Question 2: Lenovo seems to be "stuck in the middle"? What does it need to be a leader both in China and internationally? After acquiring IBM‚ Lenovo achieved great benefits and became a well-known private computer brand in the global market‚ expecially in China. However‚ this company had to face with "stuck in the middle" when integrating IBM Corporation’s PC division. The differences between two national cultures were the reason why that Lenovo failed in implementing strategies for Chinese market
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SWOT Lenovo As Lenovo is for a very large part a PC manufacturer (PC’s is the only segment)‚ this SWOT analysis covers the whole company. Lenovo’s objective is to protect its current strong position in their home base China and keep their large customer installed base. From a growth perspective the targets are emerging markets and expansion of the retail consumer business as well as differentiation to new products. In order to reach its objective in their home market‚ Lenovo should leverage their
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The accelerated rate of change in the telecommunications arena is always a topic close to the hearts of all stakeholders in the industry. Analyzing the different dynamics at play in the sector has never been so interesting. The former monopoly environment has been dragged kicking and screaming into an era of almost Adam Smith-like demand and supply‚ something that it was certainly a long way from even a few years ago. So‚ what has changed on both the demand and supply sides of the equation?
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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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Dell vs Lenovo Dell’s direct sales model has restricted the company’s growth in China even as domestic competitors such as Lenovo have raced ahead making the most of China’s still rapidly growing PC market. According to data from industry body IDC‚ Dell had a market share of 9 % of the total PC shipments in China in the second quarter of 2010‚ narrowly beating out rival HP for the first time. But both foreign manufacturers lagged market leader Lenovo by a big margin. Lenovo had cornered nearly
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Lenovo’s business strategy has witnessed a massive transformation over the past seven years. Surpassing rivals Dell and Acer‚ Lenovo became the world’s second largest pc vendor behind Hewlett Packard in its fiscal year of 2011. Recently‚ new target market segmentations have been established to endure this rapid trend of accomplishments. Lenovo’s current target markets include city customers‚ rural customers with strong brand awareness‚ customers with advanced concepts and a high level education.
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such as total quality 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
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business policy & strategy (MNG 4200) LECTURER: MR. HUGH TODD Case #1: apple inc. in 2008 Group members: GROUP LEADER: ANUSHKA RAMPERSAUD (10/0835/0704) FARZANA HAMID (10/0835/1056) DEVIKA RAJKISSOON (09/0835/0575) SADESH RAMDEEN (10/0835/0507) BRIJESHWAR ARJUN (10/0835/1062) CHEASHIVA SAMAROO (10/0835/0997) APPLE INC. IN 2008 CASE ANALYSIS Apple computer was introduced in 1976 by founders‚ Steven Jobs and Steven Wozniak. Apple Inc. was the producer
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LENOVO CASE ANALYSIS Facts Surrounding the Case Competing at a global scale requires profound brand equity. Lenovo is a well-known brand in China (as Legend) but it cannot become a global technology giant like Dell or Hewlett-Packard‚ by merely acquiring the Personal Systems Division of IBM‚ whose products are popular across the world. Normally‚ the key challenge in establishing global brands lies in devising the manner in which a company can position its brands in customers’ mindsets‚ while
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