IBM Corporation In the seven years (since 1994)‚ that Lou Gerstner reigned over IBM‚ the company’s earnings per share increased an average of 27% per year. This remarkable increase in earnings did not go unnoticed by the securities markets. Indeed‚ the company’s market value grew from less than $30 billion to over $200 billion during the period. Use the following financial statement data to: 1. Decompose IBM’s ROE (by quarter) and discuss the factors (and trends) that contribute to Big Blue’s profitability
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International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue"‚ is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk‚ New York‚ United States. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter)‚ and offers infrastructure services‚ hosting services‚ and consulting services in areas ranging from
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Home / Accounting & Finance Whether a large multi-national firm or a micro to small business in the Philippines‚ companies benefit from Triple i’s accounting services. Our accounting team understand the laws and regulations needed to assist you with all your companies bookkeeping. With top class attorneys‚ CPAs‚ and accounting staff‚ all operating on the 9001:2008 Quality Management System. We help with simple and basic company finances or advanced tax planning so you can focus on the more
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of Lenovo and IBM By Sharona Peng Achieving Successful Cross‐Cultural and Management Integration: The Experience of Lenovo and IBM. Sharona Peng A thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business (MBus) 2008 Faculty of Business Primary Supervisor: Peter Enderwick 1 / 78 Achieving Successful Cross-Cultural and Management Integration: The Experience of Lenovo and IBM By Sharona Peng
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Marketing strategies of IBM Marketing Strategies of IBM Introduction This study aims at examining the use of theoretical marketing approaches in the practical business scenario. In this domain the marketing strategy of IBM has been considered on empirical grounds. It is by the use of marketing theory and concepts that the study evaluates the marketing strategies of IBM and its role in fulfilling the firm ’ overall goals and objectives. Four specific aspects of marketing strategy evaluation are assessed
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The culture values of Thomas Watson which made IBM corp. adopt were “THINK” and “Professionalism” in order to inspire and motivate staff‚ work hard and adhere to high ethical standards which were defining attributes for American professionalism. “Job security” was also a main value of IBM Corp. offering lifetime employment guarantees for its employees in order to show loyalty and motivate them in offering good services. These values not only made IBM one of the most stable and profitable company
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In economics and related disciplines‚ a transaction cost is a cost incurred in making an economic exchange. A number of different kinds of transaction costs exist. Search and information costs are costs such as those incurred in determining that the required good is available on the market‚ who has the lowest price‚ etc. Bargaining costs are the costs required to come to an acceptable agreement with the other party to the transaction‚ drawing up an appropriate contract‚ etc.. Policing and enforcement
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SECURE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS Introduction Secure Electronic Transactions (SET) is an open protocol which has the potential to emerge as a dominant force in the securing of electronic transactions. Jointly developed by Visa and MasterCard‚ in conjunction with leading computer vendors such as IBM‚ SET is an open standard for protecting the privacy‚ and ensuring the authenticity‚ of electronic transactions. This is critical to the success of electronic commerce over the Internet; without privacy
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SWOT IBM SWOT analysis 2013 Strengths Weaknesses 1. First mover in cloud computing solutions for enterprises 2. Brand reputation 3. Diversified business 4. Strong competency in acquisitions 5. Integration of products and services 1. Expensive service and software solutions 2. Focus mainly on large enterprises Opportunities Threats 1. Expand services and software divisions 2. Increasing demand of cloud based services 1. Increasing competition in the cloud computing market 2. Slowing growth of world
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IBM STRUCTURE OVERVIEW IBM’s domestic division‚ which was led by tom Watson jnr. was responsible for research and development and for financing the operations of the entire global company. By 1950 not only was IBM domestic designing and manufacturing a large number of different models of computer‚ it was also designing and manufacturing many of the component and peripheral parts used in the computers such as disk drivers ‚transistors‚ printers and file storage and servers. Many of these products
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