Report on Lenovo-Introduction to international business
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This report has been prepared for the management of Lenovo addressing the current international audit, current strategic plan, innovation, international leadership and human resource challenges, as well as the current approach to corporate social responsibility.
Table of Content1. Audit of Lenovo's Internal and External Environment.............4
1.1 PESTLE.......................................................41.1.1 Political................................................4
1.1.2 Economical...............................................41.1.3 Social...................................................4
1.1.4 Technological............................................51.1.5 Legal....................................................5
1.1.6 Environmental............................................51.2 Porters 5 Forces.............................................5
1.2.1 Threat of new entry......................................61.2.2 Bargaining power of buyers...............................6
1.2.3 Threat of substitute product/services....................61.2.4 Bargaining power of suppliers............................7
1.2.5 The extent of rivalry between competitors................71.3 SWOT Analysis................................................7
2. Lenovo's Strategy...............................................92.1 Current Strategic Orientation................................9
2.2 Recommendation for Future Strategy...........................92.3 How to measure the success of recommended strategy..........10
3. Recommendations in Innovation, Production and Global Brand Management........................................................11
3.1 Current Innovation, production and global brand management.. 113.2 Recommendations for innovation, production, and global brand management......................................................12
4. Lenovo's international leadership and human resource challenges 13
5. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)..........................146. List of References.............................................16
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1. Audit of Lenovo's Internal and External
Environment
1.1 PESTLEAccording to Rugman & Collinson (2012), PESTLE framework is
used for analysing the external environment that an
organisation is operating in. By understanding the environment
that Lenovo works in, strategy can be introduced for
successfully managing the opportunities, challenges and risks
(Mullins, 2010). Below are the finding on Lenovo.
1.1.1 Political
Lenovo is a Chinese based company, which was founded in 1984
and has grown to be China's leading PC company (Lenovo,
2014a). Being a Chinese company, Lenovo has great access to
the world's second biggest consumer market (The Economist,
2014a). In addition, they have access to the low labour costs
in China and therefore have an advantage over competitors that
are situated outside of the country (Baldwin, 2014). Since
China has been part of World Trade Organization since 2001, it
has made it easier for Lenovo to export their products to the
rest of the world (WTO, 2014). Nevertheless, being Chinese
organisation, it has been difficult to deal with acquisitions
in markets such as the USA (McLaughlin, Salant, Lee, 2014).
1.1.2 Economical
Lenovo has just completed acquisition over IBMx86 and Motorola
Mobility from Google. In the first quarter of 2014/15, Lenovo 3
delivered high growth, recorded record high 19.4% market
share, pre-tax income of US$214 million. Chinas sales account
a total of 36% of Lenovo's revenues. The Americas saw a record
high 12.5% of market share (Lenovo, 2014d).
1.1.3 Social
Lenovo is committed in protecting human rights. They believe
any form of human trafficking and slavery are unacceptable,
hence they have taken steps to ensure such inappropriate
labour practices are not present in their supply chain. Fair
treatment, diversity, harassment-free workplace, all are part
of Lenovo's Code of Conduct. In addition, Lenovo actively
contribute to the betterment of quality of life and social
development in the communities they do business in (Lenovo,
2014e). On the other hand, China has a history of human rights
abuse (HRW, 2014).
1.1.4 Technological
Lenovo is known for being one of the leading PC companies. The
recent launch of Yoga laptop series, which has the flexibility
of 360 degrees, has been a big success (Kidman, 2014). Recent
acquisition of Motorola and IBM has given Lenovo access to
many patents and distribution networks (Holstein, 2014).
Nevertheless, they have also had to recently recall 544k
laptop power cord over fire and burn hazards. This as a result
has caused questioning of the quality of their products
(Protalinski, 2014).
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1.1.5 Legal
Manufactories, such as 'Huawei' and 'ZTE' have been accused
that their hardware might be used for spying on government and
other institutions. China had angrily denied these
accusations, but the damage was done and lead Canada banning
the hardware. This as a result might have a big impact on
Lenovo sales (Wheatley, 2013)
According to Schwartz (2013) U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and
New Zealand went as far as banning multiple government
agencies to use any equipment by Lenovo.
