A R T I C L E www.hbr.org Countering the Biggest Risk of All by Adrian J. Slywotzky and John Drzik Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Countering the Biggest Risk of All 13 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Product 977X Countering the Biggest Risk of All The Idea
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Question 2: Lenovo seems to be "stuck in the middle"? What does it need to be a leader both in China and internationally? After acquiring IBM‚ Lenovo achieved great benefits and became a well-known private computer brand in the global market‚ expecially in China. However‚ this company had to face with "stuck in the middle" when integrating IBM Corporation’s PC division. The differences between two national cultures were the reason why that Lenovo failed in implementing strategies for Chinese market
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management‚ supply chain management and inventory management. Product: Lenovo Vs Dell i. Quality control management The company of Lenovo did experience some quality management problems during the early years of the 21st century that had some mixed results. On the other hand‚ the company lost a domestic computer contract to its rival Dell to a chinese government agency because the agency viewed quality as having slipped at Lenovo (Saxon 2007). Although Saxon does not specify what the quality management
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LENOVO CASE ANALYSIS Facts Surrounding the Case Competing at a global scale requires profound brand equity. Lenovo is a well-known brand in China (as Legend) but it cannot become a global technology giant like Dell or Hewlett-Packard‚ by merely acquiring the Personal Systems Division of IBM‚ whose products are popular across the world. Normally‚ the key challenge in establishing global brands lies in devising the manner in which a company can position its brands in customers’ mindsets‚ while
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Global strategy for lenovo Content Ø Abstract Ø Introduction Ø Learning skills and globalization Step one: research learning. Step two: microcosmic learning Step three: trail learning Step four: deepen and development learning
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Executive summary Lenovo‚ the largest PC business in China faced the intensified competition of its own market by global level companies such as HP and Dell. In attempt to expand the market internationally‚ Lenovo made the acquisition of IBM’s PC division. Since two organizational cultures were different‚ the synergy of the merged Lenovo-IBM was required. Lenovo entitled to IBM landmark and “Think” products to move to international market and enabled to increase the market power by over night after
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Findings Dell started out as a direct seller‚ first using a mail-order system‚ and then taking advantage of the internet to develop an online sales platform. Well before use of the internet went mainstream Dell had begun integrating online order status updates and technical support into their customer-facing operations. By 1997‚ Dell’s internet sales had reached an average of $4 million per day. While most other PCs were sold preconfigured and pre-assembled in retail stores‚ Dell offered superior
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theory to analyze and study the inner and outer surroundings of Lenovo group. Company background Lenovo Group was established in 1984 in the Chinese Beijing‚ the company mainly produces desktop computer‚ notebook computer‚ server‚ printer‚ palmtop computer‚ motherboards‚ mobile phone and other electronic products. Is a leading global PC business‚ the original Lenovo and IBM’s personal computer division and combination. Lenovo reelected since 1997 China’s domestic market sales of the first‚
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Lenovo’s business strategy has witnessed a massive transformation over the past seven years. Surpassing rivals Dell and Acer‚ Lenovo became the world’s second largest pc vendor behind Hewlett Packard in its fiscal year of 2011. Recently‚ new target market segmentations have been established to endure this rapid trend of accomplishments. Lenovo’s current target markets include city customers‚ rural customers with strong brand awareness‚ customers with advanced concepts and a high level education.
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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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