Search

This paper explores the dynamics of value distribution within a sector, using data on the U.S. computer industry as an illustration. It provides exploratory quantitative evidence for the way in [...]

CASE DESCRIPTION The primary issues in this case involve business startup and management, and are appropriate for entrepreneurship and management courses. A secondary issue demonstrates how personal drive and motivation are critical components of successfully managing and growing a business, thereby making this case appropriate for discussion on the topic of strategic management. The case chronicles the life and passion of entrepreneur, Steve Jobs--illustrating the rise, fall, and current state of the Apple Computer Company. The case has a difficulty level 2 and is designed to be covered within one (75 minute) class period. The required preparation time is about 2 hours. It is appropriate for small business, entrepreneurship, or management classes. The purpose of this case is to illustrate to students how individual passion, determination, and innovation is a critical element in business start up success and also to stimulate critical thinking in terms of future direction for a company in a struggling economy. CASE SYNOPSIS The Apple Computer Company is arguably one of the most innovative technology companies to emerge in the last three decades. Apple, Inc. is responsible for bringing to market such products as the Macintosh computer and laptop, iPod and iTunes, and most recently, the iPhone. The success of the company can be traced primarily to a single individual--founder, Steven Jobs. Jobs and his friend, Steve Wozniak founded and built Apple into a 32 billion dollar company. The company enjoyed much success during the past decade with its stock price hitting a high of $200 in 2007. More recently, the stock has retreated to around $90 causing a massive decline in shareholder wealth. Today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is faced with the challenge of resurrecting his once dominant company in light of weak economic conditions and sub-par personal health. The case chronicles the life of Steve Jobs, the rise of Apple, Inc. and his personal challenges as CEO of the company to continue to provide innovative products to a marketplace of technology avid consumers., INSTRUCTORS' NOTES Case Overview and Recommendations for Teaching Approaches Students will find the case very interesting as most of them will have used one of Apple's products. Students will combine [...]

The study examines the impact of two dimensions of product knowledge bases on organizational structures, namely knowledge breadth and knowledge depth. Findings suggest that multi-product companies with fewer inter-firm relationships are formed when products are complex and knowledge is highly reusable in different contexts.

In 2004, IBM introduced a set of broad operations research-based initiatives designed to improve the efficiency and productivity of its global sales force. The first solution, OnTARGET, provides a set [...]

CASE DESCRIPTION In today's global economy, organizations are faced with many challenges including motivating and rewarding employees; communicating and making effective decisions; evaluating group and team behavior; assessing their organizational [...]

A study was conducted to investigate the role of multibusiness corporations in the development of young industries. The U.S. personal computer industry is examined using event history models. Findings indicate that established firms diversifying into a new industry that owes its birth to a disruptive technological change give birth to corporate children that are weak survivors.

Business leaders from Hewlett-Packard, FivePoint Federal Credit Union, Cerium Laboratories LLC, and Endevco Corporation initiated organizational change through storytelling. They used metaphors, road maps, and personal stories to convey the message to employees.

The group mutual exclusion (GME) problem is a generalization of the mutual exclusion problem. In group mutual exclusion, a process requests a session before entering its critical section (CS). Processes requesting the same session are allowed to be in their CS simultaneously, however, processes requesting different sessions must execute their CS in mutually exclusive way. The paper presents a token-based distributed algorithm for the GME problem in asynchronous message passing systems. The algorithm uses the concept of dynamic request sets. The algorithm does not use any message to be exchanged in the best case and uses n+1 messages in the worst case, where n is the number of processes in the system. The maximum concurrency of the algorithm is n and synchronization delay under heavy load (worst case) is 2T, where T is the maximum message propagation delay. The algorithm uses first come first serve approach in selecting the next session type and satisfies the concurrent occupancy property. The static performance analysis and correctness proof is also included in the present exposition. Key words: Concurrency, critical section, request set, session, INTRODUCTION A distributed system is a collection of independent computers, which are capable of collaborating on a task. Although, mutual exclusion is a classical problem of distributed systems, group mutual [...]

Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell and chief executive officer Kevin Rollins discuss the management methods utilized that keep the company growing and profitable. These include tailoring methods that address the specific corporate and team environments within the company.

Samuel J. Palmisano, chief executive officer at International Business Machines Corp., discusses the importance of maintaining flexibility during times of success in order to be prepared when market shifts occur. Emphasis is on the role of corporate values.

It's not enough for a few executives at a multinational to have a global mind-set. All employees should excel at balancing global consistency with local responsiveness. That's why many organizations [...]

The Dynamic Leadership program at Hewlett-Packard is discussed.

Hewlett-Packard has been using Kuppam, India to help identify methods for improving international sales and especially public-private partnerships to accelerate economic development by being more in tune with regional needs, especially in relatively isolated and/or poor regions.

A case study of Dell Corporation's adoption of Web-enabled enterprise resource planning systems, and its positive impact on e-business, is presented.

Opportunities grabbed by international business machine (IBM) during the cold war economy in the United States are highlighted. The IBM's development in the field of new technical market under the leadership of Cuthbert Hurd are described

Abstract This paper examines the relevance of both efficiency-based and learning-based network behaviour in the context of inter-firm partnering. The effect of these different forms of network behaviour on company [...]

The corporate turnaround at IBM during the late 1990s was based upon the strategy of satisfying customers. The stock price, market share and customer satisfaction rate has measurably increased since 1995.

Non-linear adaptation to change in the computer industry is examined. Results reveal a relationship between non-linear organizational arrangements and organizational effectiveness.

As a management tool, Total Quality Management (TQ, M) has its origins in statistical quality control theory (Walton, 1986). Later, it was applied with great success in Japan to corporate [...]

Microsoft Research aims to develop artificial intelligence and intelligent systems that are intuitive and capable of interacting with humans. Headed by Nathan Myhrvold, the research subsidiary is supported by a 1998 budget between $100 million and $200 million to establish strategic technologies for Microsoft Corp in the form of new product cores. The subsidiary supports the ideas and theories of its researchers to come up with algorithms that can be utilized in commercial products.

In the 1950s the worsening of the Cold War and the rapid growth of America's capital-intensive industries created a market for high-technology products, such as computers. At the same time […]