.. 3 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 4 PART 1: OVERVIEW – INTERNET PROPERTIES & MARKETING IMPLICATIONS .................. 6 Website analysis................................................................................................................................. 6 Web and other online content ....................................................................................
Words: 10410 - Pages: 42
Dell Computer Corporation – Share Repurchase Program Questions: 1. Why do companies use stock options to compensate employees? What are the advantages of stock options relative to cash compensation? What, if any, are their disadvantages? 2. What, if any, risks do Dell’s shareholders face from Dell’s stock option program? Draw terminal payoff diagrams to illustrate the risk. Is this risk something that shareholders of Dell expect to bear when investing in Dell? 3. How does Dell
Words: 1224 - Pages: 5
information system activities of the online sales system of Dell. In this system, customers are allowed to purchase electronic devices directly through the internet. First of all, let take a look on the some brief description about the company background and the system. 1.1 Company Background Dell Inc. is a world class e-commerce company that manufactures, sells, repairs and supports computers hardware and other related software and services. Dell does not own any direct stores instead the company is
Words: 6368 - Pages: 26
SITUATION ANALYSIS In 1984, at the age of 19, Michael Dell founded Dell Computer with a simple vision and business concept; that personal computers could be built to order and sold directly to customers. Michael Dell believed his approach to PC manufacturing had two advantages: (1) bypassing distributors and retail dealers eliminated the markups of resellers, and (2) building to order greatly reduced the costs and risks associated with carrying large stocks of parts, components, and finished goods
Words: 1665 - Pages: 7
company can help the company gain a sustainable advantage over its rivals. In the article “The power of virtual integration”, the business model of Dell gives us a specific example to see how the technology and business process of Dell make this company achieve the success. From this article, an interview with Michael Dell, we realize the innovative of Dell: how it uses the technology to combine supplier partnerships, customer focus, mass customization and just-in-time manufacturing and then achieve
Words: 1552 - Pages: 7
resellers to sell mass-produced computers. • 1986 Dell unveils the industry's fastest-performing computer, pioneers the industry's first thirty-day money back guarantee, and offers the industry's first onsite service program. • 1996 The company's quiet bid to sell custom-built computers over the Internet quickly becomes a public revolution when the company announces that sales over www.dell.com have exceeded $1 million per day. Dell introduces also its first custom custom-made web links
Words: 9431 - Pages: 38
organization in? Dell Computers was founded by Michael Dell in 1984 with the aim of providing consumers with computers that meet their needs. The Dell organization is in the business of making personal computers. Dell does not make most of the parts it uses for the computers but buys them from other companies. The computers are then assembled from stock parts. The company has become synonymous with customer satisfaction since it was established in 1984. The developments made by Dell computers on the
Words: 3623 - Pages: 15
1. Examine and analysis Dell’s Direct Model and its basic working and success and future challenges. Dell’s Direct Model Dell has been following it’s unique direct build-to-order sales model for more than 20 years. Customers can plan their own configuration and place orders directly with company via the phone or a web site. Over the years Dell supply chain efficiencies and direct sales gave it a competitive advantage. Dell has also leveraged JIT principle to make its manufacturing process success
Words: 1626 - Pages: 7
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Dell was losing its chief advantages – direct marketing and power over suppliers. In 2005, the percentage of PC sale via the phone and Internet fell in US as the sale through US retails stores rose – a channel in which Dell was absent. And by 2006, Dell’s growth in PC sales had slowed to about 5% a year. So that Dell should adjust to its changing environment. So that, the aim of this report are analyzing the internal and external factors, which can affect to Dell’s
Words: 3623 - Pages: 15
Introduction and Company background The purpose of this case study is to analyze the new product scenario and provide a written report. Dell Computers was founded by Michael Dell in 1984 and has its head offices in Round Rock, Texas. (Benedetto, 2012, p. 165) Michael Dell has a very simply philosophy, selling computer systems directly to customers, Dell could best understand their needs and efficiently provide the most effective computing solutions to meet those needs. This direct business
Words: 867 - Pages: 4
