RR Donnelley: An Analysis of the Company's Challenges and Some Recommendations

At the Global Breakthrough and Expansion phase, expansion to new markets and increased pres-ence to existing markets continues with globalization degree 25-50% and sales in three continents (Gabrielsson & Gabrielsson, 2009b). As the firm matures and with the new fear of losing overseas markets, they establish their own sales office in the form of foreign direct investment in addition to relying on exports and partners (Hashimoto 2011, p.27). With the drive to achieve global break-through, firms will start to take on distant and challenging new markets thus coming across difficul-ties in cultural, legal, and localization aspects (Rönkkö et al., 2008).

Key elements of the first wave of LE's international ventures are: domestic operations accounted for 85% of the worldwide production and nearly all new product development until the late 1980's, universal application of the "incentive management programs", and in general the corporation paid little attention to there international divisions. However, as of 1996, Lincoln re-organized its international ventures by naming a president for each of the five regions, this is a demonstration of a new emphasis and focus on the international ventures from LE. In additional to the CEO having a planned oversight into the expansion there will be council consisting of each of these presidents to plan, integrate and implement global strategies. The compensation for these presidents will also include interregional cooperation. Both of these efforts address key Lincoln weakness from there prior international ventures of: "sink or swim" corporate attitude and interregional destructive competition. One final item is that Lincoln realized that in the second wave of international expansion true understanding of a country/culture is as important as technological skills.

This was a leading climatic event in towards the end of the 1980’s marking the end of communist regimes around the world, making it evident to even average citizens that change was coming. The Berlin Wall stood as a symbol for the two opposing sides of the Soviet Union and the United States. In 1949, Germany split into two different nations. Germany was a central hub for Cold War politics, with the West side allying with democratic states and the East side allying with the Soviet Union. The end of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the Soviet Union’s status as a reigning power in Eastern Europe, with the Soviet Union falling not long

In 1989, one event occupied the spotlight around the world. The Berlin Wall, which for twenty-eight years had separated families and friends came down as thousands of people began crossing Bornholmer Bridge in northern Berlin. NBC’s Tom Brokaw could be seen on television throughout the United States saying, “A historic moment tonight. The Berlin Wall can no longer contain the East German people. Thousands pouring across at the Bronholmer bridge” (Dodds, 2014). This single event changed many things in Europe and around the world. The fall of the Berlin Wall that night, which was the ultimate symbol of the Cold War, was a major turning point in the collapse of communism leading to the unification of East and West Germany and was influenced by political leaders from both the Soviet Union and the United States. The fall of the wall affected the Communist world and eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union allowing countries under their control to become independent and free.

At the height of the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy delivered one of the best speeches of his time. In Western Berlin, Kennedy spoke to around five hundred-thousand citizens in his speech Ich bin ein Berliner where he addressed the problems’ of the region, the issues of the Soviet Union and communism, and the Berlin Wa1l. He delivered his speech with one of the main subjects of his speech as the backdrop, the Berlin Wall, as Kennedy is trying to spark the Berliner’s to tear down the wall and the communist values with his use of ethos throughout his speech.

Frederick Kempe’s biography Berlin 1961 explores the events leading up to and following the construction of the Berlin Wall in August of 1961. The biography discusses both the American point of view as well as the Soviet point of view. Most striking, however, is the factors discussed by Khrushchev in his perspective in the reasoning behind building the Berlin Wall. In the Soviet perspective, the Berlin Wall was a preventative measure that simply kept the East German government from collapsing. Khrushchev recognized that the East German government was struggling on its own and by identifying the factors causing this economic strife, he composed a plan that would reduce the negative effects of the economic trough.

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The focus of this investigation will be “What factors lead to the collapse of Communist East Germany and the Berlin Wall? The time periods 1980’s to 1990’s will be used to analyze the factors that led to the downfall of Communist East Germany and the Berlin Wall.Primary and secondary sources will be used to gather information for the investigation process. Information gathered from a book, Serge Schmemann’s When the Wall Came Down: The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Soviet Communism, and an online article written by Ed Grabianowski, How the Berlin Wall Worked.

Flattener #1- 11/9/89 or The collapse of the Berlin Wall: Mr. Friedman argues that the fall of the Berlin Wall was really the decline of communism and in turn the rise of capitalism. With the advent of the Windows powered computers, people from different parts of the world could connect with each other which made it possible to see the world as a “single flat plate.”

The writing in this article presents the idea that as the world changed, so did the public’s connection to the Berlin Wall. The culture during the beginning years of the Wall was characterized by the end of the Red Scare, yet tensions towards communism were still prevalent (Bruner, 1988, p. 323). President Kennedy was able to use his accompanied party to prove the diminishing threat of communism. Among Kennedy’s party was Berlin’s current Mayor, Willy Brandt- connected to the future successes of Berlin- and General Clay of the Berlin Airlift, representing a sentimental part of Berlin’s past (Bruner, 1988, p. 323). As the reservations of the Red Scare diminished and pressure from the Cold War escalated (Bruner, 1988, p. 326), President Reagan

Prior to April 1994, there were several challenges to meet. The company needed to research if it could keep its traditional competitive advantage with print economies of scale (it was found that they could). “Costs were higher than expected: the presses were expensive, required skilled and dedicated operators, and used more toner than anticipated.” Finally, there were issues with selling the idea of digital print medium to internal divisions. “Internally, people thought digital was a good idea but no one wanted it because it was outside their core business. They all had some potential digital work, but didn’t know enough about the markets and were scared of an unproven technology. Customers, on the other hand, almost jumped up and down, even though they too didn’t know what to do with the new technology, or were themselves just starting to convert to digital format.” In other words, there were challenges moving the leadership from the old business model thinking into the new tech future. The basic task was to find out if the new model could work and still keep the competitive advantage and then sell the divisional leadership on adopting the new technology and the new business model.

Taylor, Frederick. “The Rise and Fall of The Berlin Wall”. U.S News. 2 December, 2015

From the fall of the Berlin wall to the global financial crisis: who won and who lost

[mg1] After finding a lead that contains profitable markets it is necessary to analyze the venture as a whole. The decisions of companies must be based on the facts of reliable sources on all investments. To gather the information

This chapter focuses on three aspects of foreign investment analysis that are infrequently considered in evaluating domestic projects: the difference between project and parent cash flows; incorporating political risks such as expropriation and currency controls; and factoring in inflation and exchange rate changes in cash flow estimates. It also evaluates the various methods used to incorporate in the investment analysis the additional risks encountered overseas. These points are brought out in the process of working through the International Diesel Corporation Case. The ability to perform a capital budgeting analysis is one of the most valuable skills we can provide our