is a publicly traded company (Honk Kong Stock Exchange) as well as partially owned by the Chinese government. Lenovo opened the
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Market Research Methods Lenovo Advertisement Analysis The Lenovo bought the IBM PC group in 2004‚ (Musil‚ 2004) then‚ they use and develop the IBM PC technology and improve their own computer quality. We can find out that the Lenovo advertisements are focus on showing the audiences the quality of the laptop. IBM is famous of its quality of product and their services. Lenovo want through the advertisement to give a message to its audiences that they can do as well as IBM did and they can be trusted
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program on governance China’s Competitiveness Myth‚ Reality‚ and Lessons for the United States and Japan Case Study: Lenovo January 2013 CHARTING our future Authors Nathaniel Ahrens Yu Zhou a report of the csis hills program on governance China’s Competitiveness Myth‚ Reality‚ and Lessons for the United States and Japan Case Study: Lenovo January 2013 CHARTING our future Authors Nathaniel Ahrens Yu Zhou About CSIS—50th Anniversary Year For 50
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Lenovo: The Leading Chinese Computer Company Enters Global Competition Questions: 1- How did Lenovo make such a great change so quickly? Lenovo is a manufacturer of computers‚ tablets and smart phones. Its headquarters is located in Raleigh‚ North Carolina‚ United States‚ home of IBM ThinkPad group and in Beijing‚ China. It is also incorporated in Hong Kong. The company was founded in 1984 by a group of 11 engineers. In terms of weakness findings‚ Lenovo has shortcomings of late entry
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SWOT analysis Strengths From the liquidity position of GMB‚ it is true to say that GMB does not need to rely on external funding to fund its operations thus saving it from finance costs and also fulfilling its shareholders needs of maximising wealth. In Malaysia‚ GMB’s main resort‚ Genting Highlands Resort‚ is situated at the peak of a hill thus making it an ideal tourist attraction due to its cooling weather and the availability of various entertainment facilities
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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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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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effective enough. 5. Lack of time for preparing the report. Source of data: Our source of data is internet‚ other company profile‚ published magazine by other company etc. we also collect information from our experience. Current market analysis: According to the information from different sources “Pran” is now the market leader in the juice sector of soft drinks market.
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Smartphone Business 1. Marketing channel for Lenovo computer business in China 1) Development of Lenovo computer’s marketing channel Phase 1: before 1994 Direct sellingPhase 2: 1994-1998 Agents and distributors Phase 3: 1998-2004 Intensive DistributionPhase 4: after 2005 Integrated Distribution In phase 4‚ Lenovo divided its computer business into two parts‚ Mode Trading for individual costumers and Mode Relationship for commercial clients. Lenovo clarified its integrated policy on channel
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