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| 17951. CISCO SYSTEMS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY. This paper provides an analysis and a case solution of a case study on Cisco Systems. The case is drawn from Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskissons Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization. The time setting is late 1997-early 1998 and the convergence of voice, data and video has begun. Cisco, the market leader in data networking, must find a way to maintain its phenomenal growth rate in revenue and profitability within the new competitive environment of convergence. The analysis includes an environmental analysis; a Porters Five Forces analysis; a competitive analysis; an identification and analysis of Ciscos business level, corporate level and competitive strategies; an identification of Ciscos core competencies (tangible and intangible resources, capabilities); a value chain analysis; a financial performance appraisal; and a SWOT analysis. KEYWORDS: case studies convergence data networking voice video data Cisco systems 3com lucent case solution. Written 2006. Turabian style with endnotes. 11 pages, 26 footnotes, 12 bibliographic sources. 3,406 words. |
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