ACER GROUP’S R&D STRATEGY THE CHINA DECISION Position the PC & Acer’s strategy Back to 1998 ! 12 years old is another age in PC industry ! Internet – Speed Experience using… 56 Kbits modem ! – No ADSL 1st iMac – 1800€ Average PC – – – – – PC Pentium II 333 MHz (x10) Disque Dur 5 Go (x50) 64 Mo de Mémoire (x40) Windows 98 (+4th generation) 1500€ 2 PC Industry : Value Chain & Key Figures Semiconductors • Microprocessor • Memory • WLAN Radio Hardware Components • HDD
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Industry Structure The industry structure of the computer manufacturing market consists of two predominant devices‚ the desktop computer and the tablet. These markets‚ while the products are similar‚ are dominated by different companies but both are consolidated because a “big 5” set of competitors contribute to a majority of the market share. Tablet Market The tablet market in very consolidated‚ containing only a small number of very powerful firms that are all gaining solid ground as viable
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Determine the market structure for which firm exists in and explain convincingly why your team believes so. Dell market structure is monopolistic competition. Why? This is because Dell has many competitors such as Toshiba‚ Acer‚ Sony‚ Lenovo‚ Asus‚ Hp‚ Apple‚ and Sharp .The existence of these firms makes Dell not the only single computers firm in the market. This have let Dell met the conditions which is many sellers in monopolistic competition. Thus‚ Dell pricing decisions will not affect the
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Organizational Structure An organization is a social unit of people‚ systematically structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuing basis. All organizations have a management structure that determines relationships between functions and positions‚ and subdivides and delegates roles‚ responsibilities‚ and authority to carry out defined tasks. Therefore‚ in order to better manage the large amount of resources and assets organizations need to be in some sort of
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Creating a Competitive Salary Structure INTRODUCTION Each employee in an organization is paid a salary. Salaries vary greatly‚ with executives earning as much as (or greater than) 100 times an entry-level employee’s salary. This variation is not by chance. It is rationally established through a salary structure – a hierarchy of salaries. Organizations develop this structure based upon internal factors (such as current rates‚ job relationships‚ and custom) and external factors (such as labor
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THEIR CULTURE |ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE | Example | Handy’s Culture Type | |1. Functional | ACK | POWER / ROLE CULTURE | |2. Product | UNILEVER | TASK CULTURE | |3. Geographic
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right after their order is taken‚ hence explains the term fast food. McDonald’s has two structures at two different levels; the first is at the corporate level and the second‚ restaurant level. The corporate’s current design type is functional while the restaurant’s current design type is divisional. Image 1: McDonald’s Corporate Structure The image above illustrates a hierarchy in McDonald’s corporate structure. It consists of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on top followed by the chairman of
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Structure in 5 ’s: A Synthesis of the Research on Organization Design Author(s): Henry Mintzberg Source: Management Science‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 3 (Mar.‚ 1980)‚ pp. 322-341 Published by: INFORMS Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2630506 Accessed: 22/01/2010 02:03 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you
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ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE CHAPTER OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Identify the six key elements that define an organization’s structure. 2. Describe a simple structure. 3. Explain the characteristics of a bureaucracy. 4. Describe a matrix organization. 5. Explain the characteristics of a “virtual” organization. 6. Summarize why managers want to create boundaryless organizations. 7. List the factors that favor different organization structures. 8. Explain
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Business Structures Glenn Wilson Boerstler‚ II FIN/571 Corporate Finance August 18‚ 2014 Professor Susanne Elliot A business can be organized in one of several ways‚ and the form its owners choose will affect the company’s’ and owners’ legal liability and income tax treatment. Business structures are selected based on the type of business and the intentions of the owner or owners. According to the Small Business Administration‚ there are six types of business structures that are based on the needs
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