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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Lenovo Company SWOT Analysis 1. Introduction Lenovo is one of the most prominent PC manufacturers in the world especially in Asia. It is headquartered in Morrisville‚ North Carolina and has more than 25000 employees in the world. In 2004‚ Lenovo purchased IBM’s Personal Computing Division‚ its global PC (desktop and notebook computer) business. The acquisition made Lenovo one of the leading global PC makers. In addition‚ Lenovo is a Worldwide Olympic Partner and the Official Computing Equipment
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How Bribery and Other Types of Corruption Threaten the Global Marketplace: Knowledge@Wharton (http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=646) How Bribery and Other Types of Corruption Threaten the Global Marketplace Published : October 23‚ 2002 in Knowledge@Wharton In Turkey‚ the apartment buildings that collapse during earthquakes are known as "bribe buildings." In Africa‚ bridges dot the landscape with no roads to connect them. There’s no doubt that corruption‚ endemic in
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American Home Products 1. How much business risk does American Home Products face? How much financial risk would American Home Products face at each of the proposed levels of debt shown in case Exhibit 3? How much potential value‚ if any can American Home Products create for its shareholders at each of the proposed levels of debt? (See Exhibits 1 and 2 ) American Home Products currently has low business risk due to the conservative nature of their business. They piggyback on first movers
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BUS 478 Case Study -----Lenovo April 1‚ 2011 Prepared by: Hu‚ Zhihan Liu‚ Xiaobei Mi‚ Yu Shen‚ Yan Zhou‚ You 301097126 301105475 301067373 301061639 301091758 TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 MISSION‚ GOALS & STAKEHOLDERS .................................................................................... 1 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS................................................
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0People management in Lenovo China 3 2.1Introduction of Lenovo China 3 2.2Approach of People management in Lenovo China 4 2.2.1Overall approach 4 2.2.2System of rewarding performance 5 2.2.3Recruiting and selecting employees 7 2.2.4Methods to improve development of employees 8 2.2.5The appraisal of individual performance 10 2.3Lenovo China’s leadership 12 2.4Lenovo China’s organizational culture 13 3.0Personal opinions on Lenovo China 14 4.0Conclusion
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Report on Marketing Techniques of Apple and Lenovo INTRODUCTION Apple was founded by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne on April 1‚ 1976‚ to develop and sell personal computers. It was incorporated as Apple Computer‚ Inc. on January 3‚ 1977‚ and was renamed as Apple Inc. on January 9‚ 2007‚ to reflect its shifted focus towards consumer electronics. Apple Inc. is American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino‚ California‚ that designs‚ develops‚ and sells consumer electronics
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The background of Lenovo Lenovo is a Chinese company which is the fourth largest PC vendor in the world. The production innovation‚ highly-efficient global supply chain are advantages of Lenovo’s business. Furthermore‚ the international joined ventures strategy bring more benefits to grow Leonovo’s commercial and develop PC marketing. The international joint venture with NEC Corporation NEC Corporation is one of the partners of Lenovo and they created an international joint venture between two
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Electronic Commerce – Application Case: Boeing’s spare PART marketplace 1. What motivated Boeing to create PART? Boeing‚ the world’s largest maker of airlines was disposed to deliver a good customer service‚ especially for maintenance needs and spare parts. Before Boeing established the PART marketplace‚ it was a very complex and costly process for customers to get a specific part they needed. These parts were ordered by telephone or fax‚ that’s why Boeing had to install a lot of labor to
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Lenovo Z70 17.3-Inch Laptop (Core i7‚ 8 GB RAM‚ 1TB Hard Drive) 80FG0038US The Lenovo Z70 17.3 inches laptop with NVIDIA graphics card for better picture quality. The Lenovo Z70 Laptop Review comes with brilliant display‚ powerful cutting edge Intel processor and JBL designed speakers with superior sound quality that provided by Dolby audio. The Lenovo Z70 is ideal for gaming and entertainment. The Lenovo Z70 has best quality massive 17.3 inches Full HD 1920*1080 resolution display.The Full HD display
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