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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I. CURRENT SITUATION 3 A. CURRENT PERFORMANCE 3 B. STRATEGIC POSTURE 3 1. Mission & Objectives 3 2. Strategies 4 3. Policies 4 4. Summary 4 II. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 4 A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 4 B. TOP MANAGEMENT 5 III. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS (SWOT) 6 A. SOCIETAL ENVIRONMENT 6 1. Economic 6 2. Technological 6 3. Political-legal 6 4. Sociocultural 7 B. TASK ENVIRONMENT 7 1. Threat of new entrants 7 2. Bargaining power of buyers 7 3. Threat of substitute of products
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Strategic Audit of a Corporation; An Analysis of Wal-Mart MBA 685 Written by: Michelle Ujene 1. Current Situation 1.1 Current Performance: Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated‚ or Wal-Mart as popularly known‚ is a publicly traded company. The company has continued to increase its sales income over the period of existence since 1962. Recent financial records revealed that net sales increased from $418.9Billion recorded in 2011 fiscal year to $443. 9 Billion in 2012 fiscal year‚ representing
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Executive summary Lenovo‚ the largest PC business in China faced the intensified competition of its own market by global level companies such as HP and Dell. In attempt to expand the market internationally‚ Lenovo made the acquisition of IBM’s PC division. Since two organizational cultures were different‚ the synergy of the merged Lenovo-IBM was required. Lenovo entitled to IBM landmark and “Think” products to move to international market and enabled to increase the market power by over night after
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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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* There might be a complex and inefficient cost composition as there was a 84.5% drop in net profit. * It has to implement the brand transition from IBM to Lenovo‚ so it needs to maintain strong and consistent marketing messages for its PCs. Opportunities: * Many small and medium enterprises would like to choose Lenovo due to its penetration into
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Case Study On Best Buy Inc. Strategic Management MGT 403 Section A Case Study on Best Buy Inc. Prepared By: Group Members: Name ID Aishwarya Roy 12102135 Saeed Shahriar Shaon 12102149 Lucky Akter 12102147 Kawsar Ahmed 12102159 Prepared For: Tanvir H. Dewan Coordinator‚ CBA IUBAT – International University of Business Agriculture and Technology 1.1 Current Situation Best Buy Co.‚ Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Richfield‚ Minnesota‚ a
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Lenovo Reboots Contents The Chinese PC maker has bounced back by focusing on emerging markets. Now‚ can it make some real money? Listen Select: CORPORATIONS The Chinese PC maker has bounced back by focusing on emerging markets. Now‚ can it make some real money? LENOVO GROUP CHAIRMAN YANG YUANQING WAS WORKING AT the company’s North Carolina offices and spending a good deal of his time studying English and taking executive courses when his longtime mentor‚ Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi‚ urged
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction…………………………………………………………………..…..3 2.0 Background of the Lenovo Group Limited………………………………………4 3.1 General……………………………………………………………………...4 3.2 History………………………………………………………………………4 3.3 Products…………………………………………………………………….6 3.0 Background of the computer industry……………………………………..……..6 4.4 History……………………………………………………………………….6 4.5 Products…………………………………………………………………….7 4.6 Structure……………………………………………………………..……..8
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