CASE 15: THE FALL OF IBM Justin Marc C. Tariman B.S.B.A. MKTG 4 March 14‚ 2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose The purpose of this case study analysis report to understand and formulate a set of actions for the case of a company that is experiencing rapid environment changes and difficulty in protecting its core business such as how IBM perceived its mainframes as king of computers. Problem IBM biggest problems include its huge size‚ highly bureaucratic decision making approach‚and
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IBM Corporation In the seven years (since 1994)‚ that Lou Gerstner reigned over IBM‚ the company’s earnings per share increased an average of 27% per year. This remarkable increase in earnings did not go unnoticed by the securities markets. Indeed‚ the company’s market value grew from less than $30 billion to over $200 billion during the period. Use the following financial statement data to: 1. Decompose IBM’s ROE (by quarter) and discuss the factors (and trends) that contribute to Big Blue’s profitability
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Introduction The competition in today’s industrial world is very intense and every company is spending a lot of money on designing and marketing their products and services. In such a highly competitive world it is very essential to design and market your products keeping in mind the target customers and markets. A product which is designed for the developed countries might not work in the third world countries and vice versa. So the companies‚ prior to designing their products and services must
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20 “If Only HP Knew What HP Knows . . .” Thomas H. Davenport Innovation in Action About the author: Tom Davenport‚ professor of Information Management at the University of Texas‚ Austin‚ is best known for his research on how organizations bring about major innovations in their work processes. His 1993 book‚ Process Innovation: Reengineering Work through Information Technology‚ was the first book to describe what has become known as “business reengineering.” More recently‚ Davenport’s
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International marketing strategy 5 3.1 Market saturation 5 3.2 Coping with the global Environment: 5 3.2.1 Microenvironment 6 3.2.2 Macro Environment 6 3.3 Market Segmentation 7 3.3 Market Positioning 7 3.4 Market diversification 7 3.5 Economies of scale 8 4. Global marketing strategy analysis: 9 4.2 Cultural differences 10 4.3 Reaching the remoteness 11 4.4 Logistic system 11 4.5 Proper scrutinizes of the customer demand 11 4.6 Distinguished markets: 12 4.7 Marketing Mix 12
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University of Phoenix Marketing Strategy Paper A business must be highly competitive in the business markets today. For a business to grow successfully‚ remain sustainable‚ and competitive a business needs a good understanding of a marketing plan‚ and the knowhow to put the concepts to work for the business achieving a successful marketing strategy. Remaining successful when an economic growth has leveled out shows a sustainable business. Competitors that follow the same marketing concepts will need
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Relative Size in the Industry IBM is part of the technology sectors in the diversified computer systems industry (IBM: Summary for International Business Machines- Yahoo! Finance). The market cap is 254 billion with IBM making up 218.6 billion. IBM is the largest company relative to the diversified computer systems industry. In a less specific industry of computers IBM only trails Microsoft Corporation by 12 billion dollars ("International Business Machines Corp."). Because of IBM’s large size
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importance of marketing strategy Gaining the competitive edge with Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Introduction Over the years‚ the traditional face of marketing has changed. Whilst organizations recognize that they can no longer take their customers’ loyalty for granted‚ and need to adopt ongoing marketing strategies to stay ahead of their competitors‚ the design and content of there strategies continue to evolve. Research shows that 20 years ago‚ 75 percent of marketing budgets in the
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Marketing strategies of IPL The main driver of revenues for sports these days is television and cricket is no exception. The media has played a role in highlighting very large broadcast deals for sports like football and cricket. Sports clubs generate substantial revenues from channels through sponsorship and merchandising‚ which runs into billions every year. Similarly‚ the major revenue stream for the IPL is sponsorship‚ sale of broadcast rights and gate receipts (website‚ IMR publications).
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Dell is also one of the in the market setting the tone for horizontal structure communication. It has adopted Hofstede’s low power distance dimension. In the Retention‚ Acquisition‚ and Development account‚ communication involves much horizontal communication with lean hierarchy. The organization has been able to run much like an entrepreneur startup even though it has reached gargantuan size. The lean hierarchy is one of Dell’s key success factors because it creates more efficiency in the workplace
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