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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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 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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SWOT MATRIX TOPIC: Mini Mart’s Inventory System with Barcodes INTERNAL EXTERNAL FACTORS | A. STRENGHTS * Existing customer base * Good quality of the products * Existing brands * Worker’s unique skill set * Location of the business | B. WEAKNESSES * Lack of knowledge * Lack of customer service * IT skills-Process * Financial Position * Undifferentiated products | C. OPPORTUNITIES * Sales * New products * Cross-selling
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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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SWOT Matrix | |Strengths |Weaknesses | | |Strong brand name‚ image and reputation. |Unhealthy food image. | | |Large market share. |High Staff Turnover including Top management. | |
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Hewlett Packard: S: 1. Product diversity: HP not just do the software and hardware but the whole rang of service to design‚ implement and IT infrastructure. Right now HP is dominating the market of printer with 40% market share. The product diversity enables the company to hold its position even in the time of recession. 2.Successful strategic acquisitions: In 2002 HP acquire the Compaq and become the largest PC manufacturer by replacing the Dell. In November of 2009‚ Hewlett Packard announced
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SWOT The SWOT analysis is used to evaluate the strengths‚ weakness‚ opportunities‚ and threats involved with a company. The purpose of the SWOT analysis is to make upper management more aware of factors that may or may not affect their business. Though a SWOT analysis can give a company ideas on how to make their company better it can also lead then down the wrong path if done wrong. A SWOT analysis is based on the perceptions and knowledge of other people so if their perception of the company
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Lenovo Acquisition Analysis Product/Brand decisions: Some of the issues Lenovo had to deal with in the acquisition of IBM was how to capitalize on the marriage of brands and how to win corporate respect with the Lenovo brand. The acquisition allowed Lenovo to move quickly into the international marketplace. Given that IBM had one of the most trusted brands around the world‚ this allowed Lenovo to build on past IBM’s reputation. But Lenovo only had the right to use the IBM logo
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ECS8_C08.qxd 22/10/2007 11:28 Page 320 CASE EXAMPLE Lenovo computers: East meets West In May 2005‚ the world’s thirteenth largest personal computer company‚ Lenovo‚ took over the world’s third largest personal computer business‚ IBM’s PC division. Lenovo‚ at that time based wholly in China‚ was paying $1.75bn (A1.4bn‚ £1bn) to control a business that operated all over the world and had effectively invented the personal computer industry back in 1981. Michael Dell‚ the creator
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