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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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 management and information
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Resource Management policies used by Multinational Corporations‚ clearly outlining the advantages and disadvantages of each. ETHNOCENTRIC POLICY The ethnocentric staffing policy refers to the strategy of a multinational company to employ managers for key positions from the parent headquarters instead of employing local staff. In the ethnocentric approach‚ the cultural values and business practices of the home country are predominant. Headquarters develop a managing and staffing approach and consistently
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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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Lenovo: Building a Global Brand 1. Why did IBM want to sell its PC business? Why did IBM sell to Lenovo? The reasons that IBM wanted to sell its PC business to Lenovo are: • • • To shed an unprofitable operation as the company saw the limitation and more competitors in the market. Selling its PC business to Lenovo would help them increase market share‚ especially in Asia. IBM shifted their business from producing PCs to concentrating on consulting service. Therefore‚ merging with another company
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Lenovo computers: east meets west 1. What national sources of competitive advantage might Lenovo draw from its Chinese base? What disadvantages derive from its Chinese base? To identify the main national sources of competitive advantage that Lenovo might derive from Chinese based‚ first we should look more closely to the economy as for the long run. We can notice that china is near to become a globalized economy so this was so helpful for china to become a market leader through a rapid expansion
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Lenovo is one of the fastest growing PC companies today. As per its sale records in the market‚ it is considered the world’s second-largest PC vendor serving customers in more than 160 countries. The claims of Lenovo products delivering high quality‚ reliability and durability uphold the customers’ expectations and demand. Their goal is to improve the overall customer confidence while keeping the prices down. Lenovo is also consistently contributing to the needs of local communities and is highly
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ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS‚ LEARNING FROM PRACTICE Strategic Action at Lenovo* Jerry Biediger Tracy DeCicco Timothy Green Greg Hoffman David Lei Karthik Mahadevan Jane Ojeda John Slocum Kyle Ward * This research was sponsored by a grant from the OxyChem Corporation made to the Management and Organizations Department‚ Cox School of Business‚ Southern
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The Pros and Cons of International Staffing 1. Introduction There has been a rapid pace of internationalization and globalization over the last decade. Expanding business operations beyond national boundaries while continuing commitment to local markets requires more complex business structures. One of the most critical determinants of an organization ’s success in global ventures is the effective management of its human resources. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the advantages
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Introduction: Human resource management (HRM) is a way of employment management which can create sustainable competitive advantage and add value by integrating employment policies‚ programs and practices (Bratton and Gold‚ 2003). According to Storey‚ HRM consists of two approaches in term of style: ¡®hard¡¯ and ¡®soft¡¯ approaches. Compare with personal management‚ HRM not only identifies the ¡®hard¡¯‚ which roots in the manpower planning approach‚ but also considers the ¡®soft¡¯‚ which focuses
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