I. Current Situation (1991-1993) 1. History of IBM: IBM is a multinational corporation that started its activities in 1911. But its origins can be traced back to 1890‚ during the height of the Industrial Revolution. It was first known as the Computing-Recording Company‚ and then in 1924‚ it took the name of International Business Machines. Nowadays‚ this multinational company is known as the ¡§Big Blue¡¨ 2. Mission statement IBM main activity is to find solutions to its wide range of clients
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Dissertation Effect of mergers and acquisitions on performance of firms- case study of Lenovo and IBM PC Introduction Background of the Study As pointed out by Agrawal‚ Jaffe and Mandelker (1992)‚ decisions on mergers and acquisitions are highly critical in the success of companies‚ as well as their managers. Numerous corporations always find that one of the best means of getting ahead is expanding the ownership boundaries via the mergers‚ as well as acquisitions
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IBM Case Study 1.) IBM advertises itself as a company that provides service and business solutions. It used to be positioned as a computer hardware company‚ but as more companies like HP and Dell began to pop up they were forced to move away from this image. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with an IBM sales person‚ and he said that they very much rely on the value of their products‚ rather than competing on price. IBM positions themselves as having better‚ but slightly more costly
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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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try improve their product quality for ultimate customer satisfaction. There is a multitude of laptop brands and manufacturers; several major brands‚ offering notebooks in various classes‚ are Acer‚ Apple‚ Fujitsu‚ Gateway‚ HCL‚ Hewlett-Packard‚ Lenovo‚ Dell‚ LG‚ MSI‚ Samsung‚ Sony‚ Toshiba etc. The average computer savvy person of today has realized that a laptop is not something that’s unreachable for him and he can very well make the most of it. Therefore‚ the market for laptops has been steadily
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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 IBM Personal
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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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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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Global strategy for lenovo Content Ø Abstract Ø Introduction Ø Learning skills and globalization Step one: research learning. Step two: microcosmic learning Step three: trail learning Step four: deepen and development learning
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get a better sense for Lenovo’s outlook in terms of the corporate market and the impending loss of the IBM branding‚ it is helpful to analyze the company’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats in terms of the problem. These key parameters are summarized here. Strengths Lenovo’s major strengths lie in its current brand image and market share. On the international scale‚ Lenovo ranks third in corporate sales behind Hewlett-Packard and Dell. It shows tremendous capability for improvement
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