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This 9 page paper looks IBM. The analysis begins with a PESTEL analysis which examines the political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal influences on the company. The paper then moves on to a short analysis using Porter’s Five Forces model before finishing with some recommended strategies for the future. The bibliography cites eight sources.
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File: TS14_TEIBMPEST.rtf
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title is International Business Machines and is quoted in the New York Stock Exchange under the initials IBM has its foundation in the nineteenth century when the US census was
seeking a more efficient method of tabulating the census results. The company has had to face a great deal of change since its beginnings in 1896. To consider the current
position of the company and the way it may move forward a PESTEL analysis and a Porters Five Forces analysis will help to indicate the current situation. We will start
with the PESTEL analysis which examines the political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal influences on the business. Followed by the five forces analysis will then be able to consider
the future strategy options for the company. 2. PESTEL Analysis Political There are a large number of political influences on IBM. As a predominantly American company some aspects of trade and
business constrained due to the barriers in place for selling and exporting of high-powered computer hardware to questionable countries. This has meant constraints on the trade to countries such as
Pakistan, China and India. Some of these areas are potentially lucrative markets at IBM is limited in the way it can enter those markets as breaching the trading constraints may
result in action sanctions by the US government. Global politics is not all bad. General changes with increased free trade, the reduction of
trade tariffs and expansion of the World Trade Organization has also made it easier to expand imposed up and downstream operations. At a
more local level, political moves in the domestic market, are driving forward the adoption of technology. Concerns regarding the development of the digital divide and programs such as no child
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