smartphone’s long-delayed new operating system‚ was launched. In New York on January 30th Mr Michaluk‚ who runs CrackBerry.com‚ a website devoted to the device‚ submitted himself to the scissors. He had had time to grow a handsome ponytail. Research In Motion (RIM)‚ the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry‚ also adopted a new style‚ renaming itself: BlackBerry. Why bother? P erhaps because only pedants ever called it RIM. To complete its makeover RIM—sorry‚ BlackBerry—unveiled a new “global
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BlackBerry S.W.O.T. Analysis Posted on March 10‚ 2013by daisyjacinto Strengths: 1. Reputation for producing highly secure mobile devices 2. Blackberry brand loyalty amongst niche market of corporate/business customers 3. Strong Brand Recognition 4. History of building sturdy award winning devices Weaknesses: 1. Losing brand loyalty amongst non-corporate customers 2. Market perceptions of devices being for “professionals” 3. Highly dependent on government and corporate contracts 4. R&D
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BlackBerry Limited‚ formerly known as Research In Motion Limited (RIM)‚[3][4] is a Canadian telecommunication and wireless equipment company best known to the general public as the developer of the BlackBerry brand of smartphones and tablets‚ but also well known worldwide as a provider of secure & high reliability software for industrial applications and Mobile Device Management (MDM). BlackBerry’s software and hardware products are used worldwide by various government’s agencies and by car makers
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The failure of a growth strategy can result in big losses made by the organization‚ as a result of the business not being able to cover its costs. This is why extensive research into the new market needs to be done. This also increases costs‚ however if successful it will be very beneficial to the firm in the long run. Market development has been adopted by many organizations. It is defined as “where a business markets
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PESTEL Analysis on RIM – Research in motion – Blackberry Political * China‚ India and UAE have raised concerns over security features of blackberry as it is harder to monitor for government authorities. * EU countries such as UK and Germany have imposed hygiene and safety regulations for the manufacturers e.g. usage of toxic contents‚ energy usage and recycling. * Backberry came under fire when the London riots took place and they had to suspend their messaging services to stop people
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Introduction The internet boom was arguably the biggest boom of the millennium‚ since the beginning of the internet countless number of companies and products emerged using the internet in every way possible. Blackberry is a Smartphone produced by Research in Motion available in various models with various capabilities but a lot of brand specific similarities. It was one of the first Smartphone to allow users to access the internet wherever they are with useful applications for everyday necessities such
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Restructuring Blackberry Limited The need for change in organisations is at all time high‚ due to the rapid pace of information technology. Organisations are always at crossroads‚ knowing the must take swift action to survive the competitive society. Most organisation future depends‚ on the action applied‚ and one may have come across companies that the management actions lead to it destruction. These might be inefficiency‚ or lack of oversight from the management who ignored change indicator
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Fred Hrkac (46) Boston Scientific – former president for EMEA Bio: - bachelors in business - mcneil consumer products (jnj) sales rep. Tylenol - moved to jnj endosurgery - 1992 moved to Zagreb to start jnj‚ in 10 years reached 500mil USD sales - joined boston scientific in 2009 as pres‚ reported directly to CEO. Responsible for 2bil$‚ 25% of total - moved to paris‚ sorin group (decisions made by him in the office‚ small company) - retired a month ago‚ works on
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examined‚ its industry’s profitability scrutinized and recommendations made on how the company should position itself going forward. In the last four months of 2012 I was lucky enough to be employed at BlackBerry (then technically still Research In Motion)‚ where I completed my second co-op from within the heart of the company at its R&D headquarters in Waterloo‚ Ontario. I bore witness to a company in transition. Following a lay-off of nearly a third of its employees‚ a collapse in its share
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I used Michael Porter’s Five Factors framework analysis to evaluate what the case of Research in Motion: Managing Explosive Growth HBR is primary about and determine the issues facing its key product BlackBerry‚ and its complete organization‚ from a Human Resource Development perspective. I determined that the case is primary about business strategy and globalization and further application of the theory directs my attention to the key concerns within the strategic category‚ and shows that RIM is
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