Management of Strategic Alliances: Performance Evaluation Where to Link in the Value Chain? • Alliance combining same value-chain activities are to gain efficiencies, merge talents, or share risks • In operations alliances firms combine manufacturing activities to reach economies of scale • Operations/marketing alliances provide access to markets Identification of the links in VC forms the basis for performance of the SA Negotiation & Performance • The formal agreement is not as important
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Executive Summary Lenovo is currently the Top 1 market leader in PC industry globally. With the acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business and Motorola Mobility on 2014, and the changing landscape of tablets and smartphone market, we will look into Lenovo’s strategic position. There are several issues facing by Lenovo now: ♣ Bad economic environment might post threat to Lenovo’s PC and enterprise business ♣ Declining growth in worldwide tablets market would hurdle the Lenovo’s growth of
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Name: Fei Xie Lenovo Search Engine Evaluation Company Background Lenovo is a new world company that makes award-winning PCs for customers. They operate as a company uninhibited by walls or organizational structures using worldsourcing to harness the power of innovation across the global team. They design innovative and exciting products and services to meet customers’ needs [3]. According to the research from IDC, it shows that Lenovo is the leading PC making company in China, which contributes
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Google’s Decision to sell Motorola mobility to Lenovo In the mid of 2012, precisely on August, the technology giants, Google has bought a Motorola Mobility LLC, an American telecommunication corporation for $12.5 billion. After one and a half year, Motorola Mobility LLC, which owned by Google has been sold again to Lenovo, which a Chinese company whom an expert in a computer manufacturing for only $2.91 billion. Most of people said that Google’s decision to sell Motorola Mobility is a fool. Google
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Product and Brand Management “Lenovo: Building a Global Brand” 1 What should Lenovo’s overall corporate brand positioning and corporate branding strategy be in global markets? Why is developing a global corporate brand important to Lenovo? The needs to be an international company: To survive and succeed in the global business environment, Lenovo has no choice but to become an international firm in the PC business. In the Lenovo’s financial report we can observe the big differences between
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Elia Müller Wirtschaftsraum China SoSe 2012 Case Study: Lenovo Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Geschichtlicher Hintergrund 2. Rahmenbedingungen zur Firmengründung 3. Gründung der NTDC 4. Computerhandel 5. Eigene Produktion 6. Der Aufstieg 7. Internationalisierung 8. Krisen 9. Gründe für den Erfolg 2 2 2 3 4 4 7 8 9 1. Geschichtlicher Hintergrund Primärminister Zhou legte 1956 in seinem Zwölfjahresplan die Gründung eines Instituts zur Computerforschung fest. Das „Institute of Computing Technology
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Global Executive MBA – FGV (2015) Assignment # C3 Nike, INC.: Cost of Capital Jul 31st, 2014 Case Approach As required in the instructions, the group will answer each of the questions regarding the case, along with its justifications. In addition, a spreadsheet will be attached with all the calculations regarding this case. Q1. What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? WACC
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The Strategic Marketing Management Analysis of Lenovo Group Wang, Wen Cheng, Dept. of Business Management, Hwa Hsia Institute of Technology, Taiwan Chu, Ying Chien, Department of Tourism and Leisure, National Penghu University,Taiwan Chen, Ying Chang, Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health ABSTRACT In recent years, market competition in the market economy is fierce, the different economic performances and behaviors based on the enterprises’
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MANAGEMENT INTAKE : MARCH 2013 TITLE : LENOVO EAST MEETS WEST OUTLINE TABLE CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 4 II. LENOVO HISTORY AND VISION STATEMENT 4 III. LENOVO SWOT ANALYSIS 6 1. External factors (O- opportunity and T-threat) 6 2. Internal factors ( S- strength and W-weakness) 9 IV. LENOVO STRATEGIC CHOICES 13 V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 14 List of figure Figure | Name | page | 1 | The Lenovo history timeline | 4 | 2 | Lenovo vision statement | 5 | 3 | Porter’s
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describes in detail the various steps taken by Lenovo, the leading PC manufacturer in China, in its effort to go global. The steps include changing its corporate name from Legend to Lenovo, sponsoring the 2008 Olympic Games and most importantly, acquiring IBM's PC unit. The case examines the need for Lenovo to globalize and critically analyzes the efficacy of the above steps in the company's globalization plans. It also highlights the challenges faced by Lenovo in its path towards globalization.
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