1.1.6 Environmental
In 2009 Greenpeace criticised companies such as HP, Dell and
Lenovo for not cutting down on toxic components, while on the
other hand praised Apple, Nokia and Acer. This was because
Lenovo had promised to cut down on specific components, but
decided to push back introducing greener products (Johnson,
2009).
1.2 Porters 5 ForcesPorters Five Forces helps us understand the competition in the
industry and therefore show the attractiveness of the
industry. This tool also give beneficial information on
developing the correct strategy in order to compete with
competitors (Rugman and Collinson, 2012).
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1.2.1 Threat of new entry
Threat of new entry is low. The capital requirement for
building a computer is not high and can be learned. The
barrier of entry exists because of not having access to
economies of scale and distribution channels (Cui, 2009). In
addition the sales of PC's are falling, making the industry
unattractive (Rogowsky, 2013).
1.2.2 Bargaining power of buyers
Bargaining power of buyers can be considered strong because
most computers have similar functions and therefore is very
sensitive to price. In addition, there is low to no switching
cost and high competition between competitors trying sell the
same product (Cui, 2009).
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1.2.3 Threat of substitute product/services
PC industry itself has a high threat due to the growth of
tablets and smartphones industry (Columbus, 2013) , but
because Lenovo portfolio also includes substitute product such
as tablets and smartphones, we can consider the threat low
(Russell, 2014).
1.2.4 Bargaining power of suppliers
Suppliers in the computer industry are categorised mainly into
three groups: hardware, software and service suppliers. These
suppliers have direct competition between each other by trying
to win over a customer. Nevertheless, there are only two
significant suppliers that produce an important part of the
PC, known as the CPU, giving high supplier power to Intel and
AMD. PC makers have to cooperate with CPU makers and move the
price accordingly (Cui, 2009). We can conclude the bargaining
power of suppliers to be moderate to high.
1.2.5 The extent of rivalry between competitors.
There is a high rivalry between the top manufacturers in the
PC industry. Current main competitors are HP, Dell, Acer
Group and Apple based on the market share (Frank, 2014).
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1.3 SWOT AnalysisThis report will use SWOT analysis in order to highlight the
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats found from
PESTEL and the five forces. It will also contribute further
analysis about Lenovo's current position (Mullins, 2010).
STRENGHTS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES THREATSHaving diverseexecutives help Lenovo deal better with differentCultural and Ethical problems.
Operates in a highly competitive market.
Recent acquisitions will strengthen Lenovo's position on the market andpossibly improve their products. The Motorola smarphone could specifically be used for developed countries.
Political issues that may arise between China and rest of the world (forexample the ban for governments touse Lenovo hardware, due to fear of spyware).
Diverse Is not as By 2017, it is Apple has
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portfolio (smartphones, tablets, desktop computers, laptops, and servers) (Lenovo, 2014f).
environmentally friendly as competition.
estimated that87% of worldwide smart connected devices will be tablets andsmartphones (Culumbus, 2013).
started to treat Lenovo as its main competitor andmight take some crucial steps (threat from direct competition).
30 000 employees in 60+ countries and selling products in more than 160 countries.
Lenovo is a Chinese multinational company, and therefore is affected by the changes made by the communist government.
Fastest growing company in theindustry.
PC sales are expected to fall due to improvement oftablets and smartphones.
Strong strategy in the emerging markets and rural areas (Holstein, 2014).
Awareness and access to Lenovo smartphones indeveloped countries is low.
Lenovo has a patent of their own version of Google Glass (Biggs, 2014).
Recent acquisitions may cause morecultural challenges similar to when they first acquiredpersonal computers division from IBM.
Team that has innovation as a primary goal.
Lenovo doesn'thave their ownstores outsideof China and use
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distributors instead (Bloomberg, 2013).
Good economical position
Cultural challenges
2. Lenovo's Strategy
2.1 Current Strategic OrientationCurrent Lenovo's ultimate goal is to compete for the world's
number one spot in smart connecting devices. At the moment,
Lenovo is ranked third after 'Apple' and 'Samsung' (Holstein,
2014). Nevertheless, they are the market leader in personal
computers, owning 20% of the market share worldwide (Lee,
2014).
