1999 D Matching Dell O N Between 1994 and 1998, the revenue of Dell Computer Corporation rose from $3.5 billion to $18.2 billion, and profits increased from $149 million to $1.5 billion. The company’s stock price rose by 5,600%. During the same period, Dell grew twice as fast as its major rivals in the personal computer market and tripled its market share. In the first half of 1998, Dell reported operating earnings that were greater than the personal computer earnings of Compaq,
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Introduction Dell company was found in 1984 by Michael Dell at age 19, he was a student living in a dormitory at the university of local retailers, added features such as more memory and disk drivers , and sold them out of the trunk of his car He withdrew 1000$ from his personal savings, used his car as collateral for a bank loan, hired a few friends, and placed ads in the local newspaper offering computers at 10% -15% below retail price. Soon he was selling 50.000$ worth of PCs a month to local
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Integration: An Interview with Dell Computer’s Michael Dell by Joan Magretta Harvard Business Review Reprint 98208 The Power of V i r t ua l I n t e g r at i o n : A n I n t e rv i e w w i t h D e l l C o m p u t e r’ s Michael Dell b y J oa n M ag r e t ta H ow do you create a $12 billion company in just 1 3 years? Michael Dell began in 1984 with a simple business insight: he could by- pass the dealer channel through which personal computers were then being sold. Instead
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DELL INC (DELL) 10-K Annual report pursuant to section 13 and 15(d) Filed on 03/15/2011 Filed Period 01/28/2011 Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 10-K (Mark One) x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended January 28, 2011 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission
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Information Technology: Dell Computer Corporation Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jason Dedrick, and Sandra Yamashiro Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), Graduate School of Management, and Department of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA Keywords The exceptional performance of Dell Computer in recent years illustratesan innovative response to a fundamental competitive factor in the personal computer industry—the value
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Case Assignment Case: Dell 2009 Concordia University John Molson School of Business July 22, 2010 INTRODUCTION Situation Synopsis After almost 20 years of unprecedented growth and industry leadership, Dell has started losing market share to its competitors: HP, Apple, Acer and Lenovo. Furthermore, its stock price has plummeted from its record 1998 high of US$139.88 to almost US$20.00 in July 2008. Due to poor performance, the founder of the company Michael S. Dell has returned to the company
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Dell was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell, while he was a student at the University of Texas with only $1,000; he presently is the CEO and chairman of the board for the corporation. The original name of the company was PCs Limited and was changed to Dell Computer Corporation in 1988; then to Dell Inc in 2004 (Hitt, 2011). Dell Inc is one of the leading technology companies that offers a broad range of products, including desktop, personal computers, servers, networking products, storage, mobility
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Dell Inc: From Humble Beginnings to Computer Giant When you make the decision to purchase a computer, whether it is a tablet, desktop or laptop, the next choice is to select the company, and one of the candidates may very be Dell. Dell is a company that came from humble beginnings, the brainchild of the technologically savvy mind of Michael Dell in 1983 in his dorm room at the University of Texas. Michael Dell enrolled in the pre-med program at the urging of his parents who had a desire from him
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company becomes the first in the industry to sell custom-built computers directly to end-users, bypassing the dominant system of using computer 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
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How Internal and External Factors Impact the Planning Function of Management within Dell Introduction This paper will discuss how internal and external factors impact the planning function of management within Dell Computer Corporation. These factors are rapid change, globalization, technology, e-business, innovation, diversity and ethics. All these factors have an affect on how the management at Dell plans for the future and reaches it’s ever changing goals. Rapid
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