COMPANY ANALYSIS DELL INC.
By Siti Rabiatul Adawiah Bte Maarof CEB100073 Wong Chee Kang CEB100092 Muhammad Afiq Bin Abdul Ghani CEB090035
A group project submitted to Ms. Izzal Asnira bte Zolkepli Lecturer of E-Marketing CBEB 2316 Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya
May 2012
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report analyzes Dell Inc.’s online strategies by using the concepts and terminology of E-Marketing. It identifies the online strategies of Dell Inc. by study into related articles and also press release by the company. The online strategies of the company were being studied from the overview of its internet properties and marketing implications which examined the company’s official website from its online content,
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If Dell able to adapt in these business segments, it will ultimately determine its ability to maintain its predominant position as one of the PC producer.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Foremost, we would like to express our sincere thank to our E-Marketing lecturer, Ms. Izzal Asnira Bte Zolkepli for her patiently guidance, advise, immense knowledge and most important her mentorship during this semester in the area of electronic marketing. Her assistance and guidance helped us all the time of the research and writing of this assignment. We couldn’t have imagined having a better lecturer for this course. Sincere thanks to all of our course mates for the constructive comments and discussion we had during the lectures. Thanks for their constructive comments which added more ideas into this assignment, also thanks for their friendship and moral support. Our deepest appreciation also goes to those who indirectly contributed to the success of this written report. Our acknowledgement also goes to the Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya where provided us conducive environment which facilitated our learning. Last but not least, we would like to thank to our family members for supporting us spiritually and in everywhere they could throughout our life.
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University, Adapted by Faculty of Business- Athabasca. Electronic Commerce for Managers. Pearson Learning Solutions, 2014. VitalBook file.
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I hereby declare that the report entitled Consumer Behavior towards Online Marketing is my original work. It has not been submitted to any other university or Institution of higher learning for award of any degree or diploma.
Mostly data for this survey was collected from Internet users among students, employees and entrepreneurs in India in summer 2011. A purposive sample was recruited with the assistance from professional survey research companies. Overall, 190 questionnaires were collected from employees, one hundred ninety two from entrepreneurs, and one hundred ninety six from the students. This sample is considered a representative of the population. Pilot study was also conducted to test the validity and reliability of the research.
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This is to certify that this project entitled “The study on the level of appreciation of electronic marketing in the Zimbabwean Hospitality industry: The case of selected hotels in Harare” which is submitted by me in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree Honours in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management by the University of Zimbabwe comprises only my original work and due acknowledgement has been made in the text to all other material used.