is global but it has to act local by taking care of the people who buy and sell the product. With this in mind, someone who thinks globally is still a product of his or her own culture. Stan Shih’s Strategy for China was that it is crucial for Acer to develop a strong brand image in China before moving on to other countries. Work with
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Company History: Acer Incorporated was called "the region's most impressive technology company" in a 1996 article in The Economist. The company also ranks among the world's ten biggest manufacturers of individual components like keyboards, monitors, and CD-ROM drives, and is America's ninth-largest personal computer producer. By 1995, the company was producing four million PCs annually, 25 percent of them OEMs (products sold under other companies' labels). Under the guidance of Chairman and CEO
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ACER: AN IT COMPANY ACER: AN IT COMPANY LEARNING TO USE INFORMATION LEARNING TO USE INFORMATION CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION University of California, Irvine 3200 Berkeley Place Irvine, California, 92697-4650 AUTHORS Jason Dedrick Kenneth L. Kraemer Tony Tsai October, 1999 Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations TECHNOLOGY TO COMPETE Acknowledgement: This research has been supported by grants from the CISE/IRIS/CSS Division of the U
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9F, 88 Hsin Tai Wu Rd., Sec 1 Hsichih, Taipei 221 Taiwan Company Perspectives: Acer ranks among the world's top five branded PC vendors, designing and marketing easy, dependable IT solutions that empower people to reach their goals and enhance their lives. History of Acer Incorporated Read more: Acer Incorporated - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Acer Incorporated http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GLjJKFtD2DAJ:www.referenceforbusiness
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Founded in Taiwan, Acer is a multinational manufacturer of electronics. They also happen to own the largest franchised personal computer retail chain that exists in Taipei, Taiwan. It is also the 3rd larges personal computer manufacturer in the world behindHewlett Packard and Dell Incorporated. The company was originally called Multitech. By 1987 the company was known as Acer. The company began small, with just eleven employees at a small capital of $25,000 dollars. Starting off, Acer was primarily
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Harvard Business School 9-399-011 Rev. April 9, 2001 Acer America: Development of the Aspire In early 1998, Stan Shih, CEO of Taiwan-based personal computer (PC) manufacturer Acer, Inc., was reviewing the first estimates of 1997 year-end results. With revenue of $6.5 billion from own brand and sales to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as IBM, the company was now acknowledged to be the third largest PC manufacturer in the world. Although the performance was respectable in the wake
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Acer buys iGware for $320 million Taiwan's Acer Inc will buy U.S.-based cloud computing firm iGware Inc for $320 million, the fifth-largest ever Taiwanese buyout of a U.S. company, as it seeks to move beyond its core hardware manufacturing business . (Reuters , July 21) The aforementioned deal worth $395 million will make it the second largest Taiwanese purchase of an American company. The the only other Taiwanese deal to surpass this was Acer's purchase of U.S. PC maker Gateway Inc for $761
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BACKGROUND Acer was founded by Stan Shih, his wife Carolyn Yeh, and a group of five others as Multitech in 1976, headquartered in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. It began with eleven employees and US$25,000 in capital. Initially, it was primarily a distributor of electronic parts and a consultant in the use of microprocessor technologies, but over time it emerged as a PC manufacturer. The company was renamed Acer in 1987. In 1993, Acer posted record profits of $80 million. Total sales grew to $3.2 billion
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time. That gave Acer’s an advantage over other brands 3. Can Acer become the world’s third largest PC company, behindDell and Hewlett-Packard? I think if Acer’s strategy is effective and it focuses on business toconsumer and not only in business to business, their goal will beachieved successfully because since this brand started developing, ithas faced some struggles but still maintained their vision right to thegoal and that’s how Acer has been positioned as it nowadays 4. Growth in the U.S. PC
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Aspire 4935/4735Z Series Quick Guide Copyright © 2008. Acer Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Aspire 4935/4735Z Series Quick Guide Original Issue: 11/2008 This company makes no representations or warranties, either express or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Although care has been taken to ensure accuracy, this company shall not be liable for any errors (including, but not
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