Bibliography: Ansoff‚ I. 1984. Strategisen johtamisen käsikirja. Keuruu‚ Otava Fred‚ R.D Sjöholm‚ H. 2001. Teknologiastrategian laatiminen ammattikorkeakoulussa. Helsinki. Tekes. www.tekes.fi/fi/document/43369/amk_strategiaopas_pdf. 2.9.2013. Stuart Green & Susan
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Whether you know it or not you depend on computers for almost every thing you do in modern day life. From the second you get up in the morning to the second you go to sleep computer are tied into what you do and use in some way. It is tied in to you life in the most obvious and obscure ways. Take for example you wake up in the morning usually to a digital alarm clock. You start you car it uses computers the second you turn the key (General Motors is the largest buyers of computer components in the
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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: IBM introduced their first PCs in 1970s and since then IBM has been a major first to market player in the industry. IBM relied
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announces-repositioning-of-crowne-plaza-brand-marketnewsvideo.html Hotelier Middle East http://www.ihgplc.com/files/reports/ar2011/docs/IHG_Review_SFS_2011.pdf Ling‚ P (2011) http://travel-industry.uptake.com/blog/2010/02/24/hotel-ihg- way/#ixzz1vOOuoMEC Marketing Week (2010) Tutor 2u (n.d.) Ansoff product and market matrix. Retrieved from http://tutor2u.net/business/strategy/ansoff_matrix.htm World Tourism Organization UNWTO (2010) http://unwto.org/en/publication/annual-report-2010 Yang‚ Y (2011)
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Refreshing the Values In 2003‚ CEO Sam Palmisano authorized a bold effort to refresh the values via an IBM “values jam‚” two 72-hour Web chat sessions about what IBM stands for‚ open to every IBMer in the world. When he presented the plan to the IBM board‚ one of the directors‚ a former CEO‚ questioned him about whether this was “socialism.” Palmisano explained that this was the only way to build an enduring institution in which IBMers embraced and owned the values. “It wouldn’t do to create
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factor specification introduced by Intel at the IDF in September 1998‚ for its use at high-end‚ multiprocessor‚ multiple-hard-disks server and workstations. The specification had support from major OEMs (Compaq‚ Dell‚ Fujitsu‚ Gateway‚ Hewlett-Packard‚ IBM‚ Intergraph‚ NEC‚ Siemens Nixdorf‚ and UMAX) and motherboard manufacturers (Acer‚ Asus‚ Supermicro and Tyan) and was updated (1.1) in February 1999. As of 2008 the specification has been discontinued and the URL www.wtx.org no longer hosts a website
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ASSESSMENT 2: Decision-making in a business scenario Introduction It is an analysis of case 3. Firstly Porter’ Generic Strategies will be used to confirm future strategy. Following this strategy and synergy effects‚ two criteria will be raised (including raising one framework which could be used to rate synergy effects). After rough screening‚ five force analysis will be made to test whether this cooperation would enhance any advantages. At last‚ two possible traps in process will be evaluated
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A Brief History of Personal Computers The electronic computer is a relatively modern invention; the first fully operable computer was developed about 50 years ago‚ at the end of World War II‚ by a team at the University of Pennsylvania ’s Moore School of Engineering. This team was headed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert‚ who named the new machine ENIAC‚ for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator. ENIAC was hardly a personal computer‚ occupying a large room and weighing about 33 tons
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to Times". NYT. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 4. ^ a b Steinberg‚ Jacques (1992-12-17). "At an I.B.M. Complex‚ Fear and Disbelief". NYT. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 5. ^ Lammers‚ David (1999-07-30). "IBM sets its sights on communications silicon". United Business Media. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 6. ^ "Possible job cuts at IBM ’s Sommers campus". Westchester County Business Journal. 1999-10-18. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 7. ^ a b Foderaro‚ Lisa (1989-12-05). "Town Copes With Growth And Trouble It Can Bring". NYT. Retrieved
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large-scale server market? (3 Points) Unlike PC market‚ the support service was more critical for server market since a problem in server even for a short time could cause serious problem in the customer’s business. Competitors such as Hewlett-Packard and IBM had begun offering variety support service aggressively to enhance the quality of their service. DELL‚ through a business model that focuses on direct PC sales‚ make to order model‚ low-cost production‚ and superior customer service‚ will definitely
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