IBM sold its PC division to a Chinese company because
A) IBM realised that labour costs are lower in China.
B) the PC market in the developed world was saturated, so was no longer attractive to IBM.
C) the PC was increasingly becoming a multimedia consumer product, whereas IBM is a business-oriented firm.
D) b and c.
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Q32: An industry life cycle
A)always follows the theoretical
Q33: Is the PC industry in the maturity
Q34: IBM initially ignored the PC market because
A)IBM
Q35: The different stages of the industry life
Q36: As the industry life cycle progresses, overall
Q38: A "born global" company is one which
A)interacts
Q39: The PC industry clearly began in the
Q40: A dominant design is
A)one which has won
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