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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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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On the international scale‚ Lenovo ranks third in corporate sales behind Hewlett-Packard and Dell. It shows tremendous capability for improvement‚ however‚ due to its clearly superior reputation for high quality‚ high end products inherited from IBM. In addition‚ executives maintained from IBM’s notebook division provide the valuable experience that a relatively new foreign player normally would not have in the corporate (especially US) market. However‚ Lenovo already has a strong base in China
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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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Ltd and‚ later‚ Lenovo. The significant events related to Chuanzhi Liu are listed as following‚ ▪ The founding of Legend and later Lenovo‚ personality analysis with help of Big Five Theory is conducted ▪ Acquisition of IBM’s PC Unit‚ types of negotiation and benefits for both Lenovo and IBM is illustrated in this paper ▪ The return to lead position to overhaul Lenovo’s market performance of Liu‚ charismatic leadership analysis is brought into the real situation of Lenovo. ▪ The success
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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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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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Why Lenovo Succeeds Nowadays‚ is hard for people to have high quality of life without technological products in their daily life. According to a survey‚ there are 900 million to 1 billion computer users (2010)‚ therefore‚ there is no doubt that the technology industry is one of most intense and competitive industries in comparison with other industries. Lenovo is an IT miracle which growing rapidly and achieving successful not only in China but also in global competitive market. “Lenovo creates
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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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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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