Strategic Alliance —Case Study of Lenovo and IBM By Lili Jiang Dissertation submitted to the University of Nottingham Business School‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in International Business September 2007 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all‚ I would like to thank my supervisor Bernard Leca for his support and very help advices throughout this research. Then I would like to thank my family for giving me this opportunity to study abroad
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Relational and Alliance Perspectives 1. Introduction This summary provides a review of the strategic management. . It will first develop an understanding of relational and alliance perspectives‚ secondly it will demonstrate an awareness of the literature covered and finally highlight the implications. 2. Context a) Understanding of relational and alliance perspectives Ghoshal (1987)‚ in an attempt to define “global strategy” finds that the concept of global strategy has been linked
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Strategic Alliances and International Mergers and Acquisitions in the Modern Global Business Environment The modern globalized world has triggered stark change in the actions of many of the actors in traditional society. One such actor that has embraced this change and recognized its benefits is in the area of international business. With globalization providing access to a myriad of new networks‚ markets‚ and technology at an unprecedented pace‚ international business firms have aligned themselves
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Japan seemed to be a good strategic acquisition for Goodyear because of its Dunlop brand and manufacturing facilities in Japan – a market that Goodyear was looking to aggressively enter into. In this paper‚ we analyze the Goodyear – Sumitomo alliance by broadly discussing about the creation process‚ rationale behind the alliance and cultural integration challenges. We will also briefly describe about the Goodyear – Michelin alliance for manufacturing run-flat tires. Strategic Rationale The combination
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Executive Summary Throughout the years there has been an increase in strategic alliance formation in order to combat a number of factors creating uncertainty in the market and to share knowledge and know-how. The formation of alliances has also occurred in the Airline industry; this report discussed how these alliances gain economies of scales and synergies. The deregulation of the airline industry has open doors to more competition sand to further agreements such as the “open skies”‚ these agreements
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taking care of the company’s sake bankruptcy. Fiat will share its technology with Chrysler to build small cars ‚ and will let Chrysler to gain a new distribution network in the European markets. In other hand‚ some weaknesses will knock the strategic alliance with the two companies‚ technology sharing and mismatch of brand portfolios. This is a major problem and can cause issues related to the goals of both companies. Knowledge sharing in R&D‚ control‚ regulatory and antitrust issues distribution
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Chapter 8 ECONOMIC INTEGRATION QUESTION 7: After a promising start‚ MERCOSUR‚ the major Latin American trade agreement‚ has faltered and made little progress since 2000. What problems are hurting MERCOSUR? What can be done to solve these problems? There are several reasons why Mercosur can be considered an unsuccesful trade agreement: 1. Member countries are not yet politically mature to commit to long term agreements that can be respected by the the future rulers of each country. Instead
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interact and work with each other. The functions at Alliance Data have allowed the optimization of organizational resources to effectively and efficiently service their employees‚ their shareholders‚ and more importantly their internal and external customers. Alliance Data is an organization who has become highly successful by ensuring that they maintain a competitive edge by successful implementation regardless of diversions in their path. Alliance Data Systems is an industry leader that delivers
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Strategic Analysis on HP-Disney Alliance Introduction On October 9th 2003‚ Walt Disney Company‚ an international entertainment and media enterprise‚ and global technology provider Hewlett-Packard (HP) declared a ten-year strategic alliance for the purpose of developing innovative technologies and promoting Disney consumers’ experiences. The arrangement was achieved by jointly disclosing “Mission: Space” ride‚ which had been collaboratively designed and developed by HP and Disney employees for several
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10 years Star Alliance from “The airline network for Earth” to “The way the Earth connects” . When the Star Alliance network was founded in 1997 it was the right idea at the right time. Globalisation had started to change the business world and the needs of business travellers from the ground up. The founders of Star Alliance responded by creating an airline alliance‚ which was the first of its kind and still is the most successful in every respect. Usually the world advances in small steps.
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