Strategic Alliance —Case Study of Lenovo and IBM By Lili Jiang Dissertation submitted to the University of Nottingham Business School‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in International Business September 2007 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all‚ I would like to thank my supervisor Bernard Leca for his support and very help advices throughout this research. Then I would like to thank my family for giving me this opportunity to study abroad
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Mission Statement Vision At IBM‚ we strive to lead in the invention‚ development and manufacture of the industry’s most advanced information technologies‚ including computer systems‚ software‚ storage systems and microelectronics. We translate these advanced technologies into value for our customers through our professional solutions‚ services and consulting businesses worldwide. Create experiences that combine the magic of software with the power of Internet services across a world of devices We
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32 Harvard Referencing 2006 Note: this page is only an introduction to the Harvard referencing system. Curtin Library & Information Service provides a modified version of the author-date system presented in: Snooks & Co. 2002‚ Style manual: For authors‚ editors and printers‚ 6th edn‚ John Wiley & Sons Australia‚ n.p. For referencing electronic sources‚ refer to the American Psychological Association ’s Publication manual: American Psychological Association 2001‚ Publication manual of the American
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Enterprise Introduction Framed by the year 2009‚ the International Business Machines Corporation (hereafter IBM) aims at becoming a ‘globally-integrated enterprise’ and is therefore facing the act of balancing between being deeply connected (in order to provide value for customers and society) and yet above the fray (to avoid divisive controversies). Over its nearly 100 year history‚ IBM moved from international (exporting form the U.S.) to multi-national (with subsidiaries in many countries) to
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References: 1. Gupta C.B (2010)‚ HRM- Publisher (Sultan Chand & Sons) ‚ Changing Nature of work‚ pg no. 38.3 2 3. http://www.ibm.com/ibm/in/en/ on Jun 29‚ 2012 at 04.38 p.m. 4. http://www-07.ibm.com/in/research/‚ 2012 at 09.37 p.m. 5. http://www-07.ibm.com/in/research/laboverview.html on July 22‚ 2012 at 06. 20 p.m. 6. http://www-07.ibm.com/in/careers/diversity.html on August 10‚
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Harvard Concept (Fisher and Urgy) "Getting to Yes" (also called the Harvard concept) describes a method called principled negotiation to reach an agreement whose success is judged by three criteria: 1. It should produce a wise agreement if agreement is possible. 2. It should be efficient. 3. It should improve or at least not damage the relationship between the parties. The authors argue that their method can be used in virtually any negotiation. Issues are decided upon by their merits
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Mission Statement-Suitability for IBM The mission statement of IBM is suitable for the organization‚ and that not only because it sufficiently refers to the features a mission statement must have‚ but also because it expresses a spirit of success‚ teamwork and customer consideration‚ a spirit that only big companies can generate. Mission Statement-Strengths and weaknesses Though much important a mission stetement is‚ it can develop some strengths and weaknesses regarding mostly the customers
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1 The Acquirer: Lenovo 2 2.2 The Target: IBM 2 3. The Acquisition 2 3.1 Development of Acquisition (Time Line) 2 3.2 Facts of Acquisition 2 3.3 Expected Problems from Acquisition 2 3.4 Underlying motivations/expectations for Lenovo’s Management 2 3.5 Underlying motivations/ expectations for IBM’s Management 2 4. Were Lenovo’s expectations met? 2 4.1 To become an international company with access to the global PC market 2 4.2 Aim to leverage IBM brand to gain marketplace traction 2 4.3
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IBM Business Consulting Services IBM Strategy and Change Services — Operations Strategy Helping clients with critical business issues Clients look to Operations Strategy for help with these critical business issues: • Cost efficiency and performance improvement • Focus on company’s core business • Increasing shareholder value • Continuous process improvement • Maintaining competitive edge • Improving customer service quality Drawing on the strength of the full Highlights strategy and change
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differentiated services to reserve and walk-in customers. In this research‚ we study one such service differentiation strategy‚ a vehicle threshold policy‚ which is to hold vehicles for reserve class customers in anticipation of their future arrivals. To consider the impact that vehicle threshold policies have on reserve and walk-in customer waiting times‚ we model a rental depot as a multi-class non-work-conserving semi-open queue with stochastic inputs. For exponential and deterministic service time
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