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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Lenovo: Building a Global Brand Case Analysis Case Summary Lenovo‚ the leading PC (Personal Computer) manufacturer in China‚ acquired IBM PC division in December 2004 for $1.75 Billion. The acquisition was a marriage of 2 great companies with complementary strengths and the operations effectiveness was expected to benefit both companies. IBM at that stage wanted to shed its PC business and concentrate on the service industry while Lenovo wanted to expand its market presence. Growth of the PC market:
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Lenovo Case Situation Analysis The Lenovo Company‚ as shown in the case Lenovo: Building a Global Brand‚ is rooted in product innovation and rapid growth; starting off as a small distributor of imported computers‚ it grew to become China’s leading computer firm within its first 20 years. After maintaining market leadership in China for several years the company expanded into international markets in 2003‚ and in 2004 they signed on for two ambitious transactions; joining the Olympic Partner
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Financial Analysis Lenovo Group Limited CONTENT I. Introduction 3 1. Background 3 2. Nature of business 8 3. Description of product/services 9 4. Current Revenue size and Profit 12 5. Major Market Served 15 6. Ownership 16 7. Other relevant basic information 17 8. Company`s business strategy 21 II. Analysis of Company Performance 21 1. Company Growth 21 2. Financial ratios 23 3. Liquidity 23 4. Leverage 25 5. Profitability – Dupont Analysis 26
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management‚ supply chain management and inventory management. Product: Lenovo Vs Dell i. Quality control management The company of Lenovo did experience some quality management problems during the early years of the 21st century that had some mixed results. On the other hand‚ the company lost a domestic computer contract to its rival Dell to a chinese government agency because the agency viewed quality as having slipped at Lenovo (Saxon 2007). Although Saxon does not specify what the quality management
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Chuanzhi Liu Executive Summary This paper undertakes analysis of Mr Chuanzhi Liu who was as a President‚ CEO and co-founder of Legend Holdings 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
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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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Contents The overview——————————————3 Corporate governance about Lenovo—————3 The corporate governance structure—————————————3 Board Composition————————————————————4 Appointment and Election of Directors————————————5 Board Process———————————————————————7 Board committee——————————————————————8 Accountability and audit ——————————————————12 Communication with shareholder———————————————13 The overview on Lenovo Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 0992) is a Chinese multinational computer hardware
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BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Lenovo develops‚ manufactures and markets technology products and services. It is one of the leading providers of PCs.The group provides notebooks‚ desktops‚ workstations‚ servers‚ computer accessories and upgrades‚ mobile phones‚ computer software and services. It serves both enterprise and consumer markets. Lenovo has operations across Americas‚ Europe and Asia Pacific. Lenovo has organized its business operations under three geographic segments: China‚ mature markets
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Political factors include government regulations and legal issues determining the conditions under which companies have to operate. In this field‚ the computer industry has to face certain restraints. Problems can arise in countries where political stability is not guaranteed‚ no matter whether companies operate production facilities or if they do business with the country through exports. Many countries still have restrictive policies which are maintained to protect domestic manufacturers and production
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