CASE IBM : Restructuring The Sales Force In 1993‚ IBM’s Board of Directors decided the time was right for dramatic action. The once proud company had seen its sales fall from almost $69 billion in 1990 to $64‚5 billion in 1992. In the same period‚ profits plunged from $5‚9 billion to a loss of $4‚96 billion. In April 1993‚ the Board hired Louis V. Gerstner‚ Jr. to serve as its new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and to turn the company around. Just three months into the job‚ Gerstner announced
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before – MERGER & ACQUISITION of IBM and Pricewaterhouse Consulting 1. WHY – UNDERLYING REASONS FOR THE PROJECT Over the past five years‚ IBM has quietly transformed itself into a "software‚ solution and services" company. With the transformation from a hardware vendor to a solution provider‚ it has entered the area of consulting services. IBM bought PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwCC) in October 2002 and became the world’s largest technology services company‚ with annual revenue of $40
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IBM BOARD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES 1. Board Size 10-14 directors on the Board is optimal. This approach is flexible depending on the circumstances and the qualifications of proposed candidates. 2. Number‚ Structure and Function of Committees The number‚ structure‚ and function of Board Committees are reviewed periodically by the Directors and Corporate Governance Committee. The Audit Committee‚ Executive Compensation and Management Resources Committee‚ and the Directors and Corporate
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The SWOT Analysis of Lenovo-IBM Acquisition Case study: The acquisition case of American IBM Personal Computer by the Chinese computer company Lenovo. This article uses SWOT matrix to analysis the post-merger situation of Lenovo’s PC business and try to demonstrate a possible roadmap for future business. On December 8th of 2004‚ Lenovo announced its merging of IBM’s world personal computer (PC) business which included the ThinkPad line of PCs. This deal costing Lenovo $1.25 billion‚ including $650
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IBM 3 ideas to build one smarter planet 1. Instrument the world’s system (INSTRUMENTED):- i) By making the world’s system instrumented I.B.M. means that now they have the ability to measure‚ sense and see the exact condition of everything ii) They believe that everything will get instrumented ranging from supply chains‚ health care networks‚ cities to natural systems like rivers 2. Interconnect them (INTERCONNECTED) i) Interconnected means connecting people
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company such as IBM to find new ways to service its clients by making changes within its organization in order to remain competitive. IBM needs to examine where it has come from‚ look at current trends and needs‚ and decide where it wants to go. From there‚ IBM can develop a strong strategic plan based on the information collected and steer its business in a path toward a brighter future. History of IBM IBM’s history dates back to the early 1900s. According to IBM Archives: 1910s (2009)‚ IBM was originally
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servers were up 2.0 percent to $52.3 billion. 10. In the first quarter of 2006‚ IBM’s server revenue growth of 3.8 percent put its market share at 37.9 percent‚ down from 38.4 percent the comparable year-earlier quarter. Threats 1. IBM maintained its position as the leader in overall server market revenues in 2006. 2. PC unit shipments in the U.S. declined 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006. 3. During the fourth quarter of 2006‚ Apple grew its units by 31.8 percent
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Week 2 - DQ1 For a time‚ people would joke that IBM was an acronym for ‘Inferior But Marketable’. The thinking behind this was that IBM produced inferior products‚ but did a better job of marketing them than competitor companies that produced superior IT products. What was IBM doing from a competitive capabilities perspective? Consider factors such as brand and core competencies in your answer. Which of these factors may have played a role in earning the company its nickname mentioned above?
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Assignment 2 IBM: Organizational Structure and Web 2.0 TBUS 300B Submitted by: Boris Tuong Mark Vorhoff Daniel Weaver Submitted to: Dr Kaghan 12 May 2009 Web 2.0 technologies help to make an overwhelming sea of information more tolerable. This may be especially true in providing resources for teams in organizations and empowering individuals to make use of those resources with a minimum of disruption to others’ work. Teams are important in nearly every organization; however‚
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“Architecture difference of IBM and Intel” by <<fareeha moeen>> Registration No. BBE-1002 Submitted to the Faculty of Computer Sciences and Information Technology Institute of Business & Technology‚ Karachi In Partial fulfillment of requirement for the degree of bachelor in Computer Science Faculty of Computer Sciences and Information Technology Institute of Business & Technology‚ Karachi Architecture difference of IBM and Intel by <<fareeha moeen>> Registration No.BBE-1002
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