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Lenovo's current strategy is to 'Protect and Attack'. Lenovo's CEO
Yang explains it as the following: "Lenovo seeks to protect its core
business—the China and enterprise (large-scale commercial and public-sector)
markets, which generated about 70% of its $21 billion in revenue last year. On the
attack side, he's pumping Lenovo's profits—$273 million in 2010—into emerging
markets, new product categories (tablets, smartphones, smart TVs), and, of course,
the U.S."( Salter, 2011)
Lenovo's emphasis is on innovation and efficiency, making them
faster than their competition (The Economist, 2014b).
2.2 Recommendation for Future Strategy
Audit on Lenovo showed weakness in brand awareness and access
to their smartphones in developed countries, such as the USA.
Reason for not offering smartphones in the USA and Europe has
been due to high patent licensing fees (25%) as well as market
being highly saturated. With the recent acquisition of
Motorola, Lenovo has access to their patents, and therefore
selling handsets in America will be more affordable at the
cost of 10% handset revenues (Economist, 2014). In addition,
research shows that sales in desktop PC are expected to drop
by 8.7%, hence main concentration needs to be on tablets and
smartphones as they are expected to grow by 78.9% and 71.1%
respectively (Columbus, 2013).
Using Ansoff's matrix, we can provide a direction for
corporate strategy (Johnson, Whittington, Scholes, 2011).
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Currently Lenovo has been doing very well in existing markets
as well as introducing new products and services in emerging
markets. Therefore the recommendation is to develop the market
further. Lenovo tablets and laptops are selling very well in
developed countries and therefore people are becoming more
aware of their products. It would be good time to introduce
Lenovo's smartphones in the coming years in developed
countries. Best way to do so is by setting up 'Flagship
stores' in big cities. For example, a starting point could be
London, then followed by one in central Europe and moving
further to USA if successful. Selling smartphones, tablets and
smart TV's require more storefront to show the products
(Bloomber, 2013). In addition, a shop equipped with only
Lenovo's products will draw a lot more attention and therefore
a good marketing tool. Apple and Samsung can be used as good
examples. Having own stores would also mean that their profit
margins would increase as Lenovo would not have to rely
heavily on distributors (Plazibat and Brajevic). With the
access to Motorola's patents, Lenovo can now work on a new
smartphone model that would be the likes of Samsung and Apple.
Opening a flagship store with a new phone range could strongly
increase brand awareness.
2.3 How to measure the success of recommended strategy
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The recommendation suggest to only start with one store at the
time since it is risky and requires large investments. Once
the first store is opened, the success could be measured by
the number of sales. For example, if the first store was to
open in London, the market share of smart connecting devices
could be compared before the launch of the store and after. If
the market share has increased, it means the strategy is
successful and it could be introduced to the next country
(Pettinger, 2012).
3. Recommendations in Innovation, Production
and Global Brand Management.
3.1 Current Innovation, production and global brand
management.
Lenovo is leading by innovation and has a slogan that states
'For Those Who DO'. They build all their products with that in
mind and therefore only use the latest technology. Having
bought Motorola has given Lenovo access to further 2000
engineers and technical experts, who have been industry
leaders and responsible for thousands of patents. Lenovo aims
to make the products that customers need, whether
infrastructure or smart connected (Lenovo, 2014a).
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Lenovo has a vertically integrated end-to-end business model,
which helps keeping production costs down and increases
efficiency, giving a competitive advantage. While Lenovo is
expanding, they are investing in local domestic manufacturing,
research and design, and other high value functions. This
makes them be a "global company" and helps implement their
strategy of 'protect and attack' as mentioned earlier in 2.1
(Lenovo, 2014a).
Lenovo has research centres is Yokohama, Japan; Beijing,
Shanghai, Wuhan and Shenzhen, China; and Morrisville, North
Carolina, U.S. in total of 46 labs. Employing over 5000
engineers, scientists and researchers. Manufacturing is done
in 7 different location (4 in China, one in the USA, one in
Mexico and one is India). Therefore we can conclude that most
of their goods are produced in low cost regions (Lenovo,
2014a).
Lenovo is a global company with dual headquarters (North
Carolina and Beijing) and their executives represent 14
nationalities (Salter, 2011). Lenovo is managing their global
brand by dividing business into four groups: PC's, mobile,
enterprise and cloud computing (Holstein, 2014).
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3.2 Recommendations for innovation, production, and
global brand management.
According to the findings in the audit, the only smartphones
that are free of hazardous polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic or
brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are from Apple, BlackBerry,
Nokia (known as Microsoft now), and Sony Ericsson. In
addition, it mentioned that Apple was the only company that
has cut PVCs and BFRs out of their entire
laptop/tablet/television product lines (Clancy, 2014).
If Lenovo wants to become the number one, they need to lead by
example and produce the 'greenest' product yet sold by
competitors. This would give them a good global brand image
and give newspapers a lot to write about (good marketing as
well as doing good for the world).
According to John Vidal (2013) millions of tons of old
electronic goods (known as e-waste) get thrown away and then
illegally dumped in poor nations. The volume of electronic
waste is expected to grow by 33% in the next 4 years. It is a
serious problem since most electronics carry toxic materials.
Once they are at landfills, they go into the environment and
contaminate the land, air and water.
Currently Lenovo offers a product recycling program, but it is
not very well known. To improve it, Lenovo could introduce the
following program: returning old Lenovo products for a voucher
for the next purchase. According to Mark P. Sharfman, lowering
environmental risk will give the benefit of raising more
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capital more cheaply. As a result, cost of capital goes down,
which is a great benefit (Meglio, 2008).
4. Lenovo's international leadership and human
resource challenges
When Lenovo acquired IBM personal computers division in 2005,
then either of the sides didn't understood each other, because
of cultural differences. For example in Chinese culture it is
considered rude to say no, and therefore often yes was said to
things that was not meant to. On the other side, the U.S.
group expected their reports to be challenged, but in Chinese
cultures, you have to respect the leader and not question. It
took Lenovo 5 years to resolve these issues and now is a
striving global company (Holstein, 2014).
Because Lenovo has employees in over 60 countries, it is
extremely important that the human resource (HR) department
makes sure all employees are trained and know the existing
cultural and ethical differences in their working environment.
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In order to improve international leadership and human
resources, Lenovo could improve their existing graduate scheme
and offer it in countries they already have offices. This
allows talented students get recruited at an early age,
increase innovation and help Lenovo face diversity and
cultural issues.
5. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Corporate social responsibility can be considered as the role
that a business takes in the society, while considering the
ethics, behaviour and actions of people in relations to
organisations strategy (Johnson, Whittington, Scholes, 2011).
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Organisations can be placed into different stances (see table
below).
Source: Johnson, Whittington, Scholes, 2011, p135.
Currently Lenovo can be placed into the stance of 'Enlightened
self-interest (list of Lenovo's current CSR activities are
listed on page 12). They do more than legally required, but
they are not leading the industry. They are still using
hazardous materials unlike Apple.
Lenovo should start producing products without hazardous
materials as recommended in section 3.2. In addition, with
increased profits, Lenovo should start a local cause and help
the poor communities. Lenovo already operates in India, hence
they could open few local schools there or start a cause in
order to fight a local problem. This would increase brand
awareness as well as loyalty from customers.
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Lenovo could then be considered as 'Forum for stakeholder
interaction'. Being socially responsible has been justified by
'triple bottom line'- social and environment benefits with
increased profits. In addition, being socially responsible
helps gaining competitive advantage (Johnson, Whittington,
Scholes, 2011).
Area of Commitment Promise/Award/Milestone
Corporate Sustainability Index Lenovo has been selected three
times in a row as the
"constituent rock of the Hang Seng
Corporate Sustainability Index". (Asia
Today, 2013) Corporate sustainability Moved to rank AA in 2012 from
existing A+ rating (Asia
Today, 2013).United Nations Global Compact Signatory member and
committing to align operations
and strategies with the 10
universally accepted
principles (Asia Today, 2013).The Oekom Corporate Rating Rated as prime (Asia Today,
2013).United Nations Global Compact
100
Lenovo was selected to be part
in this new stock index that
combines corporate
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sustainability (Lenovo,
2014b).CDP 2013 Carbon Disclosure Lenovo Scored 94 and therefore
placed in band A (Lenovo,
2014b).Global Supply Chain Lenovo is part of the EICC
since June 2006 (Lenovo,
2014b).Employee Welfare In 2007, Lenovo obtained OHSAS
18001 certification (Lenovo,
2014b).Environment Lenovo takes part of the ISO
14001 certified global
environment management system
(Lenovo, 2014c).
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