Cisco Systems: New Millenium – New acquisition strategy The case deals with the acquisition policy implemented by Cisco‚ by giving some real samples. The most interesting point concerns the way Cisco acquired companies during 90s with 4 main goals: a shared vision‚ shareholders’ satisfaction‚ motivating value added for employees‚ shareholders‚ customers and partners and a perfect “chemistry” (P.9). Contrary to the global trend of big companies’ acquisition‚ Cisco was involved in smaller companies
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Assessing the strategies of CEO David Jones to globalize Rayovac’s battery and flashlight business during 1999 to 2004 will determine if globalizing was strategically sound. An assessment on the attractiveness of each industry Spectrum diversified into will determine which business units have attractive degrees of competitive strength in their respective industries‚ and whether a strategy of related or unrelated diversification was pursued will determine which fits exists in both strategy and resources
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Analysis Company background (Cisco Systems): Cisco Systems is a world leading company in the switches and router market. Established in 1984 by a Stanford University couple‚ IT administrators Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner. Ina short period after founding‚ it became one of the most successful companies in high technology industry. In Cisco‚ manufacturing of its switches and router was outsourced‚ the company focused on core competencies: product design and development. Indirect sales and distribution
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Cisco Systems: The Supply Chain Story Xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx Principles of Supply Chain Management xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx January 21‚ 2013 Cisco Systems: The Supply Chain Story Discussion Questions 1. Study the networked supply chain concept as implemented by Cisco. What are its strengths and weaknesses? Strengths • Cisco’s core competency was product designing and delegated t manufacturing‚ assembly‚ product configuration‚ and distribution to its partners. • Cisco has a very robust
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TYPES OF CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION When a firm chooses to diversify‚ it faces a decision as to how related the new business(es) is(are) to the existing businesses of the firm. When Charles Bluhdorn was CEO of a company called Gulf+Western in the 1950s‚ he diversified into a host of industries: motion pictures (Paramount Pictures‚ the makers of The Godfather‚ Chinatown‚ and other movies)‚ clothing‚ cigars‚ zinc mines‚ auto parts‚ and sugar‚ among others! In contrast‚ a company such as Cooper
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Amul’s Diversification Strategy: A Pizza for Rs 20! In early 2001‚ Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF)1 planned to leverage its brand equity and distribution network to turn Amul2 into India’s biggest food brand. Verghese Kurien‚ Chairman of GCMMF‚ set a sales target of Rs.10 bn by 2006 as against sales of Rs 2.3 bn in 2001. In 2001‚ GCMMF entered the fast food market in India with the launch of vegetable pizzas under the brand name SnowCap in Ahmedabad‚ Gujarat. GCMMF was also
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Cisco Systems Inc.: Implementing ERP come ride with us your cowboys: bill atkinson denisa kubricka edmond lui georg wittenburg iman sharif Company Background • Founded in 1984 by two Stanford computer scientists • Became publicly traded in 1990 • Primary product is “router” • By 1997‚ Cisco was ranked top five companies in return on revenues and ROA in Fortune 500 • In 1998‚ market capitalization was over $100 billion Markets • Cisco was a key infrastructure supplier for the “New
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proves the hypothesis of marketing: - Related diversification is a more successful strategy for growth among firms than unrelated diversification. It explains the concept of diversification‚ the rationale of diversification‚ types of diversification‚ diversification strategies‚ and dimensions of diversification. This paper analyses the given hypothesis using various examples and reaches a conclusion. Keywords Related‚ unrelated‚ diversifact‚ diversification‚ diversifame‚ diversifad‚ diversifriction
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appropriate analysis pertaining the operational challenges faced by Cisco Systems‚ an Internet networking icon in their business environment towards achieving their strategic goals. The analysis would include suitable recommendations to manage these challenges based upon concepts and theories from the planning and organizing component with attention to management by objectives and information systems. Cisco is a renowned company possessing one of the biggest market capitalizations
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Unrelated Diversification is a form of diversification when the business adds new or unrelated product lines and penetrates new markets. For example‚ if the shoe producer enters the business of clothing manufacturing. In this case there is no direct connection with the company´s existing business - this The unrelated diversification is based on the concept that any new business or company‚ which can be acquired under favorable financial conditions and has the potential for high revenues‚ is suitable
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