Harvard Business School 9-399-011 Rev. April 9‚ 2001 Acer America: Development of the Aspire In early 1998‚ Stan Shih‚ CEO of Taiwan-based personal computer (PC) manufacturer Acer‚ Inc.‚ was reviewing the first estimates of 1997 year-end results. With revenue of $6.5 billion from own brand and sales to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as IBM‚ the company was now acknowledged to be the third largest PC manufacturer in the world. Although the performance was respectable in the wake
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share without taking on additional expenses or putting in more money. To sum up‚ keeping spending under control‚ hiring the best minds and keeping them happy‚ and expanding for “free” leads to an impressive startup. 2. Leonard Liu added value to Acer by making employees responsible for their actions. Liu did this by introducing productivity and performance evaluations. Before Leonard Liu came on board‚ employees did not have a profit and loss responsibility and as we know‚ the difference
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VALUE CHAIN AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF PT.TOYOTA (BASED ON THE THEORY M. Porter) COMPANY PROFILE * PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia * Headquarters Jl. Yos Sudarso‚ Sunter II‚ Jakarta 14330‚Tel (021) 6515551 (hunting)‚Fax (021) 6515360 Established: July 15‚ 2003 * Paid-in Capital: Rp. 400 000 000 000 * Shareholders: PT. Astra International Tbk (51%) & Toyota Motor Corporation (49%) * Toyota Dealer Network 5 Primary Dealer: * PT Astra International‚
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Value-Chain Analysis to Identify Resources and Capabilities at Under Armour The resource-based view (RBV) of a firm lies primarily in the application of bundle of valuable interchangeable and intangible or tangible resources at the firm’s disposal. For a firm to transform a short-run competitive advantage into a sustained competitive advantage requires these resources be heterogeneous and immobile. This is perhaps the biggest struggle Under Armour faces – the challenge of maintaining a differentiated
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VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF GRAPE CROP FROM NASIK‚ MAHARASHTRA Submitted by Ms. Pallavi Balaso Mane Roll No. 20‚ PGDRDM 8th Batch National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj‚ Hyderabad. Executive Summary Value chain analysis (VCA) focuses on three key areas: First‚ the dynamics of information in the value chain‚ from final consumption through to primary production and input suppliers and back again. Second‚ the creation and flow of value‚ in the eyes of the final consumer‚ at each
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Applying the principles of the value chain (ie. adding value within each and at the interface between business processes to create value for the end consumer) can assist companies in achieving this. A winning company always works for improving and adding values to its business in Zero Time. To attain its business activities‚ the companies perform the primary activities supported by the supporting units. In this assignment paper we will try to see how BSRM adds values in their supporting activities
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Prepared by: Noted by: MABEL F. BANGGAWAN JULIET P. LUCAS Coordinator/DTI COFFEE VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS As of December 31‚ 2012 THE INDUSTRY SITUATIONER Coffee Arabica grows well in the province. It grows well from 900 meters up to 1‚800 meters above sea level. This variety commends the best taste and aroma among the other coffee varieties namely Robusta‚ Liberia and excelsa. In Mountain Province‚ the terrain‚ weather and altitude is very much suited to these two most common coffee
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Amazon Your Industry: Extracting Value from the Value Chain "Way cool" Web sites and measures of "hits" and "eyeballs" are clearly driving revenue in the dot-com world. To date‚ these metrics have provided the basis for the extraordinary market valuation of the new generation of Web retailers. In the near term‚ most "e-tailers" must focus on surviving the incubator phase of the Internet retail industry by gaining enough market shares to become a sustainable player. "Efficiency and productivity lie
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during the process‚ and then give a note for the further developmental path for Acer in India‚ as well as the SWOT analysis for the current situation. 1. Introduction on Acer to enter India market Acer has been known as a Taiwanese multinational electronics and hardware company in these years. The corporation ranks the third in the list of the personal computer company all over the world from the year of 2007 (Acer‚ 2012). The products that they produced include laptop PCs‚ relevant servers
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Chin Wui Khong CEB110009 Osama Khalid CEB120702 Case 1-3 Acer Inc. Acer is a leading marketer of notebook and desktop PCs. Besides computers‚ flat-screen monitors‚ and personal digital assistants‚ Acer also produced equipment for global companies on an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) basis. Having troubles to break into the United States market had been a great challenge to Acer‚ due to their lack of experiences in the region. With that‚ Acer’s target was to focus on the China market
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