ONTARIO PUMP COMPANY Ontario Pump Company‚ a small manufacturing company in Toronto‚ manufactures three types of pumps used in a variety of machinery. For many years the company has been profitable and has operated at capacity. However‚ in the last two years‚ prices on all pumps were reduced and selling expenses increased to meet competition and keep the plant operating at capacity. Second-quarter results for the current year‚ which follows‚ typify recent experience. ONTARIO PUMP COMPANY
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Competitive Position of IT Company: International Business Machines (IBM) Case Study I. Introduction: The Company that has been chosen for this case study is International Business Machines abbreviated IBM. This company was founded by Herman Hollerith in 1896 as the Tabulating Machine Company. It was later incorporated as the Computing Tabulating and Recording Corporation on June 16 1911. The Company was listed in the New York Stock Exchange in 1916 and one year later the Canadian and South
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solutions to IT issues. It also undertakes research for new technologies‚ both software and hardware and thus transforming them into new products. IBM was incorporated in the State of New York on June 16‚ 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. (C-T-R). In 1924‚ C-T-R adopted the name International Business Machines Corporation. [ibm.com: 2011]. In 2010‚ IBM was ranked the 20th biggest firm in the US by Fortune Magazine. It currently employs 400‚000 people‚ working in different fields providing various
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A Case Study on the Coming of a Globally Integrated 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
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IBM: The Corporate Service Corps Group 3: Flora‚ Mark‚ Tom‚ Larry‚ Peter July 2012 Content 1. Case Introduction 2. Questions and Answers 3. Summary 4. Take away 1. Case Introduction 1.1Background: International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM‚ 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
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STraTEGIc Hr ManaGEMEnT case study–PaRt a IBM’s Global Talent Management Strategy: The Vision of the Globally Integrated Enterprise By John W. Boudreau‚ Ph.D. Project team Author: SHRM project contributor: External contributors: John W. Boudreau‚ Ph.D. Nancy A. Woolever‚ SPHR Randy MacDonald Richard Calo Michelle Rzepnicki Katya Scanlan Jihee Lombardi Copy editing: Design: © 2010 Society for Human Resource Management. John W. Boudreau‚ Ph.D. Development of this case was made possible by a grant
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industry at that period and was extremely successful in the market. 2. From 1970s to 1980s‚ IBM kept on introducing a series of IT innovations including hard disk‚ floppy disk and the IBM PC in the early 1980s. These products fit the customer needs perfectly at that period and soon dominated the market. The factors led to IBM’s problems during the late 1980s including: 1. The wrong strategies made by IBM against changes in the needs of the customer. At that time‚ the customers increased the need
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IBM Case Study 1. What factors led to IBM’s success during the 1960s and 1970s and its problems during the late 1980s and early 1990s? Watson Jr. hit a home run when he invested $5 billion to develop the System/360 computer family‚ which utilized an integrated semiconductor chip and modular components. Taking full advantage of this innovative momentum‚ IBM debuted other products during that time which enabled the company to rise to the top of the IT industry. These products included hard and floppy
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Introduction This report is a case study on IBM from 1993 to the present. The reporters’ objectives were to define the problems within IBM in 1993; management tools used to remedy these problems; if these solutions will lead to a sustainable competitive advantage; and what kind of innovators IBM is and what streams of innovation IBM is involved with today. This report is from a managerial science perspective‚ with a focus on innovation. Executive Summary This case involves IBM‚ an international computer